Project Coordinator /Business Analyst

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NIRO. DASSANAYAKE

Project Coordinator/Business Analyst with a Master’s Degree specialized in Business administration, Information Technology, Marketing and expertise in business analysis, project management, business process re- engineering, strategic planning and optimizing systems’ processes seeks a challenging position with opportunity for personal and professional development.

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE

• Over 4 years of experience in different phases of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) using Waterfall, Scrum-Waterfall hybrid and agile methodologies such as SCRUM.

• Well experienced in mapping customer objectives, processes, products and recommendations to bridge technological gaps, as-is to to-be analysis, defining project scope, deliverables and identifying project boundaries, dependencies, constraints with capability in user interface designs, prototypes, Wire frames for consistency, completeness and risk minimization.

• Expertise in optimizing business processes, by breaking down and re-integration of business processes in an improved fashion, Proficient in gathering SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely) requirements, leading to creating of business value for the end-client.

• Expertise in Requirement Elicitation, creating Program Backlogs and Product Backlogs. Well versed in primary and secondary Requirement Elicitation Techniques such as questionnaires, surveys, JAD sessions, interviews, brainstorming with Key stake holders and SME s.

• Experience in Documentation and Analysis, interpreting business requirements and develop user, functional and non-functional requirements as well as transitional requirements.

• Expertise in various presentation and collaboration documents, such as High Level and Low Level documents (HLD/LLD) including Wireframes, Prototypes, project proposals, Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Document/System Requirement Specification(FRD)/(SRS),Use Case Specification and Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed (RACI) matrix.

• Excellent understanding and practice of various Unified Modelling Language (UML) Diagrams such as context diagrams, Use cases scenarios, Use Case diagrams, Activity diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams (DFD), Sequence diagrams, State diagrams in the process working with MS Visio//Rational Rose.

• Perform impact analysis of application changes across various channels, lines of business, states and systems, quality review checks on project deliverables.

• Good Knowledge of Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Test Plan, Test Scripts and Test Cases for Functional, System, Integration, UAT, and Regression Testing based on the Design Document and User Requirement Document for the Functional, Security, and Performance Testing, Defect and Issues Management, and initiation of software shakeout and go live sessions.

• Experience and understanding of agile way of life, Release planning, Product Backlogs, Sprint Backlogs Sprint iteration, Sprint planning, Daily Scrum meetings, demo and retrospective.

SKILLS

Communication Skills:

Strong persuasive communication, work and meeting facilitation, team building and conflict resolution, efficient and effective documentation, report writing & presentation, initiating software shakeout and go live sessions.

Technical Skills:

Modelling tools : MS Visio/ Wire Frames

Database tools : MS Access, MS SQL Server 2014 Management Studio

SDLC Methods : Waterfall, Agile –Scrum, Waterfall- Scrum

RQMT Mgmt. : MS Office

Proj: Mgmt. : MS Projects, MS Visual Studio 2015

Business Skills: Strategic thinking and planning, business process re-engineering, analytical, critical thinking and problem solving, Ability to work independently and multi-task, Change Management, Impact Analysis, and JAD sessions, SWOT Analysis, Project Planning, Project Scheduling and Project Budgeting. Enterprise technology and working with multi-tiered systems

WORK HISTORY

US Dealer Services - Sales Analysis & Administration May 2015 to Present

Analyzing auto warranty sales, reporting and documenting trends and updating system, suggestion for system improvements to achieve call center effectiveness.

Marcolin USA– An Eyeware Company ( GUCCI, ARMANI, HARLEY), Solution : SAP ECC 6.5

Training And Change Management Coordination, Dec 2014 To Apr 2015

VIVA international - Branchburg (NJ), was bought by Marcolin USA (Arizona based Italian owned company).The legacy system was replaced by SAP. My Role was assisting in preparation of user training materials and UAT scripts. Assisting in identifying testing teams and coordinating the UAT and smoke tests. Maintaining the change management global list – this is to ensure that the users (business users) understand the new codes, processes and tools in place with the new solution implementation. Identifying new roles and responsibilities and mappings with old vs new codes, instructions. UAT issue management assisting the teams in coordinating resolving of issues in the system, notifying the statuses, etc.

Academy of Finance, - Project Coordinator/Business Analyst Feb 2013- Oct 2014

Integration of third party systems such as e libraries of various universities to the present system developed recently. Transition and an amalgamation of functions are considered here for implementation for a unified system to avoid system hopping for students. Was instrumental in proposing an education system development and Implementation being the project coordinator and business analyst. The scope of the project was to automate as many processes from the point of inquiry to student's post-graduation activities. Currently the system is running and completed.

• Mapping objectives to products and processes of the intranet of portals of the universities in order to achieve portal synchronization and optimization. Outlining scope, deliverables, boundaries, dependencies, constraints and impact analysis together with SME’s via JAD sessions and preparation of Business Requirement Document (BRD), FRD s, non-functional Requirement Documents, workflow analysis and design, user interface design and process flow modeling with the use of Wire Frames, Use cases, etc.

• Extensive communication with the development team and the stake holders for transparency and minimize project ambiguity providing support services to the development team in their application development, testing, implementation, and training and coordinating with stakeholders and communicating as necessary, risk management and adhering to responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed (RACI) matrix for task management.

• Participating in bug and project tracking with the development team emphasizing on the user requirements and Test Case synchronization, overlooking and approval of Test Cases, carrying out UAT, coordinating functional, Security, and Performance Testing, Defect and Issues Management and coordination and management of the stakeholders in the process.

Tekgeeks (Pvt) Ltd

Product Owner Proxy/Analyst – Agile Projects, March 2008 – Dec 2012

Performing as an Agile Scrum Developer, playing the many roles of business analyst and product owner proxy, coordinating the SDLC process in Project initiation, justification and high level as is to be, Product planning, Sprint planning and tracking tasks and deliverables. Backlog grooming and story time for scope management, and milestone management. Project tracking through simple JIRA plugins, Keeping track of burn down charts and motivating team members to keep on track, risk management and working with Requirement traceability Matrix on Jira synapse for defect and test management. As the proxy PO, I was responsible for communication with all stake holders of project status and updates and refining backlogs as per requirements of stakeholders.

EDUCATION

Post Graduate:

Mba (Sri. J.) Master Of Business Administration Degree Program, The Post Graduate Institute Of Management, Sri Jayewardenepura

Certifications:

Certified Scrum Master

Certified Business Analyst Professional

Professional:

Chartered Post Graduate Diploma In Marketing (Uk), (Dipm) (MCIM)

Chartered Institute Of Marketing, Http://Www.Cim.Co.Uk/

Chartered Member - British Computer Society

British Computer Society, Http://Www.Bcs.Org/

REFERENCES: CAN BE PROVIDED AS PER REQUEST

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