Project Manager Management
Resume:
Meena Panthayil Surendranath
Certified Scrum Master
Attended 45 hours of PMP certification training
Redmond WA
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Worked on Agile /Scrum projects
Experience with SDLC – 7 years
Experience in TFS, Rally and JIRA
SUMMARY
B. S in Information Technology with 8+ years of experience as a Business Analyst and Project Manager for various projects from conceptualization to implementation with experience in requirements gathering, documentation, workflow preparation across various domains.
Proficient in gathering and analyzing the Business Requirements, documenting System Requirement, working with cross functional teams
Worked in Waterfall, SCRUM and AGILE methodology
Worked in development of Mobile applications
Rich hands on experience on Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Project Management
Adept at coordinating with stakeholders, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and end users to understand, analyze, communicate and validate requirements through User interviews, Joint Application Design (JAD), Joint Application Review (JAR) sessions
Experience in user requirements gathering, creating work flow diagrams, User Stories, process flows and technical documentation, following Agile methodologies, using UML, MS Visio, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel & MS Project etc.
Experience in Defect management, Bug Reporting and Bug Tracking for Defect Prevention.
Supported Project Manager throughout the projects lifecycle including: development of project scope; collection and documentation of business requirements, preparation of related process documentation, preparation of change control documentation, and coordination of user
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Methodologies
RUP, RAD, SDLC, QA Process Cycle, SWOT Analysis,
GAP and Fit Analysis, waterfall, Agile and Scrum methodologies
Applications
Web Development, Mobile Apps Development, SharePoint, TFS, JIRA, Confluence, Rally, Bright Works
Requirement Gathering Tools
Rational Requisite Pro
Workflow Tools
MS-Visio2000, MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint, Project Insight
Databases
MS-Access, RDBMS Concepts
Modeling tools
UML(Rational Rose)
SOFT SKILLS
Strong Organization skills
Strong Communication skills
Excellent Interaction
Efficient Collaborator
Excellence in resource and client Management
Excellent Team Player
EXPERIENCE
Business Systems Analyst May 2015 - Present
Verathon Medicals
Responsibilities:
Implementing Salesforce and integrating with external databases
Training the IT team on project management tools
Scheduling workshops for brain storming sessions
Support Implementation of ERP systems
Project Management for Data Mart project
Requirement gathering for automating HR process
Updating process workflows and documentation
Audits – Maintaining internal systems, preparing for audits
Designing internal applications
Interviewing cross functional teams and updating documents
Providing training of applications to the team
Business Systems Analyst January 2015 – May 2015
PopCap – Seattle, WA
Responsibilities:
• Creating tools and pipelines that support server development and live support
• Integrating with internal and 3rd party libraries and services
• Ensuring all deliverables and dependencies are on time.
• Draft requirements for tools/applications from conception to production deployment.
• Verify and actively drive application quality and performance.
• Knowledge support in extremely heavy demand areas such as documentation modelling for development under EA’s standard.
• Propose solutions for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Assist in engineering development/walkthroughs of the requirements as well as facilitate difficult to navigate internal tools.
• Relationship building within a team environment, whilst working in a dynamic area with constant change
Technical Business Analyst August 2014 – November 2014
Russell Investment – Seattle, WA
Responsibilities:
Identifying and validating high potential business opportunities for stakeholders and developed customized business strategies that are aligned with corporate strategic objectives.
Providing analysis, understanding and business perspectives on many technical and operational issues.
Conducting Requirement Gathering Sessions (RGS) for gaining detailed requirements and finalizing Business Requirement Document (BRD).
Used Rational Unified Process (RUP) for streamlining the team's development activities.
Translating Business requirements to functional and technical language with the help of Use cases and UML diagrams for developers.
Documenting various workflow diagrams like AS-IS and TO-BE processes. Worked on content management defining various workflow tasks.
Managing and writing complete set of detailed system specifications for new and existing applications; included all high-level and detailed requirements, storyboards, ERDs, XML schema, UI design, activity diagrams, etc.
Documented existing process, prepared Business Requirement Documents (BRD), analyzing Business Requirements, worked with Requirements Traceability Matrix, re-engineering business processes and designing.
Defined and performed the Test strategies and associated scripts for the verification and validation of all defined business requirements and associated functionality.
Functional Analyst May 2014 – July 2014
Microsoft(Accenture) - Redmond, WA
DOMO Project: DOMO MBS FC Project is used for calculating the incentives for the sales Executives for the Dynamic CRM Products sold by the client.
Technologies: The project is developed using ASP.NET, Silverlight 4.0, SQL Server 2008 R2
Responsibilities:
Designed and developed Functional design documents for new enhancements
Performed unit/IT testing on the projects. Created Test plans, Test scripts and executed the Test scripts
Managed and setup SharePoint 2013 for team documentation structure also used Team Foundation Services (TFS) for tracking / monitoring bugs, tasks, features, stories, open items, issues and resolutions.
Managed end to end Business, Functional, and UI requirements. Produced BRDs, Functional Specs, Mockups.
Translate business requirements into accurate system requirements specifications
Analyze, design and document departmental SDLC processes
Communicate import/report delays and outages to Business Partners
Collaborate with Business Partners, Analysts, Developers, stakeholders
Data mapping and analysis of SQL procedures, tables, views for current and proposed data feeds
Environment: Silverlight 5.0, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, SQL Server 2012, Entity Framework 4.0 and WCF, ADO.NET.
Project Manager/Scrum Master July 2012– October 2013
Photon InfoTech/Netgear (Agile/Scrum)
Worked as a PM involving responsibilities of Developing Budgets, Coaching, Supervision, Staffing, Project Management, Management Proficiency, Process Improvement, Tracking Budget Expenses, Self-Development, Planning, Performance Management, Inventory Control, Verbal Communication
Managed 3- 4 teams simultaneously, assigning tasks, holding stand up meetings, etc. The teams worked on web and mobile applications
Responsibilities:
Facilitating the definition of the project structure, scope, milestones, goals, and deliverables
Developed Website and Mobile Apps
Managed SharePoint 2007 for Project status and documentation
Developing project plans at the task, milestone, and resource level
Working on Sprints, having daily stand up calls with the team and daily calls with the client
Collaborating with business analysts and product managers to break the project into proper phases and clearly identify deliverables for each phase
Tracking project against plan anticipating events that may require a contingency plan, recommending corrective action, and ensuring that stakeholders are kept informed
Tracking actions from meetings and preparing MoMs
Clarifying program objectives, defining strategy and success factors
Ensures action items on timeline are completed in a timely manner by members of the cross functional team.
Mentor and Knowledge transfer to client project team members
Assist technical team in design and development tasks
Managing progress and work stream status
Involved in project reviews on a weekly basis
Define tasks, Assign responsibility, Control and monitor quality, scrutinize progress, check performance, appoint secondary leaders, and Develop work methods to craft team function cohesiveness. Identifying, tracking managing and resolving project issues. Proactively disseminating project information to all stakeholders.
Working with the business to ensure that issues are properly identified, documented, tracked, and resolved
Providing management, direction, and support to the project team
Environment: .Net, Android, iOS, SQL
Business Analyst
Agile/Scrum Apr 2007-June 2012
RR Donnelley – India
Responsibilities:
Define resource requirements and manage resource allocation to assigned projects.
Work with business users and subject matter experts to discover, develop, and document business requirements and user acceptance criteria.
Review, analyze, and evaluate complex business systems and user needs.
Write detailed descriptions of user needs, system functions, and technical requirements.
Using Agile methodologies track progress of IT projects, monitor project schedules and report status to stakeholders.
Support release and deployment of major process and system enhancements.
Work with IT Development Manager to establish Agile Methodology practices and procedures and work towards the continuous improvement of the Software Development Lifecycle.
Lead JAD sessions to reduce time spent in moving information between stakeholders and team members.
Dataflow analysis using use cases, dataflow diagrams, state diagrams, activity diagrams, class diagrams and collaboration diagrams.
Work with business stakeholders to analyze business needs and define and prioritize project requirements.
Ability to investigate, and assess issues to make sure the correct solution is implemented.
Handle change management, work with the clients to identify impacts of changes required
Ensure adherence to IT best practices, standards and processes.
Track changing requirements using requirements management tools like Rational RequisitePro.
Prepared Test Plans and Test cases, detected bugs in the system and interacted with developers for Debugging.
Successfully coordinated UAT testing, QA testing with Vendors and other functional teams to ensure the application met all the business
Expert level skills in MS Office products like MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint.
Proficient at all Rational tools including Rational Rose, Rational RequisitePro.
Achievements/Skills:
Acted as a liaison between the client and technical teams. Ensured that the business requirements were clearly and unambiguously communicated to the IT team.
Skilled in writing Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Use Cases, Functional Specifications; well versed in designing various Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, State Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams using UML modeling tools such as MS Visio and Rational Rose.
Extensive experience in documenting existing process, analyzing Business Requirements, working with Requirements Traceability Matrix.
Skilled in working with all phases of SDLC throughout the project life cycle in Rational Unified Process (RUP) environment and other software methodologies.
Excellent communication, written, listening and interpersonal skills; comfortable speaking to large groups and wide audience, preparing written communications and developing presentation material. Flexible & Quick learner, who can adapt and execute in any fast paced environment.
Experience with requirements gathering for Information Management tools-based solutions
Experience producing requirements traceability through design and testing
Ability to drive Use Cases
Environment: MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint), Rational Rose, Windows 2000, SWOT Analysis
EDUCATION
Cochin University of Science and Technology July 2003 - April 2007
Professional Course - Bachelor of Technology
Subject – Information Technology
CERTIFICATION
Attended 80 hours of Business Analyst training program from renowned International organization ICBAP.
Completed Certified Scrum Master course and got certified
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