Project Test Cases
Resume:
Venkata Rajesh Pulagam
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SUMMARY
Sr. Business Analyst with 9 years’ experience in Business Analysis, working in various phases of Software Development Life Cycle. Worked in Waterfall and Iterative methodologies such as Rational Unified Process and Agile SCRUM SDLC
Excellent skills in client interfacing, requirement gathering, quality assurance, problem solving, and documentation.
Experienced in Requirement Elicitation and Analysis by facilitating requirements gathering workshops (e.g., Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions, One-On-One meetings, Interviewing and Document Analysis).
Extensive experience in Gathering Requirements, analysing them, Data modelling, Business Process Flows, Implementation Plans, writing Business Requirements Document (BRD), Use Case Specification Document, Functional Requirement Document (FRD) and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM)
Experience in creating user stories, product backlog lists, product backlog estimation, product backlog prioritization and participating in sprints.
Experience in creating wireframes, screenshots, mockups, user interfaces and graphical user interfaces.
Analyze research data through effective usage of analytical tools such as Excel and SPSS.
Strong experience in RUP Business Modelling process.
Strong knowledge in using MS Excel – Pivot Tables, Spreadsheets, VLookups, HLookups and Intermediate Macros.
Expertise in UML (use case diagrams, state diagrams and activity diagrams)
Solid understanding of Business Process definition, Risk Analysis and SDLC methodologies.
EDUCATION
Masters of Business Administration, University of Business and Finance Switzerland – 2005 - 2007
Bachelors of Electronics and Instrumentation, Visvesvaraya Technological University, India -1999 - 2003
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Databases / DB Tools:
Data Integration – ETL: Tools
Oracle, MySQL, IBM DB2, MS SQL Server
Informatica Power Center 7x,8x
Desktop Tools:
MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, MS SharePoint 2010, 2013
Wireframe / Prototyping Tools:
Axure, Balsamiq, iRise
ERP / CRM:
Salesforce
Network Software / Communications:
Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Communicator
Operating Systems:
Windows XP, Vista, & Win 7, 8, UNIX,Linux
Testing Tools:
HP Quality Center ALM
WORK EXPERIANCE
Beaumont Hospitals, Troy, MI Sept 2015 to Present
Sr. Business Analyst
The project involved working on the patient scheduling application for critical surgery patients. I was involved in the upgrades to the patient scheduling application.
Responsibilities:
Involved in creating Software Requirement Specifications (SRS) / Functional Specification Documents (FSD), User Interface Specifications (UI Specification).
Conducted Business Requirements Gathering sessions in the form of questionnaires and business scenarios with the end users, subject matter experts (SME) and the developers.
Drafted the Business Requirements Document (BRD), System Requirements Specifications (SRS), and the Functional Requirements Document (FRD) for the new patient scheduling application.
Created Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams using UML in MS Visio.
Worked with internal architects in the development of current and target state data architectures
Coordinated with project team representatives to ensure that logical and physical data models were developed in line with corporate standards and guidelines.
Excellent in performing Gap Analysis & Impact analysis to check the compatibility of the existing system infrastructure with the new business requirements.
Good Knowledge of Electronic Medical/Health Records (EMR/EHR), Practice Management Software, Meaningful Use, Epic Care Applications to name few Prelude/Cadence/Resolute/HIM.
Developed Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) to trace the relationship between business and functional requirements to test cases.
Worked extensively with SMEs in understanding and documenting their requirements.
Used the Agile Methodology as part of the various phases of the SDLC.
Used Structured Query Language (SQL) to conduct backend testing.
Environment: Microsoft Office 2010, MS SharePoint 2013, SQL Server 201, Agile, MS Project, MS FrontPage 2003, MS Access, EDI, Documentum 2.0., UML.
Matria Healthcare, Marietta, GA Sep 2013 to Aug 2015
Business Systems Analyst
The project I was involved in was to develop a dashboard for sr. personnel / management from the claims division to determine the number of claims rejected. The dashboard allowed claims managers to ensure if correct procedures were being followed by claims adjudicators.
Responsibilities:
Gathered analyzed, documented business and technical requirements from both formal and informal sessions and validate the needs of the business stakeholders.
Provided inputs in the strategic development of detailed project plans, work assignments, target dates etc. during the JAD sessions.
Developed questionnaires and organized meetings emphasizing the scope of the project in order to provide key initiatives in working with users in defining project and system requirements.
Used Agile- Scrum Methodology.
Conducted Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) sessions, Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with committee of SME's, business groups, senior management and IT groups to converge early towards a goal acceptable to customer & feasible to designer to complete.
Performed Requirement Analysis and developed User Stories and Product Backlog’s.
Involved with all the phases of Agile SCRUM Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies throughout the project life cycle.
Documented User Stories, Prioritized Backlog for each sprint
Experience in conducting SME interviews in order to understand the business process flow and be able to document them in detailed.
Excellent in performing Gap Analysis to check the compatibility of the existing system infrastructure with the new business requirements.
Performed Data mapping, logical data modelling and used SQL queries to filter data.
Queried database using SQL for backend testing.
Identified/documented data sources and transformation rules required populating and maintaining data warehouse content.
Responsible for creating test scenarios, scripting test cases using testing tool and defect management for Policy Management Systems, Payables/Receivables and Claims processing.
Environment: Oracle 11, 12, MS Access 2010, MS Excel 2010, RUP, UML, MS Vision 2010, SQL, MS Project.
State of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA Jan 2011 to Aug 2013
Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
Collaborated with a team of analysts and developers responsible for the program’s applications development function.
Conducted interviews with the product owner and other stakeholders to understand the scope and requirements of the system to be implemented.
Presented GAP Analysis on As-Is and To-Be models to confirm clear and unambiguous requirements.
Involved in preparing the necessary documents like BRD’s, FRD’s, Data mapping spec and Requirement traceability matrix (RTM).
Provided strategic development of detailed project plans, work assignments, target dates etc.
Facilitated implementation of project and release through training sessions and the development of documentation for the project.
Performed analysis on enterprise data/report integration.
Developed use cases, data dictionaries and manage scope.
Designed and developed use cases and activity diagrams using UML
Analyzed research on operational procedures and recommend changes for improvement with an emphasis on automation and efficiency.
Wrote Test Plans in MS Word for Manual Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Performance Testing, Regression Testing & reviewed their consistency with the business requirements
Developed automated Test Scripts in Selenium using Test Script Language (TSL) for Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Data Driven Testing, Usability Testing, and Verifying Specific content through using Checkpoints
Played a key role in the planning, testing and implementation of system enhancements and conversions
Designed the test cases using Quality Centre.
Gathered requirements, created specifications and UAT plans, coordinated releases for downstream systems.
Environment: Java, J2EE technology, UNIX / Oracle Platform, XML, SQL, Sybase, Microsoft Word, Project, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Visio, RUP.
Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore, India Oct 2007 to Jan 2011
Business Systems Analyst / Programmer Analyst
Responsibilities:
Worked with the business users, technical leads to define business requirements and analyze the possible technical solutions.
Co-authored business requirements document, functional requirement document with project teams. Extracted, discussed, and refined business requirements from business users and team members.
Assisted project managers with the development of project schedules. Developed requirements and preliminary design for client applications.
Performed analysis and design projects using SDLC methodology.
Work with all levels of client staff in solution definition.
Conducted workflow, process diagram and gap analysis to derive requirements for existing systems enhancements.
Developed timelines for project delivery, and managed projects and resources to successful completion.
Involved in preparing Requirements Traceability Matrix to map requirements to design and test cases
Conducted the initial design / code analysis.
Involved in setting up different configuration environment for compatibility testing and manual testing.
Upgraded the existing Test Scripts and created new scripts for client application to be able to work for new versions and patches, which improved product quality.
Evaluated testing results for each potential release build using Test Director, Quality Center and Bugzilla reports, listing summarized bug information in priority sequence, recommended viability of release for production.
Preparing Weekly action report & QA feedback to QA team & Manager.
Used Test Director and Mercury Quality Center for updating the status of all the Test Cases & Test Scripts that are executed during testing process.
Automated confidence tests that run on new builds on regular basis.
Assisted with users during User Acceptance Testing (UAT), developing and maintaining quality procedures, and ensuring that appropriate documentation is in place.
Environment: UNIX, Java, HTML, ASP.Net, MS Power Point, MS Excel, Rational Rose, System Analysis, Load Runner, Crystal reports, SQL.
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