EBONY V. WOODARD

ad1vg7@r.postjobfree.com 757-***-**** Chesapeake, Virginia 23320

Summary

Results-focused Senior Business Analyst professional with experience in Requirements Engineering, System Analysis and Design, Business Process Modeling, Quality Assurance and Project Management. Initiative-taking leader and trained Scrum Master with strengths in communication and collaboration. Adept at managing concurrent objectives to promote efficiency and influence positive outcomes.

Skills and Tools

System Analysis, Design, and Implementation

IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

Agile Methodology (Scrum and Kanban)

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Requirements Engineering (Development and Management)

International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB)

Business Analysis Business Process Modeling

Project Planning and Management

Independent Verification & Validation IV&V/Software Testing

Test Case Development

DOORS Next Generation (NG)

Experience m

BCMC Group, LLC

Chesapeake, VA (Remote)

Senior Scrum Master

04/2023 - Current

Work with project team to ensure adherence to the Scrum framework.

Support daily scrum meetings, Scrum of Scrum (SoS) meetings, and Program Increment (PI) Planning, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospective meetings.

Participate in Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs)

Work with Project Manager to identify and manage project dependencies, impediments, and risks.

Assist Program Manager with establishing project schedules and milestones and resource allocation.

Assist with managing Jira for the team.

Engineering Services Network, INC.

Chesapeake, VA

Independent Verification & Validation Lead

03/2022 – 11/2022

Serve as the Scrum Master for team.

Planned, tracked, and managed multiple test events simultaneously.

Managed schedule and resources for testing events.

Coordinated and supported User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Defined software testing processes and strategies.

Trained software testers on testing approaches.

Identified and managed risks associated with testing.

Managed defect reporting.

Briefed and provided written status reports to Program Leadership and customers.

Assisted SDLC and DevSecOps teams with developing, documenting, and implementing end to workflow process for the program.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Norfolk, VA

Requirements Quality Assurance Analyst/Manager

07/2019 – 02/2022

Served as the Scrum Master for the Quality Assurance Branch.

Mentored Requirements Quality Assurance Analysts.

Provided Agile Scrum and Kanban training.

Configured and Managed the Atlassian Jira tool to manage tasks.

Supporting the migration of the Jira tool from a server environment to the NATO Cloud.

Defined and documented Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes and workflow.

Captured and managed resources, tasks, and schedules.

Established quality standards and good practices to ensure the quality of capability requirements.

Assisted Capability development teams with eliciting, analyzing, specifying, verifying, and validating requirements.

Evaluated capability requirements to ensure they meet quality standards.

Trained

capability team members in NATO’s Requirements Management Lifecycle process.

Marathon TS Norfolk, VA

Lead Requirements QA Analyst (NATO Contract)

07/2018 - 06/2019

Provided guidance to Requirements Management teams, on Business Analysis frameworks and processes.

Created quality control and quality assurance processes to verify capability requirements and ensure adherence to the requirements management process.

Assisted with establishing traceability standards.

Assisted with developing the Requirements Management Lifecycle process for the Requirements Division.

Assisted Requirement Managers with aligning capability requirements to user needs.

Served as a mentor to other Quality Assurance Analysts and Requirement Managers.

Dynamic Management Associates Norfolk, VA

Systems Analyst (Ready Relevant Learning Contract)

10/2017 - 03/2018

Provided training for development teams in Agile Scrum and Kanban.

Researched and analyzed current applications and infrastructure.

Evaluated IT and business processes and procedures.

Researched and made recommendations for modern technologies.

Reviewed technical documentation.

City of Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA

Systems Analyst/Lead

01/2016 - 11/2016

Served as Program Lead for an enterprise system.

Served as liaison among stakeholders and vendors.

Managed software vendor relationship (Statement of Work and Maintenance Agreements).

Managed Statement of Work for consultants.

Managed project schedules, tasks, and resources.

Performed requirements analysis.

Elicited and documented business needs and software requirements. Conducted Gap Analysis and identified business process improvements.

Developed business cases.

Conducted Root Cause Analysis.

Developed test plans and test cases.

Analyzed system vulnerabilities.

Collaborated with IT and business teams to eliminate vulnerabilities.

CGI Federal Newport News, VA

Requirements Analyst/Test Manager (G2 Contract)

09/2014 - 01/2016

Assisted with project planning.

Participated in sprint planning review and retrospective meetings.

Met with clients to discuss project specifications pertaining to applications, databases, and systems.

Elicited, documented, and managed software requirements.

Analyzed user needs and software requirements to determine design feasibility.

Created and managed testing schedules and test plans.

Oversaw 3-5 testers (as needed).

Created and executed test scenarios for functional and regression testing.

Supported Verification and Validation Testing.

Coordinated and conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Managed defect reports.

Angelo Group Martinez, GA

Requirements Analyst/Test Manager (G2 Contract)

10/2012 - 09/2014

Assisted with project planning.

Participated in sprint planning review and retrospective meetings.

Elicited, documented, and managed functional and technical requirements.

Created and executed test scenarios for functional and regression testing.

Created test plan document.

Managed testing schedules.

Oversaw 3-5 testers (as needed).

Managed defect reports.

Supported Verification and Validation Testing.

BAE Systems Hampton, VA

Requirements Analyst (G2 Contract)

10/2009 - 10/2012

Conducted daily scrum meetings to monitor progress.

Elicited, documented, and managed requirements.

Developed and executed test scenarios.

Prepared material to train end-users.

Facilitated sprint planning, sprint review and retrospective meetings.

Maintained the product backlog and the sprint backlogs.

Managed defects.

Created user guide, administration guide and release notes.

Created and maintained project schedules, task lists and status reports.

Assisted management and lead with implementing processes in the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Created use cases and activity diagrams.

Documented the "As-Is" and "To-Be" processes.

Coordinated User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Managed SharePoint site.

Training and Certifications

Requirements Core Concepts, Seilevel, 2021

International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB), Visure Solutions, 2020

Scrum Master and Product Owner Certification and Training Program, Agile Training Co., 2020

PRINCE2/Agile Training Program. 2020

Education

Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA

B.S in General Business: Management Information Systems

01/1999

Security Clearance

Secret

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