Name: Waqar Ali

Cell: 773-***-****,

Email: ad3i10@r.postjobfree.com

City: Chicago/IL

PROFILE SUMMARY:

Devoted, intent, dynamic, industrious and owning excellent communication skills with over 7 years of professional experience as a Business Analyst, Programmer analyst, graphic design and system admin in IT field

Advance experience with both traditional Waterfall SDLC and Agile Methodologies.

Knowledge with developing requirements artifacts used throughout the SDLC process such as (user stories, use cases, business requirements documents, functional requirements, wire framing, functional specifications, testing trace matrices, etc.)

Focus on detail, excellent follow up and very strong analytical skills

Expert interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Dynamic Experience in eliciting requirements using interviews, meetings, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, tasks, and workflow analysis

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team.

Owning excellencies in the areas of writing documents BRD (Business Requirement Documents), Functional Requirements Document (FRD), incorporating use cases in creating System Requirement

Experience in creating Epics, User Stories & Acceptance criteria

Willingness to learn, adapt and accept increasing responsibility.

Skillful to participate in meetings with all levels of management within the organization

Indebted of cultural diversity.

Expertise of conducting workshops and JAD sessions with cross-functional business stakeholders

Talent to set priorities, meet deadlines, and complete assignments accurately.

Expert in developing Functional requirements - describe process/product/service to fulfill the business requirements

Established track record of analyzing complex processes and driving execution of improvements

Qualified in developing Business Requirements - project initiation documents, what the needed achievements will be, and the quality measures.

Strength troubleshooting, problem-solving, strategic thinking, organizational, and teamwork skills

Capable to lead a team of BAs and their multiple projects simultaneously including continuous evaluation and re-ordering of team members'priorities as business needs dictate.

Skill to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

Service oriented, quick learner, team player

Expertise in facilitating user acceptance testing (UAT) with client representative

EDUCATION:

Bachelors : Computer science, East West university Chicago Illinois

Diploma: IT information technology, Grace Institute of Technology Karachi Pakistan

Diploma: Business Career Program, Computer system institute Skokie Illinois

Diploma: Certified Business Analyst Northeastern Illinois University

Diploma: Business Finance Concentration Program, Computer system institute Skokie Illinois

SKILLS:

Jira

Confluence

MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word, Outlook, Visio)

Technical Skills

Linux/Unix: Linux Red Hat Enterprise 5.x/6.x

Windows: Windows Server (2008 and 2003), NT,2000, Windows 95,98,Vista,XP, 7,8,10

Database Oracle, MS SQL Server

Backup: Net backup

Troubleshooting: Ping, trace-route, telnet

Graphic Applications: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Visual Basic

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe premiere, Adobe illustrator

Hardware: Dell (Dell Servers: Dell Power Edge R710, R810, 1950,2050,2150),

Racks and Cabling: Installation of Hardware, Cable Management, Network, Power and fiber cabling

WORK EXPERIENCE

Ameriprise Financial - Minneapolis Mar 2019 – Nov 2023,

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

Facilitated JAD session to gathered requirements from clients and communicating them to the development team

Used Jira for writing Epic, user stories with acceptance criteria or user stories with use cases, used Confluence for upload documents

Performed feasibility analysis, scopes projects, and works with the project management team to prioritizes deliverables, and negotiate on product functionalities.

Performed as a liaison between the technical team and the clients in developing the system

Analyze business requirements document (BRD) after the collection of functional requirements from system users that provided appropriate scope of work for technical team to develop prototype and overall system

All Documented and validated business, functional and non-functional requirements

Created project documentation including requirements document, tractability matrix and perform user acceptance training

Coordinated with users to update business processes and procedures guidelines.

Expressive the business context to the internal teams and technical concepts to business audiences

Managed with individuals and teams across platforms, applications, and/or business lines

Provided expert IT project business analysis and advice to stakeholders

Collaborated with subject matter experts to support the mapping, improvement, measurement and maintenance of business processes

Arranging meetings with the SMEs and conducting weekly issue meetings with customers

Involve with system analysts for user friendly enhancements of web pages from the initial mock-ups

Formed the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) in order to project the life cycle activities and work products to the project requirements.

Ability to led the effort and implementation of the Business User Acceptance Testing.

Perform other incidental and related duties as required and assigned

Aim/Anthem - Chicago Feb 2016 – Feb 2019,

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

Worked as a liaison between the technical team and the clients in developing the system

Participated in Agile development methodologies with a drive for complete understanding.

Elicited, analyzed, communicated and validated requirements for business processes from users

Participated in requirements gathering for assigned internal and third-party systems.

Communicated and coordinated activities with various matrix partners as well as internal team members.

Served as a training and demonstration resources to business users for assigned system

Maintained a thorough knowledge of the organization and adhere to all organizational technology standards

Developed and maintained a strong rapport with business users, product owners, developers and SME’s

Participated in business process improvement.

Created and managed project templates use case project templates, requirement types and traceability relationships

Ensured test plans covered all user requirements.

Developed and managed the formal SDLC implementation using the Agile Methodology

Developed and delivered comprehensive system, process, and workflow documentation for assigned system

Helped define, implement, enforce style guides, standards, and best practices for UI development

Provide UI-mockups, lead design discussions and identify design options.

Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and worked with the offshore development team and the vendor for the resolution of issues

Attended meetings with QA and developers to discuss defects

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