Maneesha Gangumalla

BUSINESS ANALYST

Frisco, TX Mobile: 203-***-**** Email: ad4ae5@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Proven business analyst with 4 years of experience across many industries, skilled in converting business requirements into practical insights and solutions.

Strong ability to create and manage various documents, including Business Charter, FRD, BRD, SRS, Test Plan, and User Guides.

Experienced using MS Project, MS Excel, MS SharePoint, Asana, Trello, Jira, and Rally for effective project management.

Skilled in utilizing Tableau and Power BI for dynamic and insightful data visualization and familiarity with ERP systems such as SAP, MS Dynamics Nav, Salesforce, and HubSpot for streamlined business processes.

Proficient in cost/benefit analysis, impact analysis, GAP analysis, risk analysis, SWOT analysis, ensuring comprehensive project assessment.

Expertise in tools like Jira, Microsoft Visio, JAD, Rational ClearQuest, RTM, UAT, KPI, Alteryx, Google Analytics, and data analysis.

Well-versed in software development and testing, data modelling, database knowledge, business intelligence (BI) tools, process mapping, user experience (UX) understanding, quality assurance (QA) knowledge, and prototyping.

Demonstrated strengths in time management, leadership, problem-solving, negotiation, decision-making, and effective verbal communication.

SKILLS

Methodologies:

SDLC, Agile/Scrum, Waterfall

Documentation:

FRD, BRD, SRS, Test Plan, User Guide

Project Management Tools:

MS Project, MS Excel, MS SharePoint, Asana, Trello, Jira, Rally

Visualization Tools:

Tableau, Power BI

ERP Planning and CRM:

SAP, MS Dynamics Nav, Salesforce, HubSpot

Analysis Skills:

Cost/benefit analysis, Impact analysis, GAP analysis, Risk analysis, SWOT analysis

Tracking / Other Skills:

Jira, Microsoft Visio, JAD, Rational ClearQuest, RTM, UAT, KPI, Alteryx, Requirement gathering, Google Analytics, Data Analysis, MS Visio, MS Office, Software development & testing, Data Modelling, Database Knowledge, Business Intelligence (BI) Tools, Process Mapping, User Experience (UX) Understanding, Quality Assurance (QA) Knowledge, Prototyping

Soft Skills:

Time management, Leadership, Management, Problem-solving, Negotiation, Decision-Making, Documentation and Presentation, Verbal communication

Operating System:

Windows, Linux, Mac iOS

EXPERIENCE

Business Analyst Optum, TX Oct 2022-Present

Gathered and ranked the business requirements through facilitating workshops and conducting stakeholder interviews.

Used Tableau to develop interactive dashboards for showing key performance indicators (KPIs) and played a crucial part in a healthcare analytics project.

Collaborated on a system integration project, ensuring seamless communication between different business units using JIRA and Confluence for project management.

Facilitated User Acceptance Testing (UAT) sessions to make sure generated solutions satisfied user expectations and business needs.

Executed complex data analysis using SQL, extracting meaningful insights to support data-driven decision-making.

Developed comprehensive business and system documentation, ensuring a clear and detailed record of project requirements and processes.

Assisted in developing the Test Plan, Test Cases, and Test Scenarios to be used in testing based on business requirements, technical specifications, and/or product knowledge.

Created a Business Requirement Document (BRD) and subsequent Scope document, clarifying the requirement to help the IT team understand and provide extensive information related to requirements with the help of business owners and proxies.

Conducted the JAD Sessions with stakeholders and developers to have a clear picture of a project and gathered requirements on the Health Management Utilization Management.

Applied a deep understanding of Medicaid processes and regulations to inform and shape project requirements and solutions.

Worked on a user interface (UI) redesign project, gathering requirements, and collaborating with UX designers for an enhanced user experience.

Utilized Agile Software Methodology using Scrum framework. Actively participated in creating the user stories and prioritizing user stories along with tracking burn-up and burn-down charts to estimate sprint delivery.

Utilized project management tools such as JIRA and Confluence to streamline workflows and documentation processes and was involved in the Scrum development process and prepared Sprint burndown chart, product catalog, and sprint backlog contain.

Ensured strict adherence to HIPAA regulations in all phases of project work, safeguarding sensitive healthcare information.

Business Analyst Brane Enterprises, India Sept 2018-Jul 2021

Performed extensive “Gap analysis” of the Wealth Management application to document existing business process flows and derive requirements for the proposed functionalities.

conducted end-user interviews and Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions to gather business requirements; These requirements were categorized and recorded using user stories and epics.

Documented project artifacts such as Stakeholders Analysis, Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Document (FRD), Test cases, and Test Plans.

Developed the test plan, test conditions, and test cases to be used in UAT testing based on business requirements, and technical specifications.

Utilized Oracle Database to query and manipulate data, ensuring data integrity and accuracy.

Developed and maintained complex SQL queries for ad-hoc data analysis and reporting.

Developed and maintained Power BI dashboards, providing real-time insights, and facilitating data-driven decision-making processes.

Used Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, and the Rational Suite software to create and assess business requirements, functional specifications, project schedules, documentation, and test plans.

Documented UML Activity Diagram to define the To-Be Business Processes as well as documented UML State Diagrams to define the Work-In-Progress (WIP) Statuses of clients and accounts.

Managing all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Analysis, Designing, Development, Testing, Deployment, Maintenance, and Operational support while balancing resources, schedule, and budget.

Assisted the Project Manager in identifying key risks, dependencies, roles, and responsibilities; Created and maintained the Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) to define roles and responsibilities.

Used programs like MS Visio and Balsamiq Mock-ups to generate wireframes, screen mock-ups, and UML diagrams to represent the functional requirements of the suggested application.

Assisted Project Manager in managing team workflow using Team Foundation Server (TFS) and was involved in writing simple-to-complex SQL queries for data analysis and validating test results.

Established and maintained robust project tracking mechanisms using tools like JIRA, ensuring transparency and accountability throughout project lifecycles.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Computer Information System & Information Technology - University of Central Missouri, USA

Post Graduate Diploma in Management – Siva Sivani Institute of Management, India

Bachelor of Commerce and Computers - Shymala Devi Degree College (Osmania University), India

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