Priyanka P
************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE: Self-motivated, detail oriented and experienced BA/QA & Certified Scrum Master with over 3 years of experience in gathering & analyzing business requirements, translating them into application and operational requirements, developing feasible solutions and testing in various phases of life cycle. Seeking a professional environment where I can apply both my Technical experience & Business Analysis skills.
SUMMARY:
Complete understanding of different Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
Strong knowledge in business analysis knowledge areas like Elicitation/Gathering, Requirement Analysis, Requirement Management and Solution Assessment
Playing the role of Scrum Master as and when required. Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog item
Supporting the Product Owner, especially on grooming and maintaining the product backlog to maximize value
Develop User Stories, UML Diagrams, & Different Process Flow Maps, BPM models to support complex application solutions to drive customer requirements.
Handling and updating of complete Documentation on day-to-day basis.
Creating wireframes using Axure and MS Visio.
Strong knowledge in Project Management.
Expertise in writing and handling various documents like Business Requirement Document (BRD), Software Requirement Specification (SRS), Functional Requirement Specification (FRD), Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) for each assigned Project.
Actively engaged in facilitating various meetings like Daily Stand up meetings, Sprint Planning Meeting, Sprint Review and Retrospect Sprint meetings and participate in User Acceptance testing with end users and other stakeholders.
Experienced in conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions for requirements gathering, analysis and design.
Maintaining Requirements issues list document, creating meeting agendas, typing meeting notes, managing change requests as stakeholders discover updates to the requirements.
Creating artifacts related to agile project-User story cards, Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Burndown and Burnup charts using Azure DevOps and Jira.
Experience in conducting UAT testing in collaboration with Project Manager and SMEs. Developing test cases and listing out scenarios for the business stakeholders to walk through and facilitate elements of the testing.
Collaborating and assisting closely with development team, QA and stakeholders. Assisting QA team in preparation of test case design documents, test case execution, Defect tracking process.
Able to debug software failures that happen throughout application development
Implement best practices and use cases with testing of applications
Ability to estimate time based on tasks created by project owners
Reviewing Test strategy document, Defect Documentation prepared by testing team.
Thorough understanding and Hands on experience of Project Management tool JIRA and Azure DevOps and test management tool HP ALM
Strong knowledge and Hands-on experience in SQL.
Capable of rapidly learning new technologies and processes, and successfully applying them to projects and operations.
Team player, hardworking, highly self-motivated, fast-learner and goal-oriented individual committed in pursuing a long-term career in Information and Communication Technology.
Good verbal and written Communication Skills
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Design Modelling Tools
Axure, Star UML
Project Management Tools
JIRA, Azure DevOps
Documentations Tools
MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, Google Docs
Data Management Tools
MS SQL Server
Methodology
Agile, Waterfall, Scrum
Testing Tools
HP ALM
CERTIFICATIONS:
Copado Certified Administrator May 2020
Scrum Master Certified February 2020
Scrum Fundamentals Certified January 2020
Certified by Scrum Study, A Global Accreditation Body for Scrum and Agile Certifications
Professional Experience:
Yes-M Systems Sep 2018 – April 2020
Atlanta, GA
Role: Business Analyst
Project: Patient Liability Estimation Healthcare IT Project
Responsible for gathering & Analyzing requirements, developing use cases, Process Flow Diagrams and other project deliverables based on the project scope.
Conducted JAR/JAD sessions with Business team to help create Business Requirement Documentation, using MS Word and MS Visio.
Using Azure DevOps, facilitated the daily stand-up, sprint iteration planning, and other as needed via WebEx/ GoToMeeting tele-conferencing sessions with co-located teams.
Used Azure DevOps extensively to create Epics, User Stories, Sprint Iteration and Capacity Planning.
Evaluating Requirements and create the Business Requirement Document (BRD), Software Requirement Specification (SRS), Use Case Specification and Requirement Traceability matrices (RTM).
Provided Test Scenarios document, define the acceptance criteria and assist with testing in a Mockup Project Environment.
Preparing Test Scenarios and Test Cases for UAT and testing the solution, validating all the functionality, maintaining the UAT status and logging and tracking defects till closure.
Work on HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool for requirement management, test planning, functional testing, performance testing and defect management.
Experience in designing business models using UML diagrams such as Use Case diagrams, Activity diagrams, BPMN and Sequence Diagrams using Star UML and Microsoft Visio.
Responsible for creating UI mockups using Axure RP 8
Used Azure DevOps extensively to share the various Project Documents across cross-functional Teams.
Prior Work Experience:
Celon Labs October 2015 – December 2016
Hyderabad, India
Role: Jr. Business Analyst
Work closely with designers, developers, testers and agile product owner to support the implementation and testing of web and mobile features.
Analyzing information needs and Functional Requirements and deliver artifacts as needed-Software Requirement Specification (SRS), Business Process Models (BPM), Develop flow charts, use cases, activity, sequence, wireframes for web applications, and mockups of the application using MS Visio.
Involved in facilitation of JAD sessions
Review and analyze business requirements document to derive the functional requirement document and systems requirements specification document.
Create and prepare UAT test plans, test cases, test scripts based on business requirement document, system requirement document.
Execute test scripts and provide result analysis daily during UAT execution period.
Critically evaluate information gathered from different sources, decompose high level information into low level information or tasks.
Drafting and writing communication content.
Synthokem Labs Private Limited September 2013 – September 2015
(USFDA Approved)
Hyderabad, India
Role: QA/QC Analyst
Operation and Calibration of Analytical balance, pH meter, Conductivity meter, Melting Point Apparatus, KF apparatus, UV, IR.
Sampling and analysis and of all Key and non-key raw materials as per sampling procedure and issuing approved labels.
Handling of all lab chemicals and primary standards along with Control/retention sample management.
Handling of vendor qualification procedure of new vendor (of Raw Material and Packaging material).
Reviewing of all QC related reports, follow and maintain cGLPs, GTP, SOPs and STPs. Internal and external audits coordination.
EDUCATION:
Master of Science in Biochemistry June 2013
RGR Siddhanthi College, Hyderabad, Telangana.
(Affiliated to Osmania University, Hyderabad, INDIA.)
Bachelor of Science in Computer Applications June 2011
St Francis Degree College - Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.