DAMARIS BASSEY
Business Analyst Scrum Master
SSM, CSPO.
PHONE: 646-***-****. EMAIL: *******.*******@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/damarisbassey/
SUMMARY
Business Analyst with 6 years’ experience in analyzing and assessing internal workflow process to identify areas of enhancement and implementing business development plan, requirements and needs to ensure the organizational goals and objectives are met. Strong problem-solving skills, excellent work ethics in resolving conflicts effectively and removing impediments.
Leading, coaching and mentoring the team to focus on the project in order to deliver value. Collaborating effectively with the team and other stakeholders.
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Requirements Elicitation
Requirements Documentation
Problem -Solving
Validating Functionality
Scrum
Gap Analysis Critical /Analytical Thinking
Agile and Waterfall Methodology
Business Analysis
Communication Strategies
Software Development Life Cycle
User Acceptance Testing
Collaboration Skill
Quality Assurance Testing
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Microsoft Office Suite
User Story
Process Flow Diagram
Jira
Wireframes/Mockup
Lucid Chart
Swimlanes
Test Case
Confluence
Draw.io
Microsoft Visio
Use Case SnagIt
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Codiant - A Yash Technologies Company Aug 2019 - Present Business Analyst/Scrum Master
Responsible for business requirement gathering.
Conducts business requirement analysis and identify critical issues or gaps for an established organizational process.
Identifying key deliverables
Responsible for populating the product backlog.
Collaborates with Product Owner, Stakeholders, and Subject Matter Experts to elicit the project requirements.
Develops a roadmap for short- and long-term work and monitoring the work to meet objectives. Identifies, refines, and evaluates solutions that maximize the value delivered by the project team to the stakeholders.
Creates various artefacts such as Requirement Management Planning (RMP) to provide better understanding of the business needs to the project team. Traces functional requirements through the stages of the SDLC to ensure that the requirements are fully implemented.
Provides clarifications to the development team when needed. Evaluates and prioritizes the product backlog towards the next sprint. Conducts manual testing to ensure that the product meets the business needs. Supports the project team after a product is deployed and during enhancement phase. Resolves conflicts and removes impediments out of the team’s path to enable the progress of the project. Facilitates all Scrum ceremonies, and guides the team follow the processes agreed upon. Codiant - A Yash Technology Company Jan 2017- July 2019 Business Analyst
Developed business plans, determine Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Responsible for eliciting and analyzes business and system requirements, translating them into functional requirement and prioritizing sprint backlogs, planning sprints, and releases. Conducted evaluation of organizational workflow. Create business analysis artefacts such as process flow diagrams, use case etc. to provide clarity to the technical team. Communicated with clients, customers, or other stakeholders to gather information about the needs and preferences.
Assisted in developing test plan. Test cases and perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Documented reports based on present findings to clients and managers. Liaise between various stakeholders and project team members, Recommended changes to existing business practices based on business data analysis. EDUCATION/ CERTIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Science: Education
University of Port Harcourt.
SSM-Certified Scrum Master
CSPO-Certified Scrum Product Owner