Vanitha Venkatesh Shimoga Sathyanarayana
EDISON,NJ
Summary
Around 7 years of Industry experience as a Business Analyst with solid understanding of Business Requirements Gathering, Evaluating Data Sources, Translating Requirements into Specifications of Application design Extensive experience in roles such as Project management and Senior Business Analyst with excellent knowledge to the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies, frame works and processes. Experienced in managing requirements from project inception through release. Experienced in conducting Requirement Analysis, Use Case Design, Designing Test Plans. Experience, comfort level and success working in agile environment. Ability to gather business and Technical Requirements from both formal and informal sessions utilizing. a variety of software methodologies including, Use Cases Strong Communication and Presentation Skills substantiated in past assignments with developers, project managers, subject-matter experts, stakeholders, system implementers, and application end-users. Creative and Enthusiastic Self-Starter with integrative thinking skills, capable of forming and team environment. productive working relationships in internal, external, independent, and team environments.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Analyst
PNC Bank
05.2020 - 07.2022
- Worked with the Business Users to gather requirements and business logic for the new changes and features for commercial experience (COMEX) and Pinnacle classic/corporate projects of PNC
- Worked as aligned Business Analyst to above projects to manage daily routine work like stand-up calls, sprint planning, refinement calls for planning the ongoing projects
- Writing a JIRA stories for designers, developers, content reviewers related to the new features of the projects considering the acceptance Criteria for American disabilities ACT
- Excellent administrative support to assist project/product owner in scheduling the meeting, communication, and documentation
- Worked with the development teams to ensure the work performed meets customer expectations
- Expert-level knowledge of data analysis, project management and project planning
- Create, maintain, and keep the current detailed documentation of integration processes
- Analyze and document high level and detailed business requirements in the form of features/user stories and translate them into data flow diagrams, process flow diagrams, activity flow diagrams
- Worked with Business Intelligence team and Business stakeholders to identify issues
- Create requirements for both API based, and File based integrations
- Translated technical requirements into functional and non-functional requirements
- Coordinate and facilitate the product demo meetings with internal teams
- Prioritize and estimate the product backlog along with the team
- Own and maintain the prioritized working backlog user stories for the teams
- Worked closely with the developers for integration stories for the next team to refer and implement
- Roadmap (scope document) Planning and updating
- Creating and regularly updating the product roadmap to communicate the direction and progress of the product
- Environment: JIRA MS Office, MS Visio, Power BI, Agile
Business Analyst
Charles Schwab
04.2019 - 05.2020
- Created User stories, updated acceptance criteria, and conducted Story refinement sessions Using Scrum one of the agile methodologies to emphasize face to face communication and make sure that iteration is passing through full SDLC
- Document business processes and develop functional requirements
- Developing UAT test cases and conducting UAT Testing
- Perform GAP Analysis to identify the gap between the optimized allocation and integration of the inputs, and the current level of allocation
- Created and maintained refined backlog for the team to pull work from in the sprint Conducted Wireframes and visual diagram reviews with UX, Dev, Testing, and System architects to define the requirements
- Performed Business Line Acceptance testing for stories within the sprint Coordinate Dev working sessions with on/offshore team
- Environment: JIRA MS Office, MS Visio, Power BI, Agile
Business Analyst
McKesson Corp
03.2017 - 04.2018
- Attended business and technical subject matter experts’ presentations on the existing system, its functionalities, and shortcomings
- Designed the existing workflows for the system
- Created the to-process flows of systems (including swim lane diagrams) Conducted JAD sessions with subject matter experts and gathered requirements
- Documents requirements in the business requirements document and obtained approval
- Documented screenshots of various functionalities Maintained the traceability matrix to ensure all requirements were captured and met Maintained an issue log to document and maintain all risks, issues, and open items
- Designed the User acceptance testing template for the business
- Environment: JIRA MS Office, MS Visio, Power BI, Agile
Business Analyst
Nestor Technologies INC
04.2017
- Worked as a Business Analyst for the PQA tool
- Conducted requirement-gathering sessions with the user, facilitated the requirement validation sessions, and work-group meeting sessions, reached out to the user through emails, and scheduled meetings to gather requirements
- Documentation of the requirements to prepare the business requirement documentation (BRM) and functional requirement document (FRD)
- Worked with the Business users, Solution Architects, Application Leads, and SMEs on the PQA Tool
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gain in-depth understanding of critical business requirements
- Created user Stories, tasks, and Functional specification documents, and updated work progress in JIRA
- Developing User Stories and Acceptance Criteria: Prioritizing and refining the product backlog, which involves creating and ordering backlog items such as features, user stories, and bug fixes
- Participating in Agile Ceremonies: Attending and actively participating in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups
- Collaborating with Development Teams- working closely with development teams to ensure they understand the backlog priorities and the larger goals of the product
- Assisting offshore team
- Elicited functional and non-functional requirements and documents
- Facilitated the ongoing backlog grooming process, supporting the Product Owner in defining value, and priority, and selecting scope for upcoming releases and sprints
- Roadmap (scope document) Planning and updating: Creating and regularly updating the product roadmap to communicate the direction and progress of the product
- Collaborated with the reporting team to discuss Project [progress and updates, facilitating effective team communication
- Created backend stories for the PQA team to develop the database for the PQA Tool, ensuring data integrity and functionality
- Developed API stories for fetching and Saving data, enhancing the tool’s usability and efficiency
- Environment: JIRA MS Office, MS Visio, Power BI, Agile
Education
Master of Arts -
Mysore University
Skills
- Operating Systems
- Requirements Management
- User Interface Design Tools
- SDLC Methodologies
- Databases
- Project Management Tools
- Defect Management Tools
Skillssummary
Windows XP/7/10/11, Confluence, Smart Draw, MS Visio, Snagit, Storyboards, Waterfall, Agile, SQL Server 2012/2016, MS Access, MS Office, MS Project, MS SharePoint, JIRA, HP Quality center
Timeline
Business Analyst
PNC Bank
05.2020 - 07.2022
Business Analyst
Charles Schwab
04.2019 - 05.2020
Business Analyst
Nestor Technologies INC
04.2017
Business Analyst
McKesson Corp
03.2017 - 04.2018
Master of Arts -
Mysore University
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