• Gathered Requirements from the Stakeholders and followed the UML based methods using Rational Rose for Business Modeling.
• Involved in project planning by conducting interviews, feasibility studies to identify and eliminate high risk areas of the application.
• Facilitated JAD sessions involving the management, development and user teams for clarifying requirements and facilitating better communication.
• Interacting with the SMEs and Stakeholders to get a better understanding of client business processes and gather business requirements
• Identified Use cases from the Functional requirements and wrote Use Case Specifications and created business process workflow diagrams (Activity diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Collaboration diagrams) in Rational Rose.
• Applied UML notations and methodology in developing models that accurately represent the business process and workflows and clearly communicate them to the stakeholders.

Environment: Windows XP, UML, RUP, Visual Basic 6.0, MS Visio 2000, MS Project 2000, SQL Server 2000, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Rose

• Defined & documented different business metrics per different business and manufacturing groups
• Standardizing and developing work process documentation and new work instructions for the new assembly line in production used as training documentation.
• Setting up Min and Max values for replenishment of inventory from warehouse and managing 2-Bin system in lean manufacturing.
• Developing capacity charts for certain departments to assist master scheduler for scheduling the inventory.
• Mapping the different process on Non-Stock items to track them in WMS (Warehouse Management System).
• Documented KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) used by Production & Scheduling groups to understand their targets & achievements.
• Gathered requirements for Production department’s dashboards which are used to measure the business performance.
• Documented data sources & data mappings required to produce monthly production reports.
• Analyzed user requirements from business, technical and functional requirement documents.
• Implementing 2-bin system of inventory management system at assembly line and warehouse.

Environment: Windows 2000, Oracle 9i, MS Project, MS Office suite, SQL, TOAD 7.4.x, VB.NET, ASP.NET

Programmer Analyst

Supply chain ManagementPosition: Research Analyst

• Work with Project managers in defining and managing roadmap, vision, scope, strategy and development plans for the New Agent and Market Center Websites for KW Technology.
• Translated product strategy into High levelfeaturesand prototypes, with UI/UX designers, developers, and quality engineers to implement.
• Lead and mentored a team of Business Analysts and Data Analysts in requirements engineering.
• Defined user requirements, product requirements (PRD, BRD, user stories) and web experiences. Researched user behaviors and strategized roadmaps that will enhance the web experiences.
• Overseeing the product development in an Agile Environment. Created Epics, User Stories and maintained product backlog prioritizing features and enhancements.
• Lead the discovery and definition of digital products that are desirable, usable, and feasible. Worked intimately with developers to refine and build product and features.
• Prepare, prioritized and schedule User Stories to ensure that User Stories are accurate and clear so that business value is achieved.
• Proactively interacted with large, diverse user group spanning multiple departments throughout the organization to understand and define integrations and dependencies of the product.
• Identified and analyzed business problems and define the scope of activities required to address the issues
• Involved in all aspects of projects, including documentation, research, identifying solutions and reviewing workflow process mapping
• Facilitated decision-making by communicating across project teams and functional areas;
• Work with the project manager to groom product backlog, define project scope and implement change requests following the change management procedures

Environment: Python, MS SharePoint, JIRA MS Office Suite.

• Work with Product managers in defining and managing roadmap, vision, scope, strategy and development plans for the New Agent and Market Center Websites for KW Technology.
• Translated product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes, worked with designers, developers, and quality engineers to implement these features.
• Defined user requirements, product requirements (PRD, BRD, user stories) and web experiences. Researched user behaviors and strategized roadmaps that will enhance the web experiences.
• Overseeing the product development in an Agile Environment. Created Epics, User Stories and maintained product backlog prioritizing features and enhancements.
• Lead the discovery and definition of digital products that are desirable, usable, and feasible. Worked intimately with developers to refine and build product and features.
• Identify new and creative opportunities to leverage Salesforce.com capabilities to improve immediate lead capture from websites
• Work with SMEs to gather requirements and then drafted them, facilitated reviews and gained approval from stakeholders.
• Prepare and prioritized User Stories to ensure that User Stories are accurate and clear, has business values and story points
• Proactively interacting with large, diverse user group spanning multiple departments throughout the organization to understand and define integrations and dependencies with KW Websites.
• Identified and analyzed business problems and define the scope of activities required to address the issues
• Involved in all aspects of projects, including documentation, research, identifying solutions and reviewing workflow process mapping
• Facilitated decision-making by communicating across project teams and functional areas;
• Work with the project manager to groom product backlog, define project scope and implement change requests following the change management procedures

Environment: Java, J2EE, MYSQL, Toad, MS SharePoint, Rally, JIRA MS Office Suite

• Gather Business Process requirements and model processes using the BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation) standard.
• Work closely with end user’s / key stakeholders to capture Service Level Agreements (Both for IT & for Business) to measure the success of implementation.
• Functional Requirements derived from Use Cases which cover Business Processes, User Roles, Business Rules and Business Exceptions UI Requirements with Data fields, Validation Rules, Security Rules (Access Control, Authentication requirements)

• Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on Product & Sprint Backlogs.

• Planning, Prioritizing and Monitoring of Product Backlog and Sprint Backlogs using RTM(Requirement Traceability Matrix).
• Define Business Rules regarding Data manipulation, Security, Application Access control, Tracking and auditing.
• Create Entity Relationship diagrams & Data Flow diagrams to capture/define data requirements & Define

Environment: Java 1.5, J2EE, DB2, Mongo DB, MS SharePoint, Version One, MS Office Suite, Rational Clear Quest.

• Liaison between the business needs and the technical solutions, ensuring technical solutions satisfy business requirements.
• Conducted several requirements gathering sessions to understand functional needs better for Conduct, Confine, and DM.
• Prepared Project Planning and technical documentation for Management.
• Involved in business process management to achieve business performance.
• Prepared technical documentation for business reviews for management Application security.
• Defined & Documented security groups needed for different modules within the application.
• Conduct meetings that involve different business groups including higher management.
• Facilitate meetings with different business users & IT groups using JAD sessions.
• Prepared requirements & change requests documents as per standard templates.
• Implemented the project with Agile/Scrum methodology to deliver the product within schedule time.
• Gathered and documented security requirements based on business hierarchies & user groups.
• Helped set and manage user/customer expectations throughout the project life cycle.

Environment: Windows XP, MS Office suite, MS Project, Orcale10g/11i, Oracle APEX, Oracle Business Intelligence, Oracle BI Publisher.