Esther Anbarasu

• Created detailed project documentation, including business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, and user stories, to support development teams.
• Facilitated meetings with different vendors and ensured transition activities occurred smoothly
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams, ensuring a cohesive approach to business analysis.
• Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.
• Developed detailed functional test cases based on requirements and executed tests to validate system functionalities, including UI, business logic, and integrations.
• Collaborated closely with development teams, product managers, and business analysts to resolve issues, clarify requirements, and ensure proper functionality alignment.
• Identified, documented, and tracked defects using tools like JIRA. Ensured timely defect resolution and re-tested fixes to confirm defect closure.

• Gathered business requirements by interviewing stakeholders and SMEs
• Lead Scrum ceremonies (Daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint retrospectives) to ensure team focus and alignment towards the product goals
• Implemented BDD approach to prioritize and refine stories thereby improving efficiency in backlog management.
• Created use case diagrams of the end to end process using tools like Lucidchart
• Translated business requirements into user stories resulting in a clear understanding of project deliverables
• Collaborated with technical teams to develop test plans and ensured they aligned with the business requirements.
• Executed test cases in the UAT phase to ensure all work flows of the application function as expected
• Utilized JIRA to collaborate with stakeholders for effective requirement gathering, test case and defect management ensuring transparency and effective issue resolution
• Established and maintained requirements traceability matrix ensuring to update any scope changes
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate implementation of business requirements
• Conducted in person and virtual UAT to ensure application was aligned with business requirements
• Trained overseas clients and resolved any queries or concerns regarding procedural flow of the application
• Work closely with UI/UX designers to create intuitive and engaging user experience

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements
• Participated in Agile activities such as Sprint planning, sprint retrospectives and daily stands ups
• Worked closely with developers to prioritize and resolve identified issues, maintaining open communication channels.
• Collaborated with product owners and stakeholders to ensure the project scope is defined and mitigate any risks
• Executed test scripts, logged defects and worked to resolve issues noted in testing process.
• Implemented performance testing to assess system scalability and identify bottlenecks.
• Handled three feature releases and simultaneous enhancements to the ATM integrations software
• Facilitated Brainstorming sessions of process workflows with the entire QA team
• Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.

Project 1: SunSuper (Australia)

• Organized meetings with the stakeholders and presented the processes required for sprint planning
• Elicit requirements from external partners and document them in the form of requirement traceability matrices (RTM)
• Facilitated SCRUM meetings for the team with stakeholders on a daily basis
• Facilitated product backlog grooming sessions in order to prioritize user stories using agile estimation planning poker technique
• Conducted System Performance Testing on Appian records and reports to analyze data for improvisation
• Worked with off-site teams to complete timely Regression tests, facilitating smooth product releases

Project 2: Triad Retail Media (USA)

• Facilitated Sprint planning and weighed sprint items using the Planning poker method
• Executed end-to-end Functional testing of the application and utilized JIRA to report bugs
• Created presentations for various clients for sprint demos to give a detail of product backlog items
• Performed user acceptance testing before go live phase, reported and documented issues found
• Created use cases, mapped them to requirements and maintained them throughout the project life cycle.
• Created, edited, and updated project manuals and technical documentation used by the entire QA team.
• Designed and implemented user setup, end user training materials and testing procedures.

• Collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.
• Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
• Utilized Kanban boards to visualize workflow, manage backlog, and optimize team efficiency
• Managed test environments effectively, ensuring accurate replication of production conditions for more realistic testing scenarios.
• Designed process flow maps based on business requirements and criteria
• Prepared BRDs in line with project requirements and translated them to functional design
• Used hybrid project management methodology to facilitate quick product releases based on requirements of stakeholders and external customers
• Performed end to end testing in UAT environment along with stakeholders
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams using Scrum methodology to deliver user stories and product increments in 2-week sprints
• Facilitated Sprint Retrospective meetings and documented feedback for the team
• Conducted thorough functional testing for optimal application performance and user experience.