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Ibi Cookey

St. John's,NL

Summary

I am a highly proficient and efficient Business Analyst with six years of professional experience. My expertise lies in the collection, analysis, and documentation of business requirements, utilizing various elicitation techniques such as one-on-one interviews, questionnaires, document reviews, focus groups, and JAD (Joint Application Development) sessions. I have substantial experience across all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including proficiency in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

In addition to my extensive background, I hold certifications as a SAFe Scrum Master and Scrum Product Owner, reflecting my commitment to excellence. I am known for my diligent work ethic, strong communication skills, and effective task prioritization abilities. My organizational skills are exceptional, allowing me to successfully manage multiple priorities while maintaining a positive attitude.

My excellent organizational and interpersonal skills enable me to work seamlessly and efficiently with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and customers. I am a responsible and collaborative team player, possessing outstanding analytical, problem-solving, multitasking, communication, planning, and technical skills. Working closely with team members, I consistently deliver high-quality products to meet customer expectations.

My proficiency extends to producing exceptional artifacts, including Requirement Management Plans, Use Cases, Process Flow diagrams, Mock-ups, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria. I excel in bridging the gap between IT and business teams, ensuring that deliverables align with organizational objectives.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

BUSINESS ANALYST

Cognizant
01.2017 - Current
  • Gathers functional requirements for successful design and development of diverse application design projects.
  • Organizes workshops and facilitates many meetings with a variety of stakeholders to collect requirements for target deliverables.
  • Reviews, updates, and develops technical design documents to support appropriate development of reporting solution.
  • Creates UAT scripts and runs tests.
  • Creates Process Flows and Process Maps to capture functional requirements depending on project expectations.
  • Creates user stories in JIRA based on stakeholder requirements.
  • Clarifies and prioritizes needs through brainstorming sessions with stakeholders and SMEs
  • Supported strategy and execution of testing
  • Provide trainings on new functionality as well as documentations including procedures and user guides for entire business process improvement.
  • Interacts with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
  • Collaborates with stakeholders to define project objectives and criteria.
  • Performs gap analysis to identify areas of improvement.
  • Improves business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
  • Conducts interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
  • Analyzes key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
  • Applies honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
  • Generates business intelligence reports to inform strategic decision-making.
  • Executes analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.
  • Analyzes open orders, backlog, and sales data to provide sales team with insights.
  • Collaborates with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.
  • Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.

Scrum Master

  • Facilitates Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
  • Plans Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
  • Collaborates with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Works closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
  • Applies agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
  • Manages product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
  • Works to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle.
  • Manages work and project responsibilities by assigning tasks to internal individuals and external teams.
  • Streamlines and optimized workflow and communication by implementing Agile frameworks.
  • Resolves staff conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.

Business Economist

Osa-B Foods Industry Limited
02.2022 - 09.2022
  • Worked to ensure detailed and accurate representation of the product target market
  • Conducted meetings with the Marine Institute for testing/ making of the product.
  • Attended scheduled work meetings to give account of achieved processes in current product development strategy.
  • Made decisions on the best method of managing internal operations.
  • Worked on achieving the company's currently set product price.
  • Conducted market research on competing products currently existing in the market.
  • Assisted in the planning and running of daily business activities

Education

BBA - Business Administration, Minor in Economics

Memorial University of Newfoundland
St John’s, NL
06.2023

Licensed Practical Nurse - Nursing

College of North Atlantic
St. John's, NL
07.2021

Certified Nursing Assistant - Nursing

College of North Atlantic
St. John's, NL
07.2020

Skills

  • Business Requirement
  • User Stories
  • Documentation
  • Scrum Ceremonies
  • Process Mapping
  • System Analysis
  • Process Flow Diagrams
  • Problem Solving
  • Facilitation of meetings
  • Microsoft Suite
  • Quality Assurance
  • SDLC
  • Agile Methodology
  • UAT
  • Acceptance Criteria
  • Functional Requirement Specification
  • Atlassian JIRA
  • Data and Analytics
  • Functional Improvements
  • SQL
  • Drawio
  • Requirements Elicitation
  • Confluence
  • Business Requirements Documentation
  • Regression Analysis
  • Grooming Practices
  • Web-Based Reporting Tools
  • CRM Systems
  • Needs Assessment
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Test Case Scenarios

Websites

Certification

Certified SAFe Scrum Master (CSSM)

-ID No:


Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

-ID No :96461278841830

Timeline

Business Economist

Osa-B Foods Industry Limited
02.2022 - 09.2022

BUSINESS ANALYST

Cognizant
01.2017 - Current

BBA - Business Administration, Minor in Economics

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Licensed Practical Nurse - Nursing

College of North Atlantic

Certified Nursing Assistant - Nursing

College of North Atlantic

Certified SAFe Scrum Master (CSSM)

-ID No:


Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

-ID No :96461278841830

Ibi Cookey