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BHAVANA MALIK

Oakville,ON

Summary

An Information Technology Professional with deep expertise of nine years in the field of business analysis, software requirements management, agile software delivery, business process management, and project management. Elicited, analyzed, documented, and managed business/system requirements across various business domains using industry-standard tools, techniques, and standards. Profound knowledge of delivering high-quality business/software requirements in different SDLC environments, ranging from highly agile (Scrum and Kanban) to pure Waterfall environment. Proficient in technical and soft skills to successfully ensure delivery of high-quality information technology solutions to clients within scope, schedule, and budget.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Analyst

Arihant ESolutions
Toronto, ON
09.2023 - Current
  • Worked with client Product Owner (PO) and other stakeholders to elicit, analyze, document, and manage business and software requirements
  • Led requirements elicitation sessions such as Product Backlog Grooming meetings, Application Design (JAD) sessions, Requirements Workshops, and Design Meetings.
  • Conducted ‘Persona Analysis' and user story writing workshops with client stakeholders
  • Track( APIs) Performance metrics and work to improve the stability, scalability, and availability of the (APIs)
  • Used tools such as Microsoft Visio, and Lucid chart to create business processes
  • Worked with client's customer to build new business processes as part of business process re-engineering initiatives
  • Built BPMN 2.0-based workflows using workflow engines such as Lucid chart.
  • Translated high-level business requirements into functional, non-functional, business rules, interface, and design (graphical user interface) requirements.
  • Identified features, epics, and user stories from the ‘Future State' business processes and write detailed acceptance test criteria using Gherkin Syntax.
  • Created and managed project artifacts such as vision documents, business process narratives, user stories, data dictionaries, business rules repositories, interface control documents, wireframes, and Impact Analysis Document
  • Worked closely with UI/UX developers to develop low/high fidelity wireframes, using tools such as Figma and Lucid chart
  • Facilitated and managed pre-planning, product backlog grooming, planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews, sprint demos, sprint retrospective meetings, and enterprise-wide release planning events such as Program Increment Planning meetings.

Senior Business Analyst

Publicis Re:Sources
10.2022 - 08.2023
  • Participated in Product Backlog Grooming sessions with Product Owner, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and other extended business stakeholders in defining the business needs of the stakeholders
  • Created Acceptance Criteria (Gherkin Syntax) and wireframes as part of user stories
  • Assisted the Product Owner in splitting large user stories (Features, Epics) into smaller user stories
  • Created ‘As-Is’ (Current State) and ‘To-Be’ (Future State) business process flows (Standard notations and BPMN 2.0) as part of the Gap Analysis exercise
  • Helped SMEs to identify the pain points in the processes
  • Created various technical artifacts such as business process diagrams/narratives
  • Wrote Functional Requirements Document (FRD), Data Dictionary, and Business Rules Document, and designed Wireframes.
  • Wrote Structured Query Language (SQL) queries as part of requirements analysis effort
  • Collated data from different sources and created various reports to provide updates to management
  • Assisted Project Manager in creating project estimates, work assignments, and other aspects of assigned projects such as reports, presentations etc
  • Stories
  • Modelling system context diagram, various UML diagrams (Use Case, Activity, and state chart diagrams)
  • Coordinated, facilitated and participated in agile ceremonies such as product backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily stand-up, sprint review and retrospective meetings
  • Elicited, analyzed, documented, and managed business/system requirements across various business domains using industry-standard tools, techniques, and standards.

Business Analyst

ANSCO Systems
02.2015 - 09.2022

• Facilitated discussions with business and technical stakeholders to gather business requirements.

• Documented gathered requirements, use cases, and user stories, improving project clarity.

• Led cross-functional teams in end-to-end Microsoft Navision ERP and Salesforce Sales Cloud

• implementation, ensuring successful project delivery.

• Demonstrated advanced analytical skills with the ability to analyze SAP Crystal reports meticulously.

• Orchestrated the creation of operational PDF reports using SAS, implementing advanced data manipulation techniques to ensure precision and relevance in reporting.

• Spearheaded the optimization of ETL workflows, slashing processing time by 15% and enhancing data accuracy, resulting in improved operational efficiency.

• Collaborated closely with stakeholders, conducting in-depth meetings to extract and refine business requirements, subsequently translating them into comprehensive technical specifications.

• Engineered interactive dashboards and reports in MicroStrategy, facilitating data-driven decision-making and empowering stakeholders with actionable insights.

• Responded to ad-hoc reporting requests with agility, delivering bespoke solutions that met stakeholders' immediate needs while aligning with overarching business objectives.

• Actively participated in cross-functional collaboration, identifying and capitalizing on process enhancement and innovation opportunities.

• Provided expert guidance and support to stakeholders and colleagues on SAS, SQL, and MicroStrategy, fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development within the team.

Education

Master of Computer Applications - Computer Applications

Punjab University
India

Skills

  • Wireframe/Mockups
  • Structured Query Language (SQL)
  • Balsamiq, Mockflow
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Agile Methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
  • Unified Modeling Language (UML)
  • Business Process Model and Notation
  • (BPMN 20)
  • Use Case Methodology
  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Epic, User Stories
  • Business Architecture
  • Trello
  • Database
  • Gap Analysis
  • System Context Diagram
  • Stakeholder Management
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Presentation Skills
  • Conflict Resolution Skills
  • Quality Assurance (Manual)
  • JIRA
  • Azure DevOps

Timeline

Business Analyst

Arihant ESolutions
09.2023 - Current

Senior Business Analyst

Publicis Re:Sources
10.2022 - 08.2023

Business Analyst

ANSCO Systems
02.2015 - 09.2022

Master of Computer Applications - Computer Applications

Punjab University
BHAVANA MALIK