Asheni Jayawardena Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

Playing the role of Lead BA for a project to deploy a single Reservation & Pricing platform across multiple regions (Australia, New Zealand, UK, South Africa, US, Canada), by consolidating and replacing region-specific reservations systems for a multi-national tour operator client.Pre-Sales• Analyze client's business and model business in product• Initial extensive product demonstration for the client• ‘Proof of Concept’ use case preparation and business modeling• Prepare POC schedule and conducting demonstrations onsite• Conducting onsite product training for hands-on experienceProject Initiation• Prepare Gap analysis schedule, scenarios & documentation• Conducting onsite workshops with client for gap analysis and project scope identification• High level estimations and scope finalization with scrum leads• Client process re-engineering to maximize product usage• Prepare project backlog & backlog prioritization• Conducting project kick off workshops with client and scrum teams and establishing processes• Client consultancy to streamline their processes and onboard clients with agile practicesProject Delivery• Sprint backlog maintenance, prioritization, slicing, and grooming• User journey mapping• Grooming new BAs for User story writing and requirement clarifications• Participate in solutioning and solution document preparation• Leading backlog grooming, sprint planning and sprint review sessions with local scrum teams & client stakeholders• Onsite presence to support client queries• Change request management keeping a track of original requirement vs current• Go live preparation by analyzing region-wise use cases, onsite and offsite UAT and cross product (internal/3rd party) Testing

Playing the role of Lead BA for a project which replaced multiple legacy systems with a single platform for Reservations, Pricing, Fulfilment, 3rd party integrations and Smart Recommendations for a US based multi-national theme park operating company.Project Initiation• Conducting initial Gap Analysis onsite in order to identify how CodeGen products can be placed in business• Detailed onsite gap analysis sessions with client• Conducting project kick off workshops onsite & offsite• Client process re-engineering for maximum efficiency• Create project backlog• Groom CodeGen teams to kick off the projectDelivery• Maintaining the backlog and backlog prioritization• User story writing and requirement clarification with client• Conducting backlog grooming, sprint planning and sprint review sessions• Maintaining client communications bridging the gap between development team and client’s requirement• Solutioning with Architect team• Product consultancy for client and CodeGen team• Onsite support to help client to get onboard with the project and support client queries• Grooming other BAs to get on board with the project• Heading end-to-end business scenario testing prior to go-live• Project architecture analysis with development team• Handling go-live activitiesPost Go Live• Supporting production queries• Building TravelBox knowledge base to support production support team• Handle change requests and delivery

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Computer Science

Professtional Qualification In Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management

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