Michael Sode Email & Phone Number

Westerville, Oh, Us

United States

United States

•Work closely with functional areas, project management and technology teams, to define and document functional and non-functional requirements leading to a clear and concise project delivery.•Facilitate agile processes such as inception, iteration, and story kickoff.•Analyze data to ensure features are aligned with product goals/objectives and deliver the most business value.•Perform analysis and presentations of the results with the use of SQL, Excel, and Visual Basic scripts to convey the needs of the organization•Convert SQL text to create queries for business analysis.•Manage story backlogs to ensure the readiness of user stories for the upcoming sprint.•Perform analysis and presentations of the results with the use of SQL, Excel, and Visual Basic scripts to convey the needs of the organization.•Build primary relationships with Information Technology, Innovation team, and Execution team with SharePoint to support the business goals.•Creates data flow chart and wireframes using balsamiq, develop and execute requirement change plans, and develop business solution components and prototypes to better aid the understanding of requirements.•Writing user stories and acceptance criteria using the Gherkin Syntax to ensure they satisfy elicited requirements with documentation in Jira and confluence.•Develop, manage, and implement testing strategy, plan, and materials (test conditions, cases, issues, log, and scripts) to ensure project deliverables meet business, functional, performance and quality requirements.•Perform functional and regression test to ensure the UAT conforms with stated requirement, and documentation of reported defects.•Mentor and train new team members to achieve required skills needed on the project.

Houston, Texas, United States

1)Translated high-level requirements into detailed-level requirements (user stories) to be consumed by the development pods in each sprint, while ensuring stories and features are added iteratively to the product to add overall value2)Developed business case and business requirements document, ensuring all requirements gathered reflected and aligned with the overall business strategy.3)Collaborated with internal and external resources to aid in translating business needs into requirements to ensure solutions meet customer requirements4) Converted SQL text to create queries for business analysis.5) Developed detailed API requirements document to enable seamless integration between contribution section data and records resulting in reduction of communication errors.6) Collaborated closely with the developer to implement new protocols for data transfer using SOAP API, and streamlined data communication process within company application, reducing data entry errors for clients. 7)Performed gap analysis to determine steps mandatory for fulfilling business requirements.8)Created acceptance criteria that are clear, concise, and actionable for the project team to understand and act in accordance with the needs.9)Coordinated with product owner to prioritize user stories and ensure stories are added iteratively to the product.