Pradeep Kumar Harekala Email & Phone Number

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Working as a Sr. Business Systems Analyst at DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit, end client of Esolvit.• As Sr. Business Systems Analyst prioritized the applications and workflows for migration based on the complexity, impact and user value.• Worked closely with business partners at DART to understand the use of DART’s customer applications and workflows.• Documented as-is features and process flows using business process modelling techniques.• Demonstrated the knowledge of Agile methodology with Scrum along with project management best practices. • Gather, Analyze, document and manage EPIC’s, User Stories and Acceptance Criteria’s including business, functional, non-functional, regulatory, quality and performance requirements.• Coordinate and link the systems solutions within DART to increase compatibility so the information can be shared. • Identify potential solutions for the business and provide input to issues and risks (through solid knowledge of the business and user requirements).• Prepare solution options to convert the business and user requirements in to detailed system stories for the development team• Developed testing strategy, test cases with all scenarios and expected results for each user stories. • Coordinated Beta testing, SIT and UAT. Record, track and monitored defects in Visual Studio to ensure solutions meet prescribed business requirements. • Recommend for business process changes including re-engineering efforts. • Worked on creating backlogs, story board, sprint planning, sprint retrospect, burn up and burn down logs, record impediments, customer issue logs and acceptance criteria document.• Participated in daily scrum (stand ups) with the project team to track the task progress and highlighted potential risks as necessary.• Participated in sprint review meetings and documented and tracked the feedback.

Austin, Texas Area

• Gathering and evaluating business, user and stakeholder needs and converting them to system, functional and non-functional requirements.• Worked on Agile methodology with Scrum in this project.• Gather, Analyze, document and manage EPIC’s and User Stories (both functional and non-functional) to effectively recommend technology solutions that best address the project requirements.• Facilitate and document business process mapping and identifying new solutions to address business needs• Identify potential solutions for the business and provide input to issues and risks (through solid knowledge of the business and user requirements).• Prepare solution options to convert the business and user requirements in to detailed system stories for the development team • Developed current and future state business process flows and performed gap analysis• Daily interacted and worked with multiple program agencies having varying business needs• Collaborated with the product owners to elicit, analyze and document business requirements, and prepared detailed functional specifications for the identified requirements• Worked with Scrum Master in developing the Product Backlog, identifying and prioritizing the User stories and categorizing them into appropriate iterations/sprints.• Completed project work objects and deliverable wire-frames, message documents, use cases, process flows, tractability matrix, data mapping document.• Performed Test Lead role and prepared Test Case and Test Condition documents and executed them in VersionOne tool• Worked with the development team to ensure the proposed design meets the scoped out business requirements; • Proactively worked with stakeholders in identifying Project Risks and developing risk responses so as ensure project objectives are met• Assisted Project Manager to generated periodic project status reports to appraise stakeholders on the project status.

Greater Detroit Area

• Developed User stories for IDP product which could Enterprise-grade identity management, federation, authorization management, and automated provisioning • Gather, Analyze, document and manage EPIC’s and User Stories (both functional and non-functional) to effectively recommend technology solutions that best address the product requirements.• Developed current and future state business process flows and performed gap analysis• Worked with product owner in developing the Product Backlog, identifying and prioritizing the User stories and categorizing them into appropriate iterations/sprints.• Created User Stories for Web Service API’s needed to address the new UX flow. Defined the data elements for the API’s in the functional specs document.• Collaborated with QA team ensuring test scenarios are prepared to provide proper test coverage and undertook reviews of test scripts and results to ensure quality delivery

• Conduct requirements gathering session and interview customers and project stakeholders using JAD, Waterfall and Agile methodology• Perform Impact & Feasibility analysis to design the business solution to ensure the process is streamlined ease of use.• Document the Business, Functional, Non-Functional, Quality, Regulatory and performance relates requirements.• Prepare Project Charter document, Work Breakdown Structure, Project Schedule, Project Plans, Scope Management, Vision document, Forecasting, Budgeting.• Prepare project estimates, release plan and timelines for each release. Prepare detailed project plans outlining each milestone.• Work on application compatibility on Mobile Smart Phones devices and tablets. Also work on Clarity tool for managing the schedule and budget.• Prepare process flows, Swim lanes, Use case diagrams, Use case documents to document the new process using Business Process Modeling techniques. • Conduct and manage Agile/SCRUM methodologies and sessions respectively such as Stand-ups, backlogs, Sprint Planning Meetings, Retrospectives, Story Board, Story Writing, Burn up and Burn down logs, record impediments, pre and post prod defects logs, Acceptance Criteria document, XP Planner /Agilest updated with work hours.• Prepare test conditions, test cases, test documents with all scenarios and expected results for each of the requirements. Prepare UAT test cases as well. Track the defects in Quality center tool.• Conduct SIT, UAT testing. Record, track and monitor the defects that needs fix. Conduct Beta testing.• Schedule meetings to monitor timelines. Review each to ensure the business goal is met.• Research on various different industry best practices and regulations to help clients come-up with the innovative solution and gain competitive advantage. • As an acting Business Analyst, prepare release planner for whole year, set milestones and project deadlines, schedule meetings, co-ordinate different teams to organize the tasks

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

Post Graduate Diploma In Business Adminsistration, Business Adminsistration