Tracy Jones Email and Phone Number

Agile Business Analyst:- Create user stories, oversee backlog, track user stories to epics and roadmap- Facilitate Scrum Refinement and Sprint Planning sessions, collaborate with business partners, developers, and QA resources to elicit requirements- Research open questions, discuss findings with team and make changes, if needed- Responsible for final acceptance criteria and documenting user interface screen changes in different tools- Produce Business Requirements Document, distribute for review and acquire sign off from stake holdersLead Business Systems Consultant on Waterfall projects:- Schedule and facilitate sessions to elicit requirements, worked closely with business resources and project sponsor to ensure we were meeting business partners needs- Raised any risks to project manager and business partners/sponsor- Participated and presented during walk throughs of requirements, including demonstrating how system and/or user interface screen will change once project is in production

*Lead Business Analyst on two major business initiatives*Informal PM on two major business initiatives*Created business requirements*Worked closely with business to ensure requirements met their needs*High level documentation of current state*Offer suggestions for improving different business processes *Facilitated meetings with business and IT individuals*Captured notes and distributed minutes when appropriate*Developed test cases*Created and ran several SQL queries out of Access to find incomplete records*Tested new system*Kept track of defects and resolutions*Prioritized tasks for myself and developer*Worked with vendor on changes, documenting current state of how IID uses vendor services*Identified potential risks, ranked and shared with business owner to help determine if direction on project should change* Collaborated on 2 business process improvement*Proactive to make the change with the vendor seamless *Created new business User Guide for the new web based system

*Specialist who was selected by top insurance company in West Des Moines, Iowa to facilitate and improve coordination of business and technical meetings.*Assigned special role to address and improve overall security interface and technical design with 3rd party vendors which resulted in decreased exposure on security breaches for the company.