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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

-Working as the main communication interface for internal and external stakeholders.-Gathering requirements, researching, analyzing, designing, prototyping and documenting product features.-Working with internal and external stakeholders to effectively manage the product backlog.-Conducting training sessions and product demonstrations to clients and team members.-Mentoring junior BAs and sharing knowledge with the BA team.

Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

- Analyzed complex legacy system and prepared a Detailed Functional Requirement Specification to identify the As-Is process.- Performed research, and vendor assessments, designed solution options and supported stakeholders in decision making.- Developed comprehensive user stories and modelled complex requirements using multiple techniques to communicate with the stakeholders.-Managed project backlog to maintain, prioritize and trace requirements.- Performed User Acceptance Testing with the stakeholders in order to obtain production approvals. - Conducted application demonstrations and user training.- Led requirement elicitation and review workshops. - Collaborated with the team to follow Scrum ceremonies and successful sprint deliveries. - Conducted training for BA team and mentored Junior Business Analysts.- Engaged in solution evaluation and support activities to recommend actions to improve the solution value.

- Created user stories and designed solutions for elicited requirements. - Led the product team toward successful requirement delivery based on the product roadmap.- Played the Scrum Master role by facilitating scrum ceremonies and removing impediments to the sprint.- Conducted product demonstrations and user training for internal and external stakeholders.- Analyzed industry limitations and product limitations to identify actions to improve the product. - Worked with offshore UI/UX team to ensure product usability. - Created the BA process with best practices and guided the Junior Business Analysts. - Worked on-site to design and provide an efficient and effective solution with the Business Process Automation product.- Analyzed and responded to RFP documents by analysing the product capabilities with the business requirements.- Worked with operations team by engaging project support requests.

- Conducted requirement elicitation workshops and documented functional and non-functional requirements.- Performed domain researches and competitor analysis on similar products.- Prepared training documents and conducted sales and support team trainings.- Maintained product backlog and facilitate prioritization with key stakeholders.- Conducted product demos to internal stakeholders.

- Conducted elicitation sessions with stakeholders to identify new features for the product.- Prepared System Requirements Specifications on product implementations and obtained stakeholder approval.- Collaborated with the management team to check the feasibility of Agile transformation and establishing the processes. - Created product backlog and maintained backlog items by facilitating prioritization and traceability.

- Prepared and updated user documentation such as user guides, admin guides and help pages.- Prepared System Requirement Specifications on project implementations.- Conducted workshops and interviews with stakeholders and identified gaps in the existing technical documents. - Prepared and Updated technical documents on the product features.- Executed test cases and supported the team for on-time delivery.

- Prepared product user documentation such as user guides, and admin guides.- Executed test cases on new changes.- Analyzed existing technical documents and identified gaps with the current product functions.- Prepared technical documents such as API documents, System Requirement Specifications

Master'S Degree, Management Of Technology, Merit

Bachelor’S Degree, Management Information Systems, First Class Honors

Mathematics