Meena Kottakonda-Senior Business Analyst – Product Owner
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Experience
Senior Business Analyst – Product Owner
PTC Software Pvt. Ltd.
- Facilitated Scrum and SAFE methodology by working directly with different stakeholders focusing on behavior and test-driven development
- Assisted in defining strategic business requirements and understanding complex client and user needs
- Established user stories based on functional requirements to support the continuous delivery pipeline
- Performed t-shirt sizing and prioritized work using Weighted Shortest Job First, presenting to executive management
- Coordinated functional testing with IT using an iterative quality analysis process to meet project timelines
- Ensured adherence to Scrum principles, coached team members on Agile methodologies, and fostered a collaborative, self-organizing team environment
- Collaborated with stakeholders to prioritize features and enhancements, creating and maintaining a well-organized product backlog
- Worked closely with development, marketing, sales, and customer success teams to ensure seamless execution of product initiatives
- Tracked key performance indicators and customer feedback to assess product performance and drive continuous improvement
- Accountable for daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and program increment planning as the single team representative
- Defined product vision and translated product strategy into actionable tasks
- Facilitated decision-making, handled release management communication
- Mastered Salesforce as CRM tool to manage client data and execute SQL queries for decision analysis
- Created user documentation for department tools and maintained timely updates
- Completed training and coached new business analysts
Business Analyst – Scrum Master
Innopark Solutions Pvt Ltd
- Worked with stakeholders to understand project concepts, objectives, and approaches, managing projects from concept to implementation
- Documented, prioritized, and tracked requests; met with project teams to review deliverables and deadlines
- Conducted periodic reviews of prototypes and final products; coordinated internal resources and external contractors
- Implemented quality assurance practices and procedures
- Used tools like StarUML, Microsoft Visio, Axure RP, Mockup Builder, and Balsamiq for UML diagramming, project flow diagrams, wireframing, and high-fidelity prototyping
- Facilitated daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure project progress
- Removed impediments to the team's productivity and progress
- Undertook JIRA training and used it as the single source for project life cycle management
- Certified as Scrum Master and implemented Scrum practices across projects
- Gained extensive domain knowledge in gambling games
Business Analyst - Project Manager
Greyhound Technologies Pvt Ltd
- Managed a team of business analysts; reviewed and updated documentation and use cases
- Guided functional requirement specification and software requirement specification tasks
- Planned and managed projects to ensure timely, quality deliveries within budget
- Created and reviewed effort and cost estimates, project plans, and supporting plans (risk management, quality, communication)
- Tracked project cost, revenue, and billing milestones; collaborated with account manager on invoicing and payments
- Managed stakeholder expectations and satisfaction; ensured fulfillment of contractual commitments
- Ensured optimal resource utilization; planned, acquired, and released resources as needed
- Monitored and reviewed resource productivity and utilization; took corrective actions when necessary
- Built team spirit, motivated team members, and resolved conflicts to maintain a healthy working environment
- Participated in business development and supported sales/pre-sales activities
- Mastered project management tools (Insightly, Zoho, Microsoft Project); established traceability matrices for quality assurance
- Successfully delivered enterprise and consumer-level applications
Associate Business Analyst
Uchange Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
- Discovered underlying business needs and gathered product and project requirements through stakeholder analysis and engagement
- Organized, specified, and modeled requirements for completeness and clarity
- Documented requirements in a shareable format; ensured they met business needs and quality standards
- Conducted detailed interviews with business users, stakeholders, and SMEs to gather business and solution requirements
- Prepared business requirement documents and used AgroUML to convert requirements into functional specifications; developed use cases and UML diagrams
- Designed data flow diagrams (ERDs) and web page mock-ups using enterprise architecture and MS Visio
- Communicated with project managers; managed schedules and collaborated with design and development teams
- Prepared project progress and status reports; assisted with data analysis and conducted functional testing based on use case documentation
- Successfully deployed a customized ERP college management solution per client requirements
- Published multiple mobile applications to the Play Store
Senior Associate
Wipro BPO
- Provided technical support for HP laptop issues for US customers
- Resolved software, hardware, and wireless internet issues
- Installed software and troubleshooted associated problems
- Supported basic operational maintenance of personal computers and peripherals
- Guided customer troubleshooting; issued service calls per guidelines
- Escalated unresolved issues; logged and documented all customer interactions
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Experienced in Information Technology and Professional Services.
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Experienced in Product Development, Quality Assurance, Project Management, Business Intelligence, Customer Service, and Information Technology.
Summary
- Business Analyst and Product Owner with experience 12+ yrs. of handling complex enterprise projects and product development
- Proven expertise in implementing optimized business-oriented software development process from conception to go live system
- Conversant with requirement analysis process used for mapping business requirement with functional documentation
- Handled training programs for business analysts and team leaders for process control and change management
- Working closely with presales and sales team for solution conceptualization
- To leverage experience in a progressive organization, utilizing my expertise in business analysis, systems integration, and product management to drive operational excellence and contribute to the company's strategic goals.
Skills
Project Management
Scrum And Agile Methodologies
Stakeholder Analysis And Collaboration
Safe
Business Process Reengineering
End User Training And Deployment
Enterprise Architecture
Business Process Improvement
Salesforce Inspector
Functional Process Mapping
Requirement Analysis And Design Definition
Uml Diagramming
Basics Of C, C++, Java Basic, Asp .Net – Entry Level
Sql – Proficient
Mysql – Proficient
Oracle – Proficient
Javascript – Entry Level
Languages
Education
University of Pune
Bachelors in Computer Science · Computer Science · Pune, India
University of Pune
Masters in Business Administration, Systems · Business Administration · Pune, India
Certifications & licenses
Certified For Lean Six Sigma – Green Belt
Certified SAFe® 5 Practitioner
Scaled Agile, Inc
Certified Scrum Master
SCRUM ALLIANCE
Certified Scrum Product Owner
SCRUM ALLIANCE
Master Business Analysis Training
MCAL Global
Statistics
Experience
Global Experience
Expertise
Qualifications
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