IT Consultant/Project Coordinator
National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Total years of experience :10 years, 4 Months
• Coordinated assigned IT projects and ensured company resources are utilized appropriately
• Compiled project status reports
• Managed project meetings
• Coordinated project activities and ensured all project phases are documented appropriately
• Maintained an appropriate relationship with business users and vendors and ensured that the project results are comprehensible to management.
• Presented and documented interim results, cooperated with management and business users, carried out reviews.
• Maintained the project management tool at task and made sure all projects are up to date, generated the required reports and managed user access to the system.
• Assisted the PM in the drafting and issuance of project proposals, RFP’s, tenders, budgets and preliminary schedules.
• Effectively and accurately communicated relevant project information to the project team
• Kept the Project Manager (PM) and others informed about project status and issues that may impact the project.
• Performed basic fundamentals of iterative development and common Agile practices
• Practiced basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures
• Managed the delivery made by the development team as the value of commitment
• Performed incremental deliveries and responsible for the value of metrics
• Performed backlog tracking, burn-down metrics, velocity, and task definition etc.
• Managed, accomplished project objectives within the constraints of the project.
• Responsible for the outcome (success or failure) of the project.
• Involved with the planning, controlling and monitoring, and also managing and directing the assigned project resources to best meet project objectives.
• Controls and monitors ―triple constraints‖—project scope, time and cost (quality also)—in managing competing project requirements.
Responsible for managing the projects
o Responsible for accomplishing the project objectives within the constraints of the project.
o Responsible for the outcome (success or failure) of the project.
o Involved with the planning, controlling and monitoring, and also managing and directing the assigned project resources to best meet project objectives. o Controls and monitors ―triple constraints‖—project scope, time and cost (quality also)—in managing competing project requirements.
o Examined the organizational culture and determine whether project management is recognized as a valid role with accountability and authority for managing the project.
o Collects metrics data (such as baseline, actual values for costs, schedule, work in progress, and work completed) & reports on project progress and other
project specific information to stakeholders.
o Responsible for identifying, monitoring, and responding to risk.
o Responsible to the project stakeholders for delivering a project’s objectives
within scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
Lead and Managed Testing Team
Gathered business domain from Client Business Users
Performed client User Acceptance Testing
Attended conference calls of clients, kick off meetings at client site
Given User Training to Client Business Users
Defined different templates for reporting and user acceptance testing
Prepared demo presentations
Worked on Test Plan, QA Plan, Training Plan, UAT Plan and QA Schedule
Conducted Desktop Audit & Audit meetings, done Audit Reporting
Conducted Testing of different business modules/Systems
Performed Reviews of Work Products & Work related Products
Interviews conducted for QA & BA
Attended Following Trainings:
CMMI Process Trainings
NEW ILM Course - Transforming you into a Business Analyst
Systems Domain Trainings which includes Insurance, Payroll, Human Resource, Bank(Credit Info, Money Market & Securities, Human resource, Pay roll, Vault Info, Global Cash Letter, etc), Document Mgmt, Sales Force Mgmt.
o Be a Recognized Test Engineer
o HR Training - Confluence of Success & You
Given Following Trainings:
o System Hands-on Training to Business Users
o Conducted UAT Sessions at Client Site
o Trained Users on Issue Management System
o Conducted Application Walk Through
o Conducted GAP Analysis workshops in Shanghai - China
o Conducted UAT at client end in Beijing - China
o Participated in Knowledge Transition at client side in Singapore.
o Development of RFPs and RFIs
o Training resources on Release Management Process
o Research and Development for different competitors
o Identification of future enhancements and betterments for products
o Development of GAP Analysis, Functional Specs & Design documents
o Participation in International Conference call
o Preparation of Presentation for different clients demo
o Development of technical documents of Business Development using UML etc.
o Participation in Sign off & Kick off meetings
o Preparation of Training Videos in Adobe Captivate
o Participation in CMMI Level 5 preparation and evaluation activities
o Development of Business & Unit Test Cases
o Assisting Business Development Team
o Assisting Development Team & QA with business domain
o Preparation of implementation plan(mpp file) for different clients
o Preparation of Presentation for Domain Training
o Training given to trainers - how to give presentation
o Standardizing business test cases
o Development of Business Flows, BPM Flows, Business Matrix, Periodical Processing and Standalone flows
o Development of Monthly Release Schedule Report template etc
o Working on Scenario identification activity with QA
o Analyzing bugs occurrence with QA and Dev Team for different deployments
o Assisting Technical Writer team for technical documentation preparation
o Development of Newsletter & On-Site Presentations