Nagashree Devayani Urs
Senior Business Analyst
Amsterdam
Summary
Systematic Product Owner with a detail-oriented and thorough approach to defining requirements, outlining specifications and working with clients and internal team members to bring to life high-quality products for customers. Good planner and problem-solver with in-depth understanding of AI products and Agile Methodology. Ready to offer 4 years of experience and take on a dynamic new position.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Senior Business Analyst
Maistering
Amsterdam
04.2019 - Current
- Acted as the liaison between clients, development, and sales teams to understand requirements and features in demand and prioritized the product roadmap
- Interacted with internal stakeholders as voice of customer
- Managed 3 projects each year while maintaining adherence to budget, schedule and scope requirements
- Converted requirements into well defined user stories and acceptance criteria to get buy-in from stakeholders and refined those stories with Scrum teams
- Focused on building critical features up front in order to identify constraints and technical challenges
- Owned the product roadmap and met 96% of all feature deadlines by identifying and mitigating any engineering roadblocks
- Developed 82 different user stories for AI based product, leading to an efficient development and an ROI increase of 16%
- Fostered open communication between executive stakeholders, engineering, and scrum masters by implementing the story points mechanism that resulted in a speed improvement of the feature development life-cycle by 22% year over the year 2021
- Managed and re-prioritized the product backlog, resulting in coming under budget by an average of $45,000 on 3 projects
- Reduced costs by $15000, by negotiating requirements, deadlines and agreements strategically with the clients
Software Debug Engineer
Microsoft
Bangalore
08.2016 - 09.2017
- Worked directly with clients across the globe to troubleshoot
issues and provide technical solutions - Resolved critically business down issues and efficiently handled multiple politically charged cases
- Researched and analyzed technical solutions
- Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
MACH Intern
Microsoft
Bangalore
01.2016 - 06.2016
- Recruited as an intern at Microsoft
- Underwent training to understand the Microsoft Suite
Collaborated with professional teams to understand
Windows Operating System Architecture - Developed networking, strategic, and analytical skills
essential for career growth
Education
MBA - International Business Management
University of Greenwich - London
London, United Kingdom 09.2017 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computer Science
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology
Bangalore 08.2012 - 08.2016
Skills
Scrum methodology
Risk Assessments
Stakeholder relationship management
Agile frameworks
Risk mitigation planning
Project Management
Business process mapping
Business administration
Product development
Needs assessments
Certification
IIBA Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA)
Work Availability
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Quote
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire
Timeline
PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PBA)
11-2021
IIBA Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA)
06-2021
Senior Business Analyst
Maistering
04.2019 - Current
MBA - International Business Management
University of Greenwich - London
09.2017 - 09.2019
Software Debug Engineer
Microsoft
08.2016 - 09.2017
MACH Intern
Microsoft
01.2016 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computer Science
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology
08.2012 - 08.2016