Rumesh Wijetunge

Rumesh Wijetunge

Pickering, Ontario, Canada
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I love enabling change in individuals and organizations by understanding their problems…

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Experience

  • Business Agility Tune Up Graphic
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    Ontario, Canada

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    Sri Lanka

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    Canada

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    Canada

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    Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

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    Colombo, Sri Lanka

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    Colombo, Sri Lanka

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    Colombo, Sri Lanka

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    65, Walukarama Road, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka

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    Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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    Sri Lanka

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    Colombo, Sri Lanka

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    Sri Lanka

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    Sri Lanka

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    Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

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    Sri Lanka

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Education

  • Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM)

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    Activities and Societies: Squash - 1997 to 2001 (College Captain 2000/01, awarded college colours in 2001)

    Price for best performance in batch from Grade 6 to Grade 9. 8 Distinctions for GCE OL.

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • IIBA Graphic

    Volunteer

    IIBA

    - Present 7 years 9 months

    Science and Technology

    Integrated Chapter Membership Fees evaluation

  • IIBA Sri Lanka Chapter Graphic

    President

    IIBA Sri Lanka Chapter

    - Present 9 years 11 months

    Science and Technology

  • IIBA Sri Lanka Chapter Graphic

    Vice President - Events & Co-product owner of Toolkit Tuesday

    IIBA Sri Lanka Chapter

    - 1 year 2 months

    Science and Technology

  • Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT Campus) Graphic

    Guest Speaker

    Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT Campus)

    - Present 7 years 7 months

    Science and Technology

    Did a session on 'An introduction to a career in business analysis' for 2nd and 3rd year students of the University guiding them on key concepts in business analysis, certifications that can be done, competencies expected from a BA etc.

  • University of Moratuwa Graphic

    Guest Speaker

    University of Moratuwa

    - Present 7 years 7 months

    Science and Technology

    Guest sessions on Requirements, Requirements Elicitation, Analysis, Management & Communication for students doing the external Bachelors In Information Technology degree - in 2016 and 2017

  • KnowledgeHut Graphic

    Blogger, Webinar Facilitator

    KnowledgeHut

    Education

    Contribute to the academic content by writing articles and conducting webinars on business analysis, project management and agile project…

    Contribute to the academic content by writing articles and conducting webinars on business analysis, project management and agile project management

    Articles:
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/project-management/project-contracts-legal-binding
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/project-management/the-business-case-a-key-artifact-of-a-project-managed-as-per-prince2
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/agile-management/tips-for-an-effective-retrospective-meeting
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/agile-management/best-practices-when-using-jira
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/agile-management/struggles-of-becoming-agile
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/project-management/a-critical-analysis-of-functional-project-management-organizations
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/business-management/business-analysis-work-products-and-deliverables
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/business-management/core-business-components-in-business-analysis
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/project-management/brainstorming-promoting-creative-thinking-among-teams
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/business-management/more-edges-to-business-analysis
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/project-management/technical-and-domain-knowledge-is-it-a-must-for-a-project-manager
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/agile-management/incomplete-stories-tasks-in-an-agile-sprint
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/project-management/pmp-the-foundation-for-a-career-in-project-management
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/project-management/understanding-prince2-and-its-applications
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/agile-management/importance-of-teams-in-scrum
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/agile-management/the-project-managers-role-in-managing-scope-creep
    https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/agile-management/how-to-choose-a-scrum-master


    Webinars:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78RgGzHcBo0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8bFM56pEVw
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD4KDWH7ECk

  • SLIIT Graphic

    Guest Speaker

    SLIIT

    Science and Technology

    Session on a career in Business Analysis for 3rd and 4th year students following the BSc in Information Technology

Publications

  • Superior Subordinate Relationship and its Impact on Turnover Intentions of Software Engineers in Sri Lanka

    MBA dissertation

Projects

  • Registrar Generals Department, Sri Lanka - Impact study for eBMD project (phase 1)

    Conduct an impact study for the register Generals department on phase one of the eBMD (Electronic Birth, Death and Marriage) project so that the analysis and lessons learnt could be used as guidance for phase 2 of the engagement.

  • Department of Forest, Sri Lanka - Issue of export permits

    Business and solution requirements study for the Department of Forest to elicit and document AS-IS process and capability requirements to provide the issuing of permits for the general public as part of e-Sri Lanka initiative.

  • Department of Forest, Sri Lanka - Issue of Park Entry Tickets

    Business and solution requirements study for the Department of Forest to elicit and document AS-IS process and capability requirements to provide the ability for the General public to make reservations for visiting national parks under the purview of the department through online services as part of the e-Sri Lanka initiative.

  • Department of Forest, Sri Lanka - Managing Plant Nurseries

    Business and solution requirements study for the Department of Forest to elicit and document AS-IS process and capability requirements to provide the ability for the General public to make reservations for plants from plant nurseries maintained by the department through online services as part of the e-Sri Lanka initiative.

  • Department of Forest, Sri Lanka - Reservation of Circuit Bungalows

    Business and solution requirements study for the Department of Forest to elicit and document AS-IS process and capability requirements to provide the ability for the General public to make reservations for circuit bungalows through online services as part of the e-Sri Lanka initiative.

  • HighMark - Utilization Management

    Request Authorization Process Management application for the Healthcare domain

  • UTC - Taylor Data Management

    System for the Upstream of the supply chain of Taylor USA, which is a provider of vending machines for fast food restaurants, hotels and other food outlets

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  • EROC

    Lead business analyst of the implementation team from 99X Technology responsible for liaising with the BAs from the vendor responsible for requirements elicitation, ICTA and the QA partner to
    - Understand the business needs and opportunity
    - Identify current capabilities of Registrar of Companies
    - Perform a gap analysis
    - Perform trend and market analysis and industry best practices
    - KPI analysis
    - Analyze and understand the elicited requirements and facilitate requirements…

    Lead business analyst of the implementation team from 99X Technology responsible for liaising with the BAs from the vendor responsible for requirements elicitation, ICTA and the QA partner to
    - Understand the business needs and opportunity
    - Identify current capabilities of Registrar of Companies
    - Perform a gap analysis
    - Perform trend and market analysis and industry best practices
    - KPI analysis
    - Analyze and understand the elicited requirements and facilitate requirements walkthrough sessions
    - Liaise with the Architect and UX / UI engineer in designing the solution

    Other creators
  • TeamQuest - BA research

    Study and analyse the IT Services Optimization (ITSO) domain and available products competing with TeamQuest and provide a comprehensive report to the senior management of Teamquest on the findings

  • Vehicle Inventory System (CRM)

    Complete Vehicle Management System for a Norwegian Client using Knockout JS, DurandalJS, BreezeJS, ASP.Net WebAPI, REST API, OData, KendoUI, Entity Framework 5, SQLServer 2008 and Windows Azure.
    Responsibilities
    - Lead Business Consultant and Scrum master leading a team of 5 team members liaising with the product owner / client stakeholders and the implementation team in understanding the business requirements and converting the same into solution requirements.
    - Maintain the…

    Complete Vehicle Management System for a Norwegian Client using Knockout JS, DurandalJS, BreezeJS, ASP.Net WebAPI, REST API, OData, KendoUI, Entity Framework 5, SQLServer 2008 and Windows Azure.
    Responsibilities
    - Lead Business Consultant and Scrum master leading a team of 5 team members liaising with the product owner / client stakeholders and the implementation team in understanding the business requirements and converting the same into solution requirements.
    - Maintain the solution requirements in the form of user stories, functional requirements and mockups in JIRA and confluence liaising with the PO and the UX engineer in defining the solution design

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  • Invoice Management Solution

    Invoice Management Solution by Ruby on Rails as a back end.

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  • Digital Contract Signing

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    A web based system using ASP.NET MVC 4, Web API, SQL Server 2012, Javascript and Ninject for an northern European client.
    Responsibilities:
    - Liaising with the Product Owner, development team and UX engineer in identifying business / solution requirements and defining the solution through the use of product design practices
    - Scrum Master and Business Analyst responsible for planning and executing project work using Agile scrum methodology and eliciting and managing requirements for…

    A web based system using ASP.NET MVC 4, Web API, SQL Server 2012, Javascript and Ninject for an northern European client.
    Responsibilities:
    - Liaising with the Product Owner, development team and UX engineer in identifying business / solution requirements and defining the solution through the use of product design practices
    - Scrum Master and Business Analyst responsible for planning and executing project work using Agile scrum methodology and eliciting and managing requirements for the solution

    Other creators
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  • Department of Post, Sri Lanka - Postal Tracking Solution

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    Business and solution requirements study for the Department of Post to elicit and document AS-IS processes for multiple entities and article (postal item) types of the department of post of Sri Lanka in order to capture the features and functions required from a solution to be selected and implemented through a build or buy decision.

  • Issuing of National Digital Identity Cards as part of Household Transfer Management project

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    Capture requirements for a bidding document for circulation among potential service providers for National Digitalization Facilitation (NDF) centers to be setup across 331 divisional secretariats and 25 district centers across the country as part of the Household Transfer Management (HTM) project carried out by ICTA.

  • Citi RPA

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    Robotics Process Automation tool to automate the import / export related trade finance operations of Citi bank.

  • Netjets

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    Migration of Intranet and internal social media platform from IBM Connections to Office 365.
    Responsible for capturing functional and transition requirements.

  • Healthfirst

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    Call center, CRM, issue tracking system for healthcare and insurance domain
    Lead Business Analyst and Agile coach of a team of 20 at project peak
    Responsible for product roadmap definition, product design, requirements management using agile methodologies

  • CRICO

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    Onboarding, underwriting, finance management application for healthcare and insurance domain

    large account of team size 90+ at peak
    Account level business consultant and scaled agile coach leading a BA team of 3.

  • Martin Dawes Analytics - Lavastorm Resolution Center

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    Fraud Analysis Application for a large player from the Telco domain in USA

    Other creators
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  • BT knowhow

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    Revamping Openreach portal

  • British Telecommunication

    Domain: Telecommunication - Regulatory Compliance
    Responsibilities:
     Act as BT’s internal auditors to make sure their activities comply to OfCom regulations
     Develop templates for requirement gathering from BT stakeholders
     Was the primary source of contact for any information need regarding compliance related issues

    Other creators
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  • Sigcap Mobile application for field engineers of BT

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    Windows mobile application to capture field inspections done by telecommunications engineers of BT

  • British Telecom System Separations

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     Conducting solution assessment activities to ensure delivered solutions are in line with business requirements
     Eliciting business and stakeholder requirements
     Analyzing and preparing requirements structures
     Leading and reviewing work of a set of business analysts

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Honors & Awards

  • College Colours for Squash

    St. Joseph's College, Colombo 10

    College Colours for Squash
    - For captaining the college team from 1999 to 2001
    - For reaching the semi-finals of under 19 singles category and captaining the college team to 3rd place of team event in the squash junior schools national tournament.

  • Award for best academic performance of the section - From grade 6 to grade 9

    St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10

    Obtaining the highest marks and average and becoming the 1st in the batch at term end exams from grade 6 to grade 9

Languages

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

  • Sinhala

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • Associate Member of The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)

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  • Member of British Computer Society (MBCS)

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  • Member of International Institute of Business Analysts (IIBA)

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  • Member of Project Management Institute (PMI)

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  • Postgraduate Institute of Management Alumni (PIMA)

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