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Merry Christmas everyone! From all of us at Business Agility Tune Up (Pvt) Ltd.
Merry Christmas everyone! From all of us at Business Agility Tune Up (Pvt) Ltd.
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Thrilled to have completed the 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 (𝐘𝐀𝐆) training program! This journey has been such a rewarding…
Thrilled to have completed the 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 (𝐘𝐀𝐆) training program! This journey has been such a rewarding…
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Experience
Education
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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
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NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Practitioner & Master Practitioner
The Priority Academy
IssuedCredential ID 10662322
Volunteer Experience
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Volunteer
IIBA
- Present 7 years 9 months
Science and Technology
Integrated Chapter Membership Fees evaluation
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Vice President - Events & Co-product owner of Toolkit Tuesday
IIBA Sri Lanka Chapter
- 1 year 2 months
Science and Technology
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Superior Subordinate Relationship and its Impact on Turnover Intentions of Software Engineers in Sri Lanka
MBA dissertation
Projects
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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HighMark - Utilization Management
Request Authorization Process Management application for the Healthcare domain
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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 solutionOther 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
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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 designOther creators -
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 solutionOther creatorsSee project -
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.
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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.
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Citi RPA
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Robotics Process Automation tool to automate the import / export related trade finance operations of Citi bank.
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Netjets
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Migration of Intranet and internal social media platform from IBM Connections to Office 365.
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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
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CRICO
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Onboarding, underwriting, finance management application for healthcare and insurance domain
large account of team size 90+ at peak
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Martin Dawes Analytics - Lavastorm Resolution Center
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Fraud Analysis Application for a large player from the Telco domain in USA
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BT knowhow
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Revamping Openreach portal
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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 issuesOther creatorsSee project -
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
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British Telecom System Separations
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Honors & Awards
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College Colours for Squash
St. Joseph's College, Colombo 10
College Colours for Squash
- For captaining the college team from 1999 to 2001
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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
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English
Full professional proficiency
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Sinhala
Native or bilingual proficiency
Organizations
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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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