Shivani R Thakur

Senior Business Analyst @Walmart

ON, CA

Effective documentation skills acquired through close collaboration with the product owner to capture requirements such as Epics, User Stories, and precise Acceptance Criteria.•Organized and prioritized the product backlog in accordance with the product owner\'s input about business requirements, market dynamics, corporate priorities, etc. •Used Confluence to upload and share important documents while working on Jira to develop User Stories and Use Cases.•Measured the \"As Is,\"\"To Be,\" and transitional phases, then represented them visually to stakeholders to keep everyone informed.•Actively engaged in weekly status meetings, carried out several walkthroughs and recorded all pertinent information to keep everyone posted.•Actively controlled the expectations of the stakeholders by clearly outlining the turn-around time and providing tothe point clarification and justification as needed.•Analyzed the project scope, the recourses that were available, prioritized the product backlog, the scrum team’s velocity, and the effectiveness of release planning.•Participated with the rest of the Scrum Team in Sprint Planning sessions to assist the Scrum Master in creating the Sprint Backlog and setting the Sprint Goal.•Supported the Scrum Master with Planning Poker, a strategy for estimating the number of story points needed to complete a user story, and assessed the necessary metrics like average velocity to keep track of the progress.•Created the necessary test cases and a test strategy for the users while actively participating in user acceptance testing (UAT).

Punjabi University

Masters of Science