Product Owner / Analyst at McGraw-Hill Education
Boston, Massachusetts
* Project / Product Analyst, business strategist and management professional who has worked on a variety of technical and business driven projects. I am always looking for interesting problems to solve. * Currently working as a Scrum Product Owner for a leading EdTech/ Publishing firm in the Greater Boston Area. * Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of software platforms...
* Project / Product Analyst, business strategist and management professional who has worked on a variety of technical and business driven projects. I am always looking for interesting problems to solve. * Currently working as a Scrum Product Owner for a leading EdTech/ Publishing firm in the Greater Boston Area. * Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of software platforms and website design, ability to partner with and work across business units and technical teams to collaborate, identify and execute strategic business initiatives. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Specialties: Product Management and Scrum methodology Catalog and metadata services Project Management Product Ownership Impact Analysis Technical Requirements Gathering eCommerce Platform Enhancement Process Improvement Problem Solving B2B, B2C processesProduct Owner / Analyst @ • Performs requirement analysis by gathering both functional and non-functional requirements based on interactions with the Process Owners & Stakeholders. • Works extensively with Business Stakeholders in a B2B and B2C environment to better articulate the business goals for the quarterly release • Performs gap analysis for AS IS and TO BE systems for the new eCommerce brand specific sites • Partners with technical product manager to create analyze workflow & processes to write user stories • Works with engineering & QA to identify functional specifications and test plans for tech and functional user stories • Create Epics, User Stories and Acceptance Criteria using Jira & Confluence to track sustainment and new functionalities using the testing tool JIRA • Work with UX and Visual design to finalize Wireframes outlining user experience for the application to easily communicate it to the users • Develops Use Case diagrams, Business flow diagrams, Activity/State diagrams and Sequence diagrams using MS Visio so that developers and other stakeholders can understand the business process • Participates in Scrum and Sprint Planning meetings with Tech teams to ensure understanding of Stories and task breakdown for sprint efforts From November 2014 to Present (1 year) Greater Boston Area Aparna Pillai is skilled in: Agile Methodologies, JIRA, Requirements Gathering, Testing, Microsoft Office, Visio, MS Project, HTML, SDLC, Visual Studio, SQL Server 2005/2000, basic CSS, Rational Rose, Product Management, Business Analysis
• Performs requirement analysis by gathering both functional and non-functional requirements based on interactions with the Process Owners & Stakeholders. • Works extensively with Business Stakeholders in a B2B and B2C environment to better articulate the business goals for the quarterly release • Performs gap analysis for AS IS and TO BE systems for the new eCommerce... • Performs requirement analysis by gathering both functional and non-functional requirements based on interactions with the Process Owners & Stakeholders. • Works extensively with Business Stakeholders in a B2B and B2C environment to better articulate the business goals for the quarterly release • Performs gap analysis for AS IS and TO BE systems for the new eCommerce brand specific sites • Partners with technical product manager to create analyze workflow & processes to write user stories • Works with engineering & QA to identify functional specifications and test plans for tech and functional user stories • Create Epics, User Stories and Acceptance Criteria using Jira & Confluence to track sustainment and new functionalities using the testing tool JIRA • Work with UX and Visual design to finalize Wireframes outlining user experience for the application to easily communicate it to the users • Develops Use Case diagrams, Business flow diagrams, Activity/State diagrams and Sequence diagrams using MS Visio so that developers and other stakeholders can understand the business process • Participates in Scrum and Sprint Planning meetings with Tech teams to ensure understanding of Stories and task breakdown for sprint efforts
What company does Aparna Pillai work for?
Aparna Pillai works for McGraw-Hill Education
What is Aparna Pillai's role at McGraw-Hill Education?
Aparna Pillai is Product Owner / Analyst
What industry does Aparna Pillai work in?
Aparna Pillai works in the Information Technology and Services industry.
Who are Aparna Pillai's colleagues?
Aparna Pillai's colleagues are DILIP JANGANURE, John Crotty, Laurent TRAN, Nicolas Bauer, Clark Battle, Sugata Chakravarti, Aaron Hall, Andrew Krzastek, Mark Dizon, and Azuka Okuleye
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