Business Analyst

• Oct 2023 - Present

Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager

• Jun 2022 - Oct 2023

Business Analyst

• Aug 2021 - Jun 2022

Product Manager/ Business Analyst

• Mar 2021 - May 2021

Business Analyst

• Mar 2017 - Jan 2021

Gathering business requirements from clients and liaising with developers to produce software that meets the client's business needs Testing software to ensure that it is meeting the quality and functional standard expected by the client Ensuring that during the System Development Life Cycle, the Agile methodology is complied to as this is the the software development method used by our company Taking up a scrum master role in some projects to ensure that the team is working efficiently and effectively in delivering expected deliverables as per the client • Analyzing requirements and preparing documentation to articulate these requirements in the form of a functional and business requirement Ensuring that sprint events take place to review and plan for different phases of developing the software for instance; Sprint planning, Sprint Retrospective, JAD sessions Managing stakeholders involved in a specific project, to ensure that expectations are managed and clients understand what can be done, in what time frame, utilizing which resources Show less

Business Analyst

• Jan 2018 - Feb 2020

Technical Testing and User Acceptance Testing of backlog items developed in each sprint Business analysis of specific requirements from business Assisting in grooming the backlog Ensuring that scrum events take place Project evaluations; this is a project to develop items in the backlog to improve operational efficiency Technical Testing and User Acceptance Testing of backlog items developed in each sprint Business analysis of specific requirements from business Assisting in grooming the backlog Ensuring that scrum events take place Project evaluations; this is a project to develop items in the backlog to improve operational efficiency

English Teacher

• Feb 2016 - Feb 2017

Teaching English to adult foreigners online, mostly students from China, Brazil and some parts of Europe like Turkey and Russia Teaching English to adult foreigners online, mostly students from China, Brazil and some parts of Europe like Turkey and Russia

Graduate Research Assitant

• Jan 2013 - Nov 2014

This involved being second in command to theProfessor; that is doing administrative work for thecourse she lectured for instance;• formulating the guidance booklet for the first years,• setting tutorials,• coordinating tutor meetings,• resolving conflicts between students and tutorsand if necessary teaching on her behalf if she is awayfor a conference.Time management was very important here, the abilityto make quick and rational decisions and mostimportantly being responsible. Show less

Co-ordinator For the Grahamstown National Arts Festival research

• Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

This was an economic impact study, focusing onfactors such as how much people spent on the differentshows, accommodation and food so as to gauge thepreferred shows. Also the study would help to tend toparticular complaints and also have insight into thedemographic attendance. All this was done overall toimprove the festival experience for festival goers, forboth locals and people from outside Grahamstown.

Telethon Campaign Representantive

• Aug 2012 - Aug 2012

The objective was to raise funds for the Vice Chancellors Annual Fund from Rhodes Alumni, provide financial aid for brilliant students facing financial challenges. It has done quite a lot in enabling students to further their tertiary education. The objective was to raise funds for the Vice Chancellors Annual Fund from Rhodes Alumni, provide financial aid for brilliant students facing financial challenges. It has done quite a lot in enabling students to further their tertiary education.

Telethon Campaign worker

• Feb 2012 - Feb 2012

calling rhodes alumni to ask them if they could donate funds towards the various projects and education funds that sponsor academically excellent students who have financial difficulties calling rhodes alumni to ask them if they could donate funds towards the various projects and education funds that sponsor academically excellent students who have financial difficulties