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PHILIP EZEANOCHIKWA

PHILIP EZEANOCHIKWA

Manchester,England, United Kingdom

Summary

A dynamic Business Analyst and project manager with over 3 years of experience in project management, specializing in Waterfall and Agile methodologies, including PRINCE2. Demonstrated success in guiding organizations through agile transformations using Scrum, Kanban, XP, Business Analysis, Risk Analysis, and Lean frameworks. Expertly led strategy sessions to facilitate smooth transitions from Waterfall to Agile for major projects. Renowned for delivering high-quality results within deadlines, with exceptional communication, analytical, and decision-making skills. Adds significant value through comprehensive experience in sales, administration, and project management across diverse sectors.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work history

Business Analyst (Contract)

7ven Oaks Limited
, UK
02.2024 - Current
  • I was involved in creation a task planner application in the UK, the task planner application market has experienced constant changes in technology and user preferences in recent years, the stakeholder company decided to design the current features of the application and integrate some new features not existent in other task planning applications
  • Also, the project aims to boost sales and make profit, to become the best task planning application & an industry name in UK, to provide user-friendly services for organising projects, to improve its business processes, make project management simple ,accessible and finally achieved 25% savings on project estimated project cost.
  • Conducting brainstorming workshop sessions, engaging with Stakeholders to understand, and integrate their business needs into technology.
  • Collecting, compiling, and interpreting business data and drafting reports.
  • Managing and tracking tasks using Trello.
  • Create project scope and business analysis work plan document, then conduct Gap analysis (AS-IS & TO BE) and SWOT analysis.
  • Prepare and hold requirement gathering workshop agenda meeting with team using personas, identify document system, high- and low-level requirements, then begin writing user stories and acceptance criteria using Moscow.
  • Create business/system requirement document (BRD,SRD), process maps, wireframes, business model canvas and update Trello board to show progress on deliverables.

Business Analyst (Contract)

FC Connections Limited
09.2022 - Current
  • I supported the business to Implement Salesforce CRM to manage customer's records and account and integrated with web application to capture leads, nurture leads and create campaigns
  • I worked closely with the Sales and Marketing team, other business stakeholders, project manager and program lead on strategies, identify business needs
  • I also collaborated with suppliers, and the internal development team, I supported product owner to developed roadmap plans and provide products designed to add continuous value to the business.
  • Responsibilities:
  • I identified all the stakeholders relevant to the project, both internal and external, for requirements elicitation.
  • I ensured requirements were communicated with the technical teams to understand the product features/objectives and meet project timelines.
  • I identified the key features of the existing processes (AS IS) and built on them to develop the intended state (TO BE) using Gap analysis and Document analysis.
  • I worked with various Business/Product/Operations stakeholders to gather and agree the demand, translating the demand into a detailed requirement.
  • I created user stories and acceptance criteria and managed the product backlog with the Product Owner
  • Helped to prioritize Product Backlog items in line with the delivery milestones to ensure project stays on track.
  • Worked with the testing team to ensure all scenarios and test cases are covered
  • I developed mockups to depict various user journey.

Business Analyst (Full time)

Ribap Solutions Ltd
09.2019 - 08.2022
  • Improved ROI by 15% through effective resource allocation and management which resulted in me winning multiple awards of efficiency and excellence.
  • Led requirements gathering to determine customer requirements and suitability of Summit product offerings to support the RFQ/RFP procurement process to meet stakeholder needs.
  • Facilitated Sprint planning, daily stand-ups, Sprint Reviews and Sprint Retrospectives
  • Creation and management of requirements traceability matrix to ensure all requirements are implemented.
  • Liaised and ensured coordination with the project and development teams to manage change and training requirements, create user documentation and training materials/FAQs.
  • Developed test plans, test scripts and test scenarios with Quality Assurance (QA) team and conducted User Acceptance testing (UAT) to validate the alignment to requirements.

Junior Project Manager

Zeal Projects Ltd
Lagos
06.2013 - 08.2019
  • Contributed to managing a project budget of $150,000 leading to 13% cost savings
  • Consistently assisted project managers in managing project deliverables, resulting in completing projects 10% ahead of schedule.
  • Responsibilities
  • Managed the delivery of the Target Operating Model design project from conception to delivery.
  • Engaged with stakeholders to elicit and document requirements and supported work stream leads with data gathering, analysis, validation, consolidation and ensured relevant updates and documentation are provided to the PMO and senior stakeholders in a timely manner.
  • Maintained and updated Project control documents and supporting materials (including RAID Log, board packs/SLT reports), and project plans were updated and readily available for project team, senior executives, and stakeholders.
  • Produced the monthly program dashboards which highlighted project status, change impact analysis, risks and issues and budget management including actual vs forecast analysis across the portfolio of project.
  • Acted as a role model for the project office, demonstrating good leadership, effective communication and appropriate behaviours while ensuring compliance with standards and policies.

Education

PSM 1 -

Scrum.org

PRINCE2 - undefined

The knowledge academy

Certified project Management Professional(PMP - undefined

Project Management Institute

Bachelor of Science in Economics - Economics

Madonna University
Okija , Nigeria

Project Management and Business Analysis PRINCE2 and Agile Course - Project Management and Business Analysis

Almond Careers
United Kingdom

Skills

  • Requirement Engineering Business & Gap Analysis Stakeholder Management Risk Management Product Management Quality Assurance Change Management Effective Communication Teamwork and Project Management Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving Time Management Leadership Cost Estimation & Reduction Planning & Forecasting Full Life Cycle Management Process Modeling
  • Microsoft Office Azure DevOps MS Project WBS Trello RAID Log Jira PowerPoint MS Word balsamiq PowerPoint Drawio Confluence Salesforce Power Bi Asana Microsoft Dynamic 365Slack

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Available upon request.

Quote

There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins

Timeline

Business Analyst (Contract)

7ven Oaks Limited
02.2024 - Current

Business Analyst (Contract)

FC Connections Limited
09.2022 - Current

Business Analyst (Full time)

Ribap Solutions Ltd
09.2019 - 08.2022

Junior Project Manager

Zeal Projects Ltd
06.2013 - 08.2019

PSM 1 -

Scrum.org

PRINCE2 - undefined

The knowledge academy

Certified project Management Professional(PMP - undefined

Project Management Institute

Bachelor of Science in Economics - Economics

Madonna University

Project Management and Business Analysis PRINCE2 and Agile Course - Project Management and Business Analysis

Almond Careers

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