SOFTWARE BA CONSULTANCY
Darren Murphy
Welcome! Thanks for dropping-in. My name is Darren, I'm a Business Analyst working predominantly in the software , business change and transformation arena. Thanks for dropping by.
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15+ years experience in the full Software Delivery Life Cycle
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Migration, transformation and integration specialist with DevSecOps tools
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Expert in writing user stories, technical writing and training documentation
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Leadership - Ops Management background and motivated and lead teams of business analysts/testers/offshore development teams
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Product Owner/Management experience in delivering product-centred solutions
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SAFe trained -fully adept in Agile methodologies but has experience grounded in Waterfall
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Data expertise - Comfortable with SQL and Python scripting to extract data, Tableau, PowerBI, advanced Excel
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BI - Highly adept at presenting data using visualisation tools - Tableau, QlikView, Pentaho, SaaS Dashboards
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UX/UI - Adept at wire-framing and prototyping using Balsamiq and Axure RP
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SaaS tool consultant - Atlassian Jira/Confluence, GitHub suite, ServiceNow, Mural
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Software Quality Assurance -
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BPML - Highly adept at capturing AS-IS processes and defining TO-BE solutions
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ABOUT ME
Throughout my career, I've specialised in defining technical software use cases, assessing and onboarding off-the-shelf products, and developing and executing test plans. My role extends to supporting product onboarding through comprehensive training and clear documentation. Leveraging my expertise in BI tools, wireframing, prototyping, usability, and GUI design, I create user-centric solutions that enhance business value and contextualize critical intellectual property.
Thriving in fast-paced, agile environments, I foster a deep understanding of challenges by encouraging stakeholders to rethink solutions and embracing input from all team members. I excel at managing stakeholder expectations, building strong relationships with third-party vendors and consultants, and staying ahead of technology trends to drive innovation and keep organizations at the cutting edge.
HIGHLIGHTS
Versatile and experienced software & commercial Business Analyst.
SDLC
15+ Years immersed in the SDLC from requirement elicitation to user acceptance testing (UAT), utilising these methodologies:
SAFe Trained
Agile SCRUM
Kanban
Waterfall
Legacy
Hybrid
SAAS PLATFORMS
Transitioned from a senior operations manager to a software business analyst after leading a sucesful implementation of Salesforce. Experienced with a variety of CRM/CMS systems - off-the-shelf and bespoke
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CRM
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Salesforce
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Sugar
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Monday.com
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RMS
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Jira
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Bugzilla
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CMS
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Confluence
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Sharepoint
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Google Workspace
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DEV/OPS PLATFORMS
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GitHub Enterprise
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GitHub CoPilot
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GitLab
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JFrog
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Snyk
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SonarCloud
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TICKETING SYSTEMS
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ServiceNow​
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ZenDesk
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Jira Service Management
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DATA
20+ Years expertise in data. From aggregation, normalisation, validation through to delivering BI/MI Dashbooards or reports
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VISUALISE
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Tableau
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Qlikview
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Pentaho
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IBM Cognos
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Jira Dashboards
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Easy BI
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QUERY
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Advanced Excel​ (VBA)
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SQL
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Python
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PLSQL
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GroovyScript
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JQL
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UX/UI
7+ Years. Utilising GUI wireframes to enhance user stories and Prototyping tools such as Axure RP to capture user journeys through the proposed solution.
Axure RP
Pencil
Adobe XD
Balsamiq
RECOMMENDATIONS
I worked with Darren on a number of projects where he used his skills to deliver UI mockups, user stories and requirements. He enabled the dev team and product owners to visualise what needed to be built and what was being built and was a valuable member of the team.