Knowledge Management Systems, LLC
128 Deer Park Drive
Birmingham, Alabama USA 35210
Phone (205) 956-6814
Cellular 205-914-6814

edmanley@bham.rr.com
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KMS Services Consulting to help clients consistantly produce quality software on time and in budget.

Business and Development Process Improvement
Analysis and Assessment of Development Capability
Improved Communications and Documentation Practices
 
Experience:

TEK Systems. Louisville, Ky. July 2002 to present
Functional Analyst:
>> Document the Systems Management System at client UPS.
>> Perform business analysis and requirements development.
>> Analyze business process, information flows and communication requirements.
>> Write and produce internal and external business process documentation.
>> Document custom Tivoli implementation.

Knowledge Management Systems, LLC. Birmingham, AL. May 1980-present.
Principal Consultant:
>> Technical Writing for the entire software development lifecycle.
>> Requirements Elicitation, Functional Analysis and Change Management.
>> Business Process Analysis and Improvement.
>> Enterprise and Internet Application Integration.

Major Projects
Solutions Plus, Inc. Birmingham, AL.
Senior Business Analyst:
>> Research, write, publish and maintain all technical, project and product documentation.
>> Design and implement an Agile software development methodology.
>> Develop base practices and processes for the software development lifecycle.
>> Elicit, document and manage requirements (Scenarios, Use Cases).
>> Assess capabilities and assure CMMI PSP, TSP and ISO15504 SPICE compliance.
>> Prepare training materials and teach Agile Modeling, UML and Requirements Management.

CommerceQuest, Inc.. Tampa, FL.
Senior Business Analyst:
>> Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and Business Process Integration (BPI).
>> Business and Functional Analysis and requirements development for eCommerce hubs.
>> Develop a vision of the client's business processes, information flows and communication requirements.
>> Design b2b XML transactions to interface their legacy (usually EDI) sales and procurement systems to an any-to-any host-independent transaction system.

eMerge Interactive / CommerceQuest. Sebastion, FL.
Business Analyst:
>> Developed requirements using Rose and Rational Requisite Pro and wrote the Software Requirements Specification for their CattleInfoNet online cattle auction web system.
>> Perform business analysis and requirements development for eCommerce hubs.
>> Analyze business process, information flows and communication requirements.
>> Write and produce internal and external business process documentation.
>> Design b2b XML transactions to interface their legacy (usually EDI) sales and procurement systems to an any-to-any host-independent transaction system.

COMSYS_ITS Assigned to Bellsouth Telecommunications. Birmingham, AL.
Business Analyst and Lead Documentation Developer:
>> Researched and developed the ENCORE Local Exchange Ordering (LEO) system's Electronic Interface and Database and the Local Exchange Navigator System's (LENS) Web Interface.
>> Developed and documented BellSouth's implementation of the Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) EDI standards for information processing and exchange.
>> Documented the entire development process including requirements, implementation, technical, methods and procedures (M&P) and end-user deliverables.
>> Managed Change Control, Version Control and Document Repository (using CMVC) for a large development team.
>> Managed Change Control, Version Control and Document Repository (using CMVC) for a large development team.
>> Implemented and documented methods and procedures to help the ENCORE project achieve CMM Level 2 certification.
>> Researched and evaluated Requirements Managements tools for the ENCORE project and implemented QSS (now Telelogic’s) Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System (DOORS).
>> Wrote and maintained internal technical project and product software development documentation.

Employers Reinsurance Corporation / Alternative Resources Corporation. Folkstone, Kent, UK.
Process Lead:
>> Led a team of four analysts, training them in the use of Rational Requisite Pro and the Rational Unified Process for Requirements Management and Software Development.
>> Charged with eliciting, documenting and tracing requirements from minimal legacy system documentation and the user's Business Process Flow Diagrams through the development and implementation of ERC's SPICE software development project, a system designed to automate the reinsurance business of this multi-national division of GE Capital.

Mississippi Child Welfare / METAMOR, Inc.. Jackson, MS.
Lead Requirements Analyst:
>> Responsible for creating and maintaining a requirements traceability system (using Rational Requisite Pro) tracing Federal, State and Local regulations as well as the System Design documentation to a developed system for the Mississippi Automated Child Welfare Information System (MACWIS).
>> Assured compliance with Federal, State and Local laws.
>> Led a team of five analysts, teaching them the Rational Unified Process, Requisite Pro, Team Test and other software and process methodologies while producing material for the test team and proving compliance with local, state and federal regulations and the User Acceptance Criteria.
>> Supervised a staff of 5 people.

Sprint NIS / United Information Technologies, Inc... Overland Park, KS.
Business Analyst & Electronic Interface SME:
>> Researched and coordinated Methods and Procedures documentation development for Sprint's Virtual Front Office (VFO) Web GUI and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Interface.
>> Wrote, published and maintained Methods and Procedures documentation.
>> Served various Sprint teams as the BellSouth Electronic Interface Subject Matter Expert (SME).
>> Developed and implemented a Documentation Change Control process.
>> Developed documentation standards and trained technical writers in the use of various research, document creation and document management tools.

MedPartners / COMPAID Consulting. Birmingham, AL.
Lead Documentation Developer:
>> Developed code documentation library and wrote Coding Standards and Methods and Procedures documentation for SAP R3 ABAP development efforts.
>> Created online help system with RoboHelp.
>> Led their efforts toward CMM Level 3 Certification.

US Navy. San Diego, CA.
Interior Communications Electrobics Petty Officer 1st Class (ICE1):
>> Install, maintain and operate all shipboard electronics. I served as the liaison between my ship's complement and various factory technical representatives. Documented Methods and Procedures (M&P) for new equipment use and maintenance.

Education:
B.S. Computer Science, Emphasis in Development Process. Minor in English 1985.
University of Alabama
A.S. COBOL Programming. 1982
University of Alabama at LakeShore, Rust Computing Center.
A.S. Business Administration. 1975.
Jefferson State Junior College
Certifications, Customer Requirements Analysis, XML, Java 1.1 and Visual Basic 6 1999-2001
Brainbench.
Skills:
Written and oral communication; Computer skills
Technical Writing - Software, Expert, Currently used, 25 years
Documentation Development and Publication, Expert, Currently used, 25 years
Requirements Analysis, Expert, Currently used, 20 years
Business Process Analysis, Expert, Currently used, 20 years
Rational Rose and Requisite Pro, Intermediate, Currently used, 2 years
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), Novice, Currently used, 1 years
SAP R3 - MM - ABAP, Intermediate, 2 years ago, 2 years
Microsoft BackOffice Suite, Intermediate, +4 years ago, 3 years
Adobe FrameMaker, PageMaker, Publisher and Illustrator, Novice, Currently used, 1 years
Crystal Reports, Intermediate, Currently used, 5 years
Rational Unified Process (RUP), Expert, Currently used, 3 years
Unified Modeling Language (UML), Intermediate, Currently used, 1 years
SEI Capability Maturity Model for Integration (CMMI), Expert, Currently used, 5 years
Visio Technical, Expert, Currently used, 5 years
Rational Rose and Requisite Pro, Expert, Currently used, 2 years
Rational Enterprise Suite 1.5 (Team Test, SoDA), Intermediate, Currently used, 1 years
Microsoft Windows (WFW through Win 2000), Expert, Currently used, 15 years
Microsoft Office (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint), Expert, Currently used, 15 years
Microsoft Windows NT (Systems Administrator), Expert, 1 year ago, 5 years
WordPerfect, Expert, +4 years ago, 10 years RoboHelp (WinHelp), Intermediate, Currently used, 3 years
CMVC (Change Management and Version Control), Expert, Currently used, 4 years
MVS/IMS (Mainframe Operating System and JCL), Intermediate, 1 year ago, 10 years
Microsoft SQL Server, Intermediate, 1 year ago, 3 years
Microsoft Project, Intermediate, Currently used, 3 years
Methods and Procedures Documentation, Expert, Currently used, 15 years
Technical Writing - Hardware, Expert, +4 years ago, 5 years
EDI Transaction and Data Mapping, Expert, Currently used, 10 years
EDIFECS EDI Management Tool, Intermediate, Currently used, 1 years
XML, ebXML, ediXML Transaction Mapping, Intermediate, Currently used, 1 years
Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA&D) methodology, Intermediate, Currently used, 3 years
Visual Basic, Novice, Currently used, 1 years MS SharePoint Portal Server, Intermediate, Currently used, 1 years
MS Content Management System, Intermediate, Currently used, 1 years
Agile Modeling, Intermediate, Currently used, 1 years
Modular Documentation Management, Intermediate, Currently used, 1 years

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