August-Dec, 2006 Accenture Services Pvt Ltd Vikhroli, Mumbai
Project Breakthrough - ICON Reverse Engineering
- Client: Hartford Insurance Group, Connecticut, USA.
- Description: The Project Breakthrough, business drivers and goals are as
follows
Achieve growth through competitive pricing and responsive product offering
Broaden risk appetite into existing and new industries for Small Commercial
business
Enable faster product development and more efficient maintenance of existing
products
Consistent data driven underwriting decision
Offshore team responsibility and goals are as follows
Reverse Engineering and Techno-functional documentation of Modules coded in
MF-COBOL with IMS DC & DB2
The Analysis includes understanding the interactive tool ICON (Intercomm On
Net) used by Insurance Agents.
ICON 2.0 (electronic quoting and submission system) offers agents a powerful,
easy-to-use tool with Web-based access, efficient navigation, and a host of
integrated features that streamline the submission process for the company's
key small business coverage's: Spectrum, Spectrum Xpand, Workers'
Compensation and Commercial Auto within Property & Casualty Business
Insurance.
- Role: Strong individual and team contributor with a passion for excellence and
great attention to detail. Creating a deliverable includes as follows:
Documenting Field characteristics through depth analysis of each field present
on screen (Includes Pre-fill Criteria, Enable-Disable Criteria and Masking Criteria)
Extracting Business Rules through Program Mining & Capturing user messages
Preparing Data Dictionary with Business Rule References to maintain group of
hard-coded values
- Tools Used: Info, MCS, XRef Xpress, MS Excel, MS Word
- Achievements: Key Achievements are as follows
Seamless transition from Techno-functional to pure functional Documentation
Zero Defects from Client and On Time Delivery
Seamless transition from Techno-functional to pure functional Documentation
Rapid Transition Suite™ (RTS) methodology and suite of tools were used for
knowledge transition to achieve the effective and efficient Project Induction
processes and Training planning. RTS method has been proven to reduce typical
knowledge transition time by as much as 50% through the use of innovative
techniques