SUMMARY

• Over10 yearsof experiencein theFullProjectlifecyclei.e. planning, analysis, design, development, testing & implementation & employed the best practicesin business requirements acquiring techniques usingAgileMethodology as a Scrum Master.
• Extensive experience in interacting withClients/End Users for requirement gathering.
• Hands on experience in creating requirements and establish traceability matrix among different kinds of requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, presentation and oral communication skills. Self - directed, disciplined, flexible and confident, ready for new responsibilities.
• Always workedtowards continuous improvement of process and procedures.
• Team builderwith strong leadership qualities. Demonstrated initiative, drive, and ability to manage multiple priorities throughout academic and professional term.
• Exceptional Communication, Interpersonal, Analytical and Presentation skills.
• Software Lifecycles: Waterfall, Agile Methodologies (SCRUM/KANBAN)

MBA-Project Management

Confidential - FL

Project Manager | Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate Release planning, sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations.
• Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog and project timeline.
• Work closely with project owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features and coaching other Scrum Masters.
• Educate and reinforce scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and key stakeholders.
• Direct and lead development team from project initiation through delivery of final product.

Environment: PWA (Project Web access) /MS Project, Java, MS Visio, Wire framing, Rally, Kanban

Confidential- CA

ScrumMaster

Responsibilities:

• As Scrum Master arranged daily stand-up meetings, facilitate and schedule meetings, demo and decision making process to ensure quick inspection and proper use of adaptation process
• Supported Product owner in their efforts to manage team backlogs and guide the teams and facilitate a healthy intra-team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope
• Coordinating with geographically dispersed teams globally
• Reported on project performance (distribution of soft copies along with PowerPoint Presentation) utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) technique (precisely - SPI, CPI, SV, CV, and Percent Complete)
• Developed Project Management Plan - including subsidiary management plans for Risk, Requirement, Quality, Communication, Change, and Process Improvement
• Identified business interdependencies and ensured proper coordination overseeing 2 teams
• Established Change Control Board (CCB), and managed project changes to the baselines/requirements (following Integrated Change Control processes) as well as kept all parties informed on the status of change requests
• Developed Project Schedule by defining Activities and performing Critical Path analysis
• Monitoring project risks and scope creep to identify potential problems and proactively identifying solutions to address them in advance.
• Escalating promptly any issues that may impact operations whilst producing stage plans, highlight reports, risk logs, and requests for change.
• Directed and provided ongoing project analysis, communicating project status, identifying and resolving project issues and constraints increasing project profitability by over 35%.

Environment: MS Project, Jira, Version 1, MS Office, MS Visio, Kanban, Wire framing

Confidential

ScrumMaster

Responsibilities:

• Smoothly transitioned from Waterfall to Agile with the help of various activities, training and by using effective communication to break down formalities and kick start the collaborative process.
• Initiated a collaborative process with client which helped them to fragment work and helped them prioritize requirements.
• Provide training to the team about Agile practices and processes
• Help the team to keep focus during waterfall-Agile transition by acting as a buffer between external distractions and the team.
• Shouldering the accountability of managing a gamut of key activities related to organizational projectmanagement including project planning, initiation, resourcing, execution, performance tracking to execution.
• Drive the end-to-end project planning & delivery efforts for ensuring the timely meeting of performance targets aligned with overallstrategicbusinessobjectives.
• Balancing scope, schedule, budget, risks, outcomes and benefits of the projects withbusinessneeds using Agile driven approach.
• Identify the needs to be taken for the sprint based on the marketing/organization’s strategy.
• Conduct dailystand up meetings with cross functional team to track status.
• Recognize roadblocks on the requirements and speak with appropriate team/individual to find a solution for the smooth transition.
• Track the progress of the tasks that are identified for the given sprint. Conduct sprint review meeting and review the tasks with the group to accommodate their inputs.
• Effectively reviewing & approving management reports to acquire requiredinsights from the same and drive the rightbusinessdecisions.
• Developing & checking status report and milestone status chartwith Executive Team on weekly / monthly basis. Responsible for checking as well as approving the varied documents shared by multiple vendors or stakeholders.
• Maintaining SharePoint folder and ensure all the artifacts are safeguarded in shared folder.
• Vendor Development & Management process in focusing to collect key project requirements from stakeholders with a view to translate thebusinessneeds into clearbusinessfunctional specifications.
• Updating the pricing strategy & monthly billing in coordination withbusinessstakeholders.
• Acting as a Single Point of Contact for all the vendor related communications while sharing the required set of project plans & milestone chart with vendors.
• Mobilizing the project team and conducting team meetings to update project status, feedback analysis,risks identification and requirements gathering. Participating in sprint planning & conducting sprint review meeting with the internal team. Conducting daily stand up meetings with cross functional team managers for ensuring the smooth transition of the project & suggesting effective measures / action plans to resolve the recognized issues & risks.

Environment: MS Visio, Jira, Rational Requisite pro, Business Objects, MS Office Suite, MS SQL Server, QTP, QC, Java, Crystal Reports, MS Project, Kanban, Siebel CRM, Caliber RM

Confidential

Sr. Business Analyst / Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Communicated requirements by facing clients, involving with remote teams, stakeholders, SME’s and documented the business requirements using MS Word and Rational Requisite Pro.
• Facilitated and conducted JAD (Joint Application Design) Sessions to determine business requirements and lead designers for developing new Claims Payment Processing System.
• Developed Business / System Use Cases and the User Interface Diagrams using UML. Performed gap analysis to determine solution strengths, weaknesses and risks.
• Created project plans in accordance with project management framework standards and procedures. Identified ongoing issues and gaps within project plans, to eliminate implementation issues.
• Coordinated testing efforts, ensuring that issues are identified, tracked, reported on, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Gathered and documented business, system requirements through requirement elicitation sessions like Brainstorming, conducting workshops with each affiliate company’s Sales and Accounting departments.
• Participated JAD sessions to come up with a common output data format for all affiliates’ proprietary applications.
• Participated in A/R sessions with sales to resolve A/R issues.
• Designed UML diagrams, ER diagrams and Data Flow diagrams required for the project using MS Visio.
• Prepared weekly, monthly invoicing to clients either in an electronic or paper format as per their request.
• Participated regularly in walkthroughs and review meetings with the PM, QA team and development team.
• Assessed risks for account delinquency by working with the parent company to resolve delinquent payments.

Environment: MS Visio, Rational Requisite pro, Business Objects, MS Office Suite, MS SQL Server, Java.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Stake Holder Management and Business Requirements Elicitation
• Requirements Analysis, Gap Analysis, documentation, Verification & Validation Process of requirements
• Designing the User interface screens, reports and final outputs, Data base designing
• Business Process Management, Process Mapping using VISIO, Documentation of the Sign-off process of the finalized requirements
• Documentation of project Initiation, Planning, Execution and project closure
• Developing Functional Requirements Specification document and knowledge transfer to the developers
• Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Change Request Log (CR Log)
• Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Project Implementation, User Training,

Environment: .NET, C#, HTML, SQL, and SQL Server 2010