Scrum Master/Project Manager Resume

SUMMARY:

Scrum Master and Project Manager with nearly 10 years of experience in Technology services.
Extensive experience in Planning, Scheduling, Risk Identification & Mitigation, Project Delivery, Team Management and Client Coordination.
Continuous Improvement . Coaching . Empowerment
Iteration Planning Daily Stand - up Sprint Demo Retrospective Backlog grooming
Credit Card Processing Payments Mag to Chip conversion...Lending and Deposit Services

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

PM Tools: TFS, Rally, JIRA, Share Point, MS Project, MS Visio and MS Office

BPM: Appian

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center v10.2 & 11.0 (ALM), and Test Director

Mainframe: TSO, IBM Mainframe - VisionPLUS® v8.35, CICS, and File Aid

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Worked closely with Business users in analyzing the business requirements and derive the minimum viable product
Educated and reinforced scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and key stakeholders
Worked on deriving the project Release Calendar
Facilitated Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint Demo, Retrospectives, Backlog Grooming and Stakeholder meetings
Managed tasks and coordination of resources assigned to the project
Maintained information radiators like burn-down charts and burn-up charts
Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments, and team conflicts
Facilitated Sprint Demo meeting to review the “Done” represented to PO and stakeholders
Identified significant risks and unknowns, define and drive resolution plans
Communication of status, issues and action items to stakeholders on regular basis
Track and ensure Release criteria are met
Secured approval of deliverable or revisions to the project from the stakeholders
Managed the project artifacts on SharePoint

Confidential

Scrum Master/Project & Release Manager

Responsibilities:

Directed agile team from project initiation through delivery of final product
Extensive involvement in Project Budgeting, planning, managing project resources, and subcontractors
Participated in Iteration Planning (PI) for committing to Sprint backlog
Facilitated Sprint planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint Demo, Retrospectives, and Backlog Grooming
Managed tasks and coordination of resources assigned to the project
Maintained information radiators like burn-down charts, burn-up charts etc.
Protected development team from outside distractions, impediments, and team conflicts
Ensured the continuous flow of user stories on Kanban board
Involved as part of Sprint review meeting to review the “Done” represented to PO and stakeholders
Identified significant risks, Communication of status, issues and action items to stakeholders
Tracked and ensured Release criteria are met
Coordinated the delivery of major and minor software release cycles by executing the release process
Secured approval of deliverable or revisions to the project from the stakeholders
Dealt with Release communication, preparation, training, Release Postmortem and track open activities
Prepared Exit report for each Project/Release/Sprint and ensured that the deviation is documented

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Lead and Managed multiple project teams
Determined the feasibility of project request, plan, track the project scope, and deliverables
Participated in the Business requirements and Review meeting
Liaised with Architects and Tech Leads to help resolve Business/Project requirement queries
Worked with Tech Leads and Test leads to ensure the functionality was implemented and tested as per the requirements
Facilitated Sprint planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint review, Retrospectives, and Stakeholder meetings
Managed tasks and coordination of resources assigned to the project
Verified, identified and escalated the issues and implemented the required mitigation plan for the risks
Discussed the feedback from the prior releases that did not achieve the Release Criteria
Prepared status reports to provide updates to the stake holders on the milestones
Tracked and ensured Release criteria are met
Secure approval of deliverable or revisions to the project from the stakeholders

Confidential

Senior Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

Worked in projects involving Credit Card Processing and payment file uploads
Analyzed Functional Specification Document to derive Test scope and Test scenarios
Reviewed and closed off gaps between Business requirement and Functional Solution
Reported and tracked the defects in HP Quality Centre
Mentored and trained the Junior Analysts

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

Analyzed business requirements, and collected required data
Drafted functional solution documents
Reviewed and closed off gaps between Business requirement and Functional Solution
Managed requirements and associated changes to the requirements through the project lifecycle
Organized internal walk-through with developers and testers to check if they are aligned