SUMMARY:

• An accomplished & resourceful Agile Mentor, Certified Scrum Master and Project Management Professional having diverse IT experience & professional training in implementing Agile projects coordinating onshore & offshore team efforts to ensure timely delivery of business goalsI have extensive experience initiating Agile Projects, in setting up agile teams, putting agile ceremonies in place, coaching team members to understand Scrum and Kanban methodologies within agile framework.
• Shared with management various metrices Sprint burndown chart, Velocity flow, Release burndown chart for tracking sprint and release health status
• Experience in leading Systems development projects & programs with full involvement in all stages of Software development life cycle (SDLC) following Waterfall or Agile methodologies

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Agile project management & implementation
• Coaching & managing team on agile principles
• Project migration from Waterfall framework to Agile
• Good understanding of Scrum and Kanban
• Process improvement within Agile framework
• Managing testing efforts within or out of Sprint
• Application & Systems integration

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Project Managed Platform & Application Software: Well versed in Agile tracking tools like Rally, Version One (Ultimate Edition) & HP Agile Manager (have same functionality as JIRA and Confluence), Clarity, Share point, MS Project, Visio, HP Quality Center, Rational Clear quest, Rational Test Manager, Rational ReqPro, Clear case, Remedy, Java/J2EE, Dot Net, Word, Excel, Power point, MS Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Organized scrum training to scrum teams
• Worked with management to provide overview of Agile productivity and benefits
• Started managing two scrum teams

Confidential, Reston, VA

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Provided training to team regarding scrum principles to have project efforts within Agile framework
• Organized workshop to provide firsthand experience in practical setting
• Initially worked with team in Sprint zero to agree upon user story estimation technique, testing strategy, moving code from development to testing stage as part of continuous integration
• Responsible & facilitated all scrum ceremonies from initiating to closing the sprint
• Lead Scrum of Scrum sessions to discuss issues and provide corporate wise resolutions
• Coached team members regarding scrum principles to have project efforts within Agile framework
• Consistently reached out to team members to resolve issues impacting Sprint work progress
• Updated Management with bi - weekly scrum artifacts outlining Sprint progress
• Work with BA and PO to track upcoming scope items and build product backlog
• Worked with PO to pull in more work has there been any capacity to take more scope
• Put in place the process flow charts for new team member to understand the working environment
• It was data migration project where scope was to implement the new data source
• Worked with team to have data fields defined besides putting data mapping in place
• Implemented Kanban principles with team & set up Kanban board in Rally
• Provided team members with guidance to understand the Kanban principles
• Met with team every day to discuss issues and refine the user story with clear accepted criteria
• Updated user story with tasks from respective teams
• Worked with management & Business to understand the project timeline
• Narrow down the defect list & initiated the ceremony to start building the product backlog
• Set up agile framework for the team to follow
• Guided team to have better understanding of agile principles and protocol
• Set up sprint schedule & scrum ceremonies as part of project implementation
• Facilitated all scrum ceremonies as part of agile implementation

Confidential, Washington, DC

Scrum Master/ Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Initiated Scrum process to build eMD apps following Agile software development methodology
• Set up new scrum team, team profiles, sprint schedule in HP Agile Manager
• Drafted the road map for release of all 4 apps in HTML5 code base
• Initiated Sprint ceremonies, managed sprint and track sprint progress
• Organized all ceremonies from Daily scrum to Demo/Retro as part of sprint
• Worked with PO to build the Product Backlog and prioritize the stories
• Facilitated release planning to allocate stories to scrum team
• Tracked the Sprint progress through reports from Agile Manager
• Worked with Business to understand the requirements & expectation
• Drafted the Project Charter, Project Plan and publish the release dates
• Forecasted resource demand & budget estimates based upon future release
• Represented the project at all Q Gates and get PMO approval
• Worked with the stakeholders to get sign off as project moves from one phase to another
• Made sure that design, build, testing milestone are met per project release dates
• Updated senior management of Project status at high profile, PMT and Portfolio Review meeting
• Tracked the project progress at weekly team meeting
• Followed with multiple stakeholders to resolve any impediments including any change request approval
• Worked with company depot to make eMD deployment goes smooth every month.
• Worked with third party vendors to make sure that all hardware including iPhone, scanners are in stock
• Released eMD apps on iOS8 & iPhone6 thus avoiding any technological difficulties due to shortage of iPhone 4S

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Managed two scrum teams following offshore and onsite model
• Started second scrum team, set up team profile in Version One & initiated all the ceremonies
• Worked with Product Owners to organize user stories for coming sprint(s)
• Worked with PO to have user stories complete with required details
• Drafted the team road map & made sure that work is on track per plan
• Responsible for biweekly sprint planning meeting to plan work per sprint velocity
• Organized story grooming ceremony for PO to clarify team’s queries
• Led daily scrum meeting, monitor allocated tasks, removing any impediments along the process
• Worked with off-shore & onshore resource on daily basis to track project progress and resolve issues
• Raised issues impacting sprint work at S2 meetings removing impediments in sprint work
• Made sure that team update their effort in Version One, monitored burndown chart & sprint progress
• Organized story acceptance huddle for product owner's sign off
• Scheduled and organized product demo ceremonies to get business acceptance
• Facilitated retrospective meeting to evaluate team achievements and issues
• Made sure that team resolves all the issues in Integration testing to get their sign off
• Worked with Release management to ensure successful migration of code to Production
• Organize team get together to maintain enthusiasm and collaboration spirit among team members
• Analyzed the Sprint team performance based upon Tableau reports & updated the management on next step

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Scrum Master/ Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed 3 scrum teams & working with onsite and off-shore resources
• Mentored teams to go over agile basics and principles as part of Agile transformation
• Transitioned from Waterfall SDM for team to start working in Agile development framework
• Put all the agile ceremonies in place and streamlined agile planning process
• Organized all ceremonies from Daily scrum to Demo/Retro as part of sprint
• Facilitated release planning to allocate stories to scrum team based upon sprint capacity & velocity
• Made sure that stories are matured through Kanban process before being presented by PO in sprint
• Responsible for weekly Scrum of Scrum meetings to get updates & resolve issues in current sprint
• Assigned, tracked & made sure production defects are resolved & solution implemented by team
• Escalated resource requirement for coming sprint to resource manager considering future sprint work
• Published daily radiator/burndown chart for management review
• With Project Lead profile, helped team by providing various access to use Version one
• Removed any impediments & kept team focused on commitment to meet sprint goals
• Facilitated requirement walkthrough meetings & analyzed dependency on all impacted teams
• Prepared project schedule & acquired budget from PMO based upon impacted sub group estimates
• Made sure that design, build, testing milestone are met per project release dates
• Followed with multiple stakeholders to resolve any impediments along the process
• Coordinated with TMO (Test Management Office) in testing efforts to get QA and UAT sign off
• Forecasted resource demand & budget estimates based upon future release
• Made sure that new requirement or enhancement is routed through change management process
• Facilitated defect resolution meetings to prioritize issue resolution & to prepare for next release
• Improved processes as part of lesson learned after each release
• Updated senior management, PMO office & other key stakeholders with project progress
• Facilitated KT sessions for team members to get further insight into Confidential systems & applications
• Made sure that once implemented, project processes are closed and various artifacts are archived

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Project Manager/ Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Conducted proficiently scrum meetings like - Scrum Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective.
• Managed Product Backlogs, Scrum Backlogs and Burn down Charts
• Worked with business & technical leads to define project scope & schedule
• Worked with team to have data fields in place besides putting data mapping in place
• Led sprint planning to implement respective releases as per agile software development methodology
• Document stories, print story cards and organize daily sprint meeting to get updates
• Monitor burn down chart and publish the same for management reference
• Streamlined the sprint planning process by introducing key documents & process
• Worked with Release Management for software release to Production
• Analyzed potential technical or operational issues and ensured resolution of concerns
• Maintained project level issues/risks log for future reference
• Coordinated with third party vendors & off shore resources to implement project activities
• Managed project inputs, outputs and hand-offs between each of the business units
• Ensured all necessary components were documented & delivered on time
• Facilitated weekly project meeting and report project status and updates to Program management
• Made sure the project is compliant with various regulations per PMO
• Worked with change control board to process and implement change requests & ad hoc requests
• Archived all product release artifacts, approvals in a secure repository to support audit requirements
• Made sure that Project issues, lessons learned are documented for supporting future projects

Confidential, Washington, DC

Sr. Business Analyst/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated business meetings to understand business & project scope & dependency on other groups
• Initially organized review meetings, analyze to prioritize business requirements per release
• Drafted project plan & UAT test plan on release to release basis
• Assisted team resources in understanding requirements to draft testcases
• Coordinated project efforts to ensure deliverables are achieved within schedule & scope baseline
• Made sure that test strategy, processes & standards are being followed as per corporate guidelines
• Assisted teams in executing testing cycle including regression & closing open defects
• Implemented enhancements & change requests as per business requirement.
• Keep track of pending issues & proposed activities for the upcoming workweek
• Compiled weekly status & test summary reports for management review
• Support & resolve production issues
• Made sure that project documentation is up to date in Quality Center & ReqPro
• Supported production readiness review (PRR) before release migration to production

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Project Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Scheduled & conducted meeting with all stakeholders to review business requirements
• Coordinated with offshore project team to track project progress updates & issue resolution
• Facilitated project status meetings & keeping stakeholders informed of project
• Formulated & implemented the web services validation process using Soap UI
• Managed UAT & integration efforts of implementing web services into new business process
• Provided weekly performance status including dashboard reporting to executive level management

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Project UAT Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked on project schedule by providing time & work estimates for different validation activities
• Organized JAD sessions with key clients to review & finalize business requirements
• Implemented various check points before code migration to ensure smooth & improved testing cycle
• Improved team productivity by drafting complete ETL execution sequence for end to end testing
• Prepared training material to improve team capabilities & simplify the test implementation process
• Coordinated QA team for smooth code migration into iUAT to validate application for end to end testing
• Served as liaison between business and programmers to resolve requirements & technical issue
• Facilitated defect resolution meetings to prioritize & fix issues for next release
• Worked with production team on constant basis to resolve any issues during or after implementation
• Made sure that project documentation is properly organized & up to date in Quality Center & ReqPro
• Complied weekly status & release summary reports, RTM and test summary report