Agile Coach ( Freelancer) Resume
San Diego, CA
SUMMARY
- 7 Years of experience in teh field of Business Management and Information Technology with emphasis on Agile Framework, Business Requirements analysis, Business Development, Client Relationship Management, Quality Assurance and support activities.
- My background includes knowledge of requirement gathering, documenting functional and technical requirements, Business Analysis, software testing methodologies during teh Application Development Life Cycle process.
- Possess technical writing skills to create Business Required Documents ( BRD), Functional specification documents (FSD), User stories, Use case diagrams & acceptance criteria.
- Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
- Experience in working with development team in building user friendly web application.
- Strong interpersonal, detailed oriented and good organizational skills.
- Familiar with project management style of managing schedules, deadlines and resources, collaborating with different teams and analyzing project information.
- Exposure to Business Object oriented testing in creating various reports for business users.
- Knowledge of using Agile techniques: User stories, TDD,BDD, Continuous integration, Continuous testing etc.
- Participated in all teh stages of Agile including forming, storming and performing using Scrum methodology with two/four weeks iterations.
- Hands on experience in writing SQL queries.
- Experience in analyzing current business processes and documenting as - is and to-be process.
- Hands on experience developing workflow process diagrams using MS Visio.
- Proficient in creating change requests, managing stories and tracking teh incident log for closure.
- Experience working both independently and as well as within teh team.
- Ability to work well in fast paced, dynamic team environment.
- Experience in Agile Software development, Scrum and waterfall development methodology.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills and multi tasking abilities, with proven experience in using people and process knowledge to assist enterprise in making critical decisions.
- Good verbal and written communication skill, like to adopt new tools, techniques and approaches.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Business Tools: Global Service management, JIRA, ALM Rally, HP Application Lifecycle Management, SQL Developer, MS Office, MS Visio
Business Skills: Business Requirements, Functional Requirements, Business Process analysis, Gap Analysis, Use Case Analysis, Business Development, Customer Relationship Management
Methodologies: Scrum( Agile), Kan Ban, Waterfall
Operating Systems: Windows 98/NT/, Linux
Database: MS SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access
Web Technologies: HTML, Ajax True Client, Web Service (WCF)
Languages: SQL, JavaScript, HTML
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential
Agile Coach ( Freelancer)
Responsibilities:
- Provided training and coaching in Agile Development principles and practices to Development team.
- Coached teh Scrum team about teh Scrum values and Empirical process.
- Coached teh team about Agile techniques, Rules, Roles, Events and Artifacts.
- Coached teh scrum team how to define Business, Product and marketing strategies, write User stories & improve development processes.
- Coached teh scrum team how to be self organized and collaborative.
- Coached teh team to keep teh Events within teh Time-box.
- Helped teh scrum team resolving cross-functional issues at project level by active communication.
Confidential, San Diego, CA
Scrum Master
Responsibilities:
- Acted as Scrum Master for Product teams with a focus on guiding teh teams towards improving teh way they work.
- Assisted with teh project manager when necessary.
- Assisted team to remove impediments by having an understanding teh control and release processes.
- Assisted with prioritization and resolution of software defects.
- Built relationship with Product owner and other stake holders to facilitate team's interaction with them.
- Assisted Product Owners in creation and maintenance of Product Backlog.
- Coached team members on Agile principles and providing general guidance on teh methodology.
- Continuously learned Agile/Scrum techniques and shared findings with teh team.
- Engaged with other Scrum Masters to increase teh effectiveness of teh application of Scrum in teh organization.
- Ensured teh DoD ( Definition of Done) is followed within teh team.
- Participated as a User Acceptance Tester to ensure dat teh developed product satisfied teh needs of business clients as specified in teh requirements.
- Facilitated getting teh work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating teh work.
- Facilitated sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos.
- Helped team to solve problems rather than provide solutions.
- Organized and facilitated project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint, release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings.
- Provided all support to teh team using a servant leadership style whenever possible.
- Removed impediments by finding teh right personnel to remove teh impediment.
- Tracked and effectively communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to all effected teams and management.
Environment: Java/J2EE, Asp.net, V.B, Jira, Websphere, SQL Server 2008R, Oracle9i, Visual Studio, Windows7, MSOffice
Confidential, Duluth.GA
Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Created and reviewed Business requirement documents.
- Worked closely with business users to understand requirements .
- Communicated with business stakeholders and project team to ensure requirements.
- Maintained excellent customer relationships with business objectives accordingly.
- Worked closely with teh offshore development team in root cause analysis during teh development and bug fixing during test phases.
- Working in resolving and troubleshooting production issues by creating and executing SQL queries.
- Prioritized user requirements and maintained continuous improvements through user feedback.
- Provided technical guidance and support to end -users by developing appropriate documentation required to transfer knowledge.
- Prioritized problems based on teh effect of teh application on teh end user.
- Developed test plans composed of test scenarios and/or test cases for functional and enhancement testing as well as regression testing.
- Experience in change management process, scrum planning and project management meetings.
- Used Quality center to keep track of defects ad testing efforts.
- Provided daily status reports to Project Manger and teh Project team.
- Involved in extensively training and supporting end users.
Environment: QualityCenter,HPLoadRunner,ASP.net,VBscript,MSSQL,Windows7,MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint
Confidential, Atlanta.GA
Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Formulated and defined teh scope ( requirements) and objective of teh project based on user needs and a thorough understanding of teh business process.
- Coordinated and contributed in all areas of teh project life cycles from planning, development and production implementation through post implementation support.
- Participated in demonstrating teh Oracle process and workflow over view to teh web application team.
- Provided details on credit card integration, mileage and itemization functionalities during teh design phase of teh project.
- Participated in designing teh user interface for teh web application.
- Coordinated requirements between teh web applications team and end users by presenting ideas in a convincing and compelling manner.
- Worked on user documentation and participated in end-user training.
- Communicated and interacted on a regular basis with project manager during different stages of teh project.
- Participated in retrospective phase of teh project by contributing on important gaps during teh project life cycle.
- Tested teh web application to ensure teh data flow in teh database.
- Worked in agile environment and as a part of scrum team.
Environment: Windows 7, MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint, SQL server 2005, MS Visio
Confidential
Jr. Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Understanding teh functionality and discussing with business team on teh requirements.
- Created detailed, technical and process overview documentation and a troubleshooting guide for teh business users.
- Assisted analysts and developers with support and enhancement tasks.
- Involved in creating test plans, which verify overview, testing approach, testing strategy, roles and responsibilities and scope of testing.
- Assisted in creating test deliverables.
- Coordinated with Quality Analysts to develop testing scenarios.
- Monitoring test progress and communicating status and issues to teh Project Manager.
- Assisted with functional team leads, technical team leads in coordination of test activities.
- Attended defect meetings, assign prioritization of defects and escalate to Project Manager, if necessary.
- Interacted with Developers for defect fixes and solutions.
Environment: MS Office, Windows XP, Oracle 9, Quality center
Confidential
Jr. Business Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Develop Business architecture using requirements such as scope, processes, alternatives and risks.
- Worked closely with business users of financial applications to better understand requirements and issues.
- Assisted quality analysts and developers with support and enhancement tasks.
- Helped with business process re-design/re-engineering and documentation as needed new technologies.
- Assisted senior analysts in translating high level requirements into functional specifications.
- Hands on experience developing workflow process diagrams using MS Visio.
- Contributed to teh development of project presentations.
- Communicate client's business requirements by constructing easy-to-understand data and process models.
Environment: Windows XP, MS Office, MS Visio, Oracle 9Strength: Business Requirement analysis, Business Development, Client Relationship Management, Quality Assurance and support activities.