Afsar Ali Email and Phone Number

In this role, I engage clients in defining project requirements, provide expert consultancy on project management strategies, and deliver insights to optimize the outcomes. I lead Agile development processes with expertise in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews. I also develop and deliver training materials, fostering continuous learning and adaptation to new technologies for enhanced team performance.Key Achievements:• Project Management Architecture: Successfully spearheaded implementation of streamlined project management framework, optimizing workflow efficiency and team collaboration, resulting in reduction in project timelines and contributing to enhanced project delivery.

Here, I partnered with Product Owners, team members, technologists, and other Scrum Masters to define solutions, drive project progress, and ensure the use of appropriate project processes. I led daily Scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for concurrent projects. I trained and mentored team members on the effective use of Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times. Additionally, I identified and resolved impediments hindering development or preventing the team from meeting their established goals or milestones.Key Achievements:• Automated Jira Ticket Tracking: Developed and implemented centralized Confluence repository, automating Jira ticket tracking across 10 projects and saving Product Owners approximately three hours per week in manual report creation.• Point-Based Stories: Introduced point-based story estimation in Jira, resulting in 25% reduction in extra hours spent per sprint, enhancing team productivity and streamlining project execution.• Agile Backlog Optimization and Prioritization: Collaborated closely with Product Owner to craft, groom, and prioritize user stories in backlog, including estimation using Planning Poker technique, ensuring well-defined and prioritized roadmap for successful sprint planning and delivery.• Defect Resolution: Led comprehensive defect review meetings, engaging all stakeholders to meticulously assess defects, determine severity levels, and establish priorities aligned with client requirements, and foster collaborative and responsive approach to ensure timely issue resolution.

At ICF, I analyzed business requirements, technical specifications, and design documents to inform the development of technical requirements. I actively participated in various testing phases, performed regression testing on weekly builds, contributed to walkthroughs, and engaged in defect report meetings. I monitored change requests from the redesign team, coordinated changes with the development team, and prepared system documentation and user manuals. Also, I executed testing activities for user role testing, content migration testing, and functional testing during website redevelopment.Key Achievements:• Strategic Business Requirements Definition: Established and documented comprehensive business requirements for new projects, yielding 15% increase in project efficiency by implementing formal plan where none existed previously.• Collaborative Testing Processes: Presided over joint application development (JAD) sessions, directing user acceptance testing (UAT), and documenting issues and defects for appropriate sign-off.• Stakeholder Relationship Management: Cultivated and sustained stakeholder relationships using proven ability to positively impact project outcomes through effective relationship management, driving 15% surge in stakeholder satisfaction and contributing to 10% improvement in project success rates.• UAT and Defect: Played critical role in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for initial production release, verifying correct display of content in defined areas, identified defects, and managing resolutions through JIRA and Team Foundation Server across multiple environments.• CMDB Utilization for Website Optimization: Leveraged Configuration Management Database (CMDB) to verify and update URL links for organization's site, ensuring seamless digital presence and enhancing overall website reliability.