Project Manager , Scrum Master
CurrentResponsibilities• For steering entire projects & project planning, scheduling, Monitoring, controlling & configuration.• Actively participated in applying scrum principles/practices/theory and coordinated for Agile adoption for teams across multiple.• Working with product owner to prioritize product backlogs.• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.• Managing Jira to track project and to monitor status updates.• Regular status updates and Sprint closure reports are shared to customer.• Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.• Led sprint reviews, daily scrums, and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.• Anticipated impediments to team delivery involving cultural barriers and logistical challenges.Improvements & Involvements• Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit Scrum team.• Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.• Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to.• Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.• Identified innovative and automated approaches to routine tasks, making suggestions that were widely received.• Collaborated with project owners and team members to set ambitious but achievable goals.Impacts• Managed minimum of 6 projects each year while maintaining adherence to budget, schedule and scope requirements.• 80% of the projects are converted to Agile projects from waterfall model.• 100% utilization or billable hours for development team and consistently achieved profit margins of 70%.• Adherence to Agile process increased the transparency and decreased customer escalations by 90%