|| Spearheading the strategy for Agile transformation and aligning it with organizational objectives and priorities.|| Working towards development and ongoing management of Agile practices within the organization.|| Providing guidance and coaching to leaders, teams, scrum masters, and product owners in the realms of Scrum, Lean, and Kanban practices.|| Conducting both in-person and virtual SAFe certification training sessions and workshops.|| Collaborating closely with… Show more || Spearheading the strategy for Agile transformation and aligning it with organizational objectives and priorities.|| Working towards development and ongoing management of Agile practices within the organization.|| Providing guidance and coaching to leaders, teams, scrum masters, and product owners in the realms of Scrum, Lean, and Kanban practices.|| Conducting both in-person and virtual SAFe certification training sessions and workshops.|| Collaborating closely with leadership and the taskforce to address priorities, incorporate lessons learned, and oversee the overall Agile program transformation.|| Taking the lead in managing Agile Communities of Practice (CoPs) dedicated to specific capabilities such as Scrum Master and Product Owner.|| Establishing a framework for metrics and measurements to evaluate team Agile maturity using key performance indicators (KPIs).|| Acting as a mentor and coach for Agile teams, guiding them toward higher levels of maturity in a scalable and sustainable manner. Show less

|| Ensured business alignment by thorough analysis of organizational strategy, portfolio vision, product roadmap and release milestones|| Training & coaching leaders and teams across business functions on Agile adoption mapped to tangible business benefits & ROI|| Facilitating Agile adoption across multiple teams and driving best practices in the areas of code refactoring, behavior driven development and test automation|| Defining, accessing & optimizing key metrics across team &… Show more || Ensured business alignment by thorough analysis of organizational strategy, portfolio vision, product roadmap and release milestones|| Training & coaching leaders and teams across business functions on Agile adoption mapped to tangible business benefits & ROI|| Facilitating Agile adoption across multiple teams and driving best practices in the areas of code refactoring, behavior driven development and test automation|| Defining, accessing & optimizing key metrics across team & ART’s for better performance, predictability, quality and value delivery|| Accountable for handling risks, dependencies and impediments at team and program level and ensuring timely resolution|| Ensured learning & continuous improvement culture across teams & ARTs through formal trainings, innovation, inspect & adapt and problem-solving workshops Show less

|| Leading the Agile transformation strategy and its alignment to organizational goals and priorities|| Contributing for the development and ongoing management of the organizational Agile practices|| Coaching leaders, teams, scrum masters and product owners on all aspects of Scrum, Lean, and Kanban practices || Facilitating classroom as well as virtual SAFe certification trainings and workshops|| Working closely with the leadership and taskforce on priorities, lessons learned… Show more || Leading the Agile transformation strategy and its alignment to organizational goals and priorities|| Contributing for the development and ongoing management of the organizational Agile practices|| Coaching leaders, teams, scrum masters and product owners on all aspects of Scrum, Lean, and Kanban practices || Facilitating classroom as well as virtual SAFe certification trainings and workshops|| Working closely with the leadership and taskforce on priorities, lessons learned and overall Agile program transformation|| Leading Agile community of practices (CoPs) for distinct capabilities like Scrum Master, Product Owner, etc.|| Building metrics and measurement framework to access team’s agile maturity using key performance indicators (KPIs)|| Mentor and coach Agile teams for higher levels of maturity at a pace that is scalable and sustainable Show less

|| Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering the preparation of vision and program backlogs through Pre and Post PI planning meetings|| Facilitate the PI planning event, system demos and solution demos|| Summarize team PI objectives into program PI objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency|| Facilitate periodic synchronization meetings like SOS and PO sync to drive harmonization between Agile teams and ARTs|| Effectively collaborate with other stakeholders… Show more || Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering the preparation of vision and program backlogs through Pre and Post PI planning meetings|| Facilitate the PI planning event, system demos and solution demos|| Summarize team PI objectives into program PI objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency|| Facilitate periodic synchronization meetings like SOS and PO sync to drive harmonization between Agile teams and ARTs|| Effectively collaborate with other stakeholders like PO/PM’s, RTE’s, Architects, System Team, DevOps and Business Owners|| Establish metrics and measurements to assess the Agility maturity of the ARTs and driving improvement via inspect and adapt workshops|| Guiding the organization towards higher Agile maturity through formal training sessions and informal communication channels|| Establish and communicate the yearly calendars for iterations and program increments (PIs) Show less

|| Accessing the organization’s current processes, performing gap analysis and providing leadership and advisory on process improvements/process reengineering || Involved in performing tool feasibility studies in areas of project management, agility, quality, DevOps, and driving enterprise-level tool adoption based on cost/benefit analysis || Performed UI and API test automation tool assessment using commercial - telerik test studio, visual studio Coded UI and open source tools -… Show more || Accessing the organization’s current processes, performing gap analysis and providing leadership and advisory on process improvements/process reengineering || Involved in performing tool feasibility studies in areas of project management, agility, quality, DevOps, and driving enterprise-level tool adoption based on cost/benefit analysis || Performed UI and API test automation tool assessment using commercial - telerik test studio, visual studio Coded UI and open source tools - selenium, SoapUI, cucumber and fitnesse || Involved in driving the agile activation and adoption across IT teams through coaching, mentoring and driving agile and scrum best practices in the areas of code refactoring, behavior driven development and test automation|| Developed continuous integration(CI) testing model using git/github, ant, maven and jenkins for unmanned round-the-clock execution of automation scripts Show less

|| Understanding of the overall vision, product roadmap, project and release milestones and aligning the teams accordingly|| Working in close collaboration with POs, technical leads and SME’s and ensuring seamless communication within the team|| Coaching and mentoring teams on agility and scrum ceremonies, artifacts, metrics and measurement across sprints and releases|| Implemented scrum values and best practices in the areas of code refactoring, behavior driven development and test… Show more || Understanding of the overall vision, product roadmap, project and release milestones and aligning the teams accordingly|| Working in close collaboration with POs, technical leads and SME’s and ensuring seamless communication within the team|| Coaching and mentoring teams on agility and scrum ceremonies, artifacts, metrics and measurement across sprints and releases|| Implemented scrum values and best practices in the areas of code refactoring, behavior driven development and test automation|| Enabling self-organizing teams through cross skilling, technical mentoring and proactive conflict resolution|| Driving effective retrospectives, problem solving workshops and implementing improvement plans at team and program level|| Managing risks, dependencies and impediments at team and program level and ensuring timely resolution Show less

|| Managed UAT Testing for EMEA Payments, Reconciliations & Investigations Platforms|| Exp. with Banking Products - Fiserv Frontier, PEGA Investigations & FundTech Global Pay Plus|| Implemented Role & Business Cycle based UAT Test Strategy for Robust Business Checkpoints|| Trained Business Users on ISTQB Foundation Level Certification Content & QA Best Practices || Standardized Project Management Practices using PMI & Agile Scrum Methodology|| Leveraged Earned Value… Show more || Managed UAT Testing for EMEA Payments, Reconciliations & Investigations Platforms|| Exp. with Banking Products - Fiserv Frontier, PEGA Investigations & FundTech Global Pay Plus|| Implemented Role & Business Cycle based UAT Test Strategy for Robust Business Checkpoints|| Trained Business Users on ISTQB Foundation Level Certification Content & QA Best Practices || Standardized Project Management Practices using PMI & Agile Scrum Methodology|| Leveraged Earned Value Management(EVM) Reports, Project Burn-up & Burn-down Charts Show less

|| Identifying challenges with diversified Tool/Technology/Processes across Global QA Teams|| Performed Testing Assessments & Feasibility Studies with Global Clients & Product Owners|| Developed the Program Management Plan for Global Test Center of Excellence(TCoE)|| Setting up all Phases TCoE - Planning,Staffing,Technical Test Architecture,Execution & Delivery || Architected Modular, Data-driven, Keyword & Hybrid Test Automation Frameworks|| Leveraged HP Performance Center… Show more || Identifying challenges with diversified Tool/Technology/Processes across Global QA Teams|| Performed Testing Assessments & Feasibility Studies with Global Clients & Product Owners|| Developed the Program Management Plan for Global Test Center of Excellence(TCoE)|| Setting up all Phases TCoE - Planning,Staffing,Technical Test Architecture,Execution & Delivery || Architected Modular, Data-driven, Keyword & Hybrid Test Automation Frameworks|| Leveraged HP Performance Center to support Load/Stress/Endurance Testing of Enterprise Apps || Adopted Continuous Integration(CI) Testing using TFS & Cruise Control for 24/7 Script Execution || Virtualizing QA Lab using Dell ESXi Server for Optimal & Cost Efficient Testing Infrastructure|| Communicating Effectively with PMO, Technology, Business Stakeholders & Senior Leadership Show less

|| E2E Business Transition - Knowledge,Process,Tool/Technology,Environments & Infrastructure || Created Project Management & Test Plans to effectively track Scope, Quality& Project Risks || Tracking Project, Release & Product Quality Metrics|| Maintaining Rational Robot Automation Framework to support Checkpoint Blue Application|| Created Hybrid Automation Framework using QTP to support Checkpoint Millennium Product || Established, coordinated & maintained Test Status… Show more || E2E Business Transition - Knowledge,Process,Tool/Technology,Environments & Infrastructure || Created Project Management & Test Plans to effectively track Scope, Quality& Project Risks || Tracking Project, Release & Product Quality Metrics|| Maintaining Rational Robot Automation Framework to support Checkpoint Blue Application|| Created Hybrid Automation Framework using QTP to support Checkpoint Millennium Product || Established, coordinated & maintained Test Status Communication within Global Project Teams|| Ensured adherence to SDLC & Quality Standards and Procedures Show less

|| Application/System Feasibility Study for deriving Automation Regression Suites of Oracle EBS|| Building Hybrid Test Automation Frameworks using QTP, VB Script & Shell Script|| Managing E2E Systems Integration Testing of Order Management & Fulfilment Applications|| Created Test Harness for validating SOAP Web Services of UDE(Universal Decision Engine) || Meticulous planning of E2E Test Activities from Requirements Review until Testing Signoff|| Established, coordinated &… Show more || Application/System Feasibility Study for deriving Automation Regression Suites of Oracle EBS|| Building Hybrid Test Automation Frameworks using QTP, VB Script & Shell Script|| Managing E2E Systems Integration Testing of Order Management & Fulfilment Applications|| Created Test Harness for validating SOAP Web Services of UDE(Universal Decision Engine) || Meticulous planning of E2E Test Activities from Requirements Review until Testing Signoff|| Established, coordinated & maintained Test Status Communication across Global Teams Show less

|| Liaison with Cross-functional Teams for Quick Resolution of Defects || Adherence to SDLC, Quality Standards & Change Control Procedures || Performing ISO Internal Audits

|| Requirements Analysis & Review for Completeness, Correctness & Consistency|| Adopting Test Design Techniques using BVA, ECP and Decision Tables|| Creation of Test Scenarios & Conditions, identifying Test Data & creation of Test Cases|| Review of Test Cases & updating RTM(Requirements Traceability Matrix)|| Performing Functional, System, GUI, Usability, Exploratory & Documentation Testing|| Defect Tracking, Defect Triage & Defect Prevention Reviews || Generating Test… Show more || Requirements Analysis & Review for Completeness, Correctness & Consistency|| Adopting Test Design Techniques using BVA, ECP and Decision Tables|| Creation of Test Scenarios & Conditions, identifying Test Data & creation of Test Cases|| Review of Test Cases & updating RTM(Requirements Traceability Matrix)|| Performing Functional, System, GUI, Usability, Exploratory & Documentation Testing|| Defect Tracking, Defect Triage & Defect Prevention Reviews || Generating Test Results, Test Metrics & Test Status Reporting Show less