Viraj Thakkar, Pmp®, Csm®, Safe®Sm, Safe® Practitioner Email & Phone Number

Pune, Mh, In

Pune Area, India

 To ensure teams are following all the standard Scrum processes and they are actively participating in all Scrum ceremonies Improving Synergy between the product owner and Scrum team Helping product owner and Scrum team with prioritization of backlog items Helping teams and business with release and PI planning Removing impediments to the development teams' progress Ensuring the quality of the user stories in product backlog Mentoring scrum teams to self-organize and take ownership for quality of the work and meet deliverable of each sprint Developing a culture of continuous improvement within team through regular retrospective, coaching and mentoring Promoting Lean and Kaizen principles to reduce the waste and improve productivity of the team Create self-sufficient Scrum Teams who could execute all the assigned work with minimal outside dependencies Guiding teams to produce high quality deliverable that meets the business requirements Ensuring all the user stories marked as Done passes all the criteria defined for Definition of Done (DOD) Limiting technical debt of team is under control and making sure that all critical and high priority bugs are addressed in timely manner Coordinating with stakeholders for proper prioritization of Architect and Security items and timely delivered based on the priority Preparation and maintenance of team Dashboards Supporting team with preparation of various Bi-Weekly & Monthly reports and any other KPI reports requested by any stakeholders within the organization Ensuring transparency with reporting & data integrity on Dashboards and adherence to ISO standards Managing and optimization of Jira fields, issue types and workflows in order to optimize and improve delivery of the team and generate accurate reports Owning and management of Global Project’s Confluence Pages for BRP (Big Room Planning), PI (Program Increment), Sprints and Reporting statistics

Ahmedabad

 To coach and mentor team members on Agile and Scrum processes and responsible to make sure they are being followed in the correct manner. Removal of impediments for the team members and coordination with cross functional teams for same. Accountable for end-to-end specification, development, testing, and release of assigned project deliverable. Participation in the scoping of proposed enhancements, and works with Product Managers and team to turn business requirements into user stories and actionable development specifications. Risk identification and preparation of mitigation plan. Anticipation and prevention of common errors.  Acceptance testing of post-development enhancements to make sure system meets end user needs and is error free. To assure quality control including regularly updating of procedures. Providing training, technical and functional support whenever required by any cross functional teams across the organization.

Ahmedabad

 Direct and manage project development from beginning to end. Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders. Development of full-scale project plans (using MS Project) and associated communications documents. Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholder in a timely and clear fashion. Estimation of the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals. Delegation of tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel. Proactive management of changes in project scope, identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans. Identification and resolution of issues and conflicts within the project and project team members. Monitoring and tracking of project timelines and milestones, calculation of Earned Value (EV), SPI, CPI and TCPI at set intervals and preparation of progress reports based on same for the stakeholders. Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.

Melbourne, Australia

 Warehouse ERP system operation and administration Invoicing, Daily logistic support, Inventory Management, Demand planning and forecasting Replenishing stock to the retail stores as per the orders, Quality control and assurance

Melbourne, Australia

Project Summary Simple ID had developed a software program which tracks the various websites current ranking over different search engines for different keywords and it also tracks the click through rates and conversion data for clients’ ads. Simple ID wanted to integrate a kind of application with the current system which tracks the users click data and mouse movement for usability studies and also his social media influence on internet. So the purpose of this internship project was to either build a kind of application which fulfills the company’s requirement, or to find the open source alternatives which can be modified and customized according to the requirements. Following the good project management methodologies, the whole project was divided into six main parts and then later these six parts were divided into other subsequent parts. Responsibilities  To develop a Social Media Analytic System with main focus on Twitter To work on open source projects related to mouse and click tracking Usability evaluation of existing system used by the company Skills Learnt Technical: OO PHP, JavaScript, MSSQL, XML and JSON Business Analysis: Problem and Requirement Analysis, Process and Function Analysis, Solution Analysis, Strategic Planning.

Mtech, Information Technology

Activities and Societies: Swinburne Student Amenities Association Key study areas: web and software development, design, programming.

Bpharm, Health Science