Summary

*+ years of experience in business systems analysis and design as Scrum Master in different industries.

Experience in various Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Methodologies including Agile, Waterfall, SCRUM, Iterative and RUP.

Proficiently organized and facilitated daily scrum, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning.

Experience in developing Object-Oriented use case diagrams, analysis model, data flow diagrams, behaviour diagrams sequence diagrams, state chart diagrams, activity diagrams and class diagrams based on UML methodology using MS Visio.

Created Current Process Flow as-is process Future Process Flow to-be process using MS Visio.

Good knowledge in gathering Functional Requirements, Fit-Gap Analysis, Design, Configuration, Change Management, Risk Assessment, End-User Acceptance Testing, Product Development and Quality Assurance.

Executed multiple assignments in Application Implementations, Functional testing, and Process consulting for PeopleSoft suite of products.

Managed the team and tasks as well as schedule using Team Foundation Server (TFS).

Working with Product owner On Artefacts like Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Burndown, Release Burndown.

Proficient in developing Use case scenarios to enable design and development of applications using tools like Rational Requisite Pro, JIRA and VersionOne based on the SDLC methodology.

Experience providing training to development teams on how to track, plan and analyse using JIRA.

Expertise in tracking Team Velocity using Sprint Burndown Chart, Product Burndown Chart, Work Breakdown Structure, Milestones List and Gantt chart.

Coordinating and tracking all projects for seamless releases using Project Management System JIRA, Source Code Management System SVN and Document Management System SharePoint.

Conducted story writing session according to (INVEST) criteria, worked in managing Product Backlog and also experienced in writing User stories and handling the Requirement Churn.

Worked on developing SQL queries using Oracle, SQL Server databases.

Introduced the Agile SCRUM process for the Risk Data team and utilized Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) to manage the team's software development lifecycle including deriving product backlog items, assigning sprint work items to developers and conducting sprint planning meetings.

Self-motivated, excellent technical writing and oral communication skills, Strong analytical problem-solving skills.

Skills

Methodologies:

SDLC, Agile, Waterfall, RUP, Iterative

Scrum Master:

Confluence, SharePoint, MS Visio, Microsoft Project

Tools:

Rally, JIRA, MS Office Suite, Quality Centre, MS Visio, Rational Requisite Pro, GitHub

Team Skills:

Coordinating, Facilitating, Project Tracking, Summarizing, Reporting

Functional:

PeopleSoft

Operating Systems:

Windows, Linux

Education

Master’s in Business Administration in HR and Finance

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

Work Experience

Humana, TX Jan 2019 - Current

Role: Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Involved in gathering the requirements from the business and doing the impact analysis for various systems.

Planning sprint release and making sure team has a crystal-clear understanding of sprint goals.

Working with Product Owner in finding ways to effectively maintain prioritize the Product backlog and release plan.

Create complex JIRA workflows including project workflows, field configurations, screen schemes, permission schemes and notification schemes.

Facilitating daily scrum meetings, enforcing timeboxes and responding to the impediments, tracking baseline, sprint planning and sprint retrospective.

Making sure complacency doesn't set in team, at same time avoiding overcommitting to stakeholders.

Facilitating Mid Sprint check-up to re-review the acceptance criteria of committed Product backlog items.

Training new team members in Agile principles, scrum processes and helping them transition from waterfall methodology to agile practice.

Facilitated story writing sessions to write good user stories, assisted Product owner in prioritizing the backlog based on business value. Placed substantial efforts on team member role training, time-boxing and providing strong metric for all the members of the team.

Used different Retrospective Techniques like Silent Writing, Mad Sad Glad, Sail Boat and Safety Check to inspect the Sprint procedure and adapt to the procedure that would increase the productivity of the teams.

Created UML diagrams such as use case diagrams, Class, Activity and Sequence diagrams to present a better view.

Prepared setup and configuration list within Peoplesoft. Involved in Data conversion from a legacy system to PeopleSoft. Prepared Excel sheet to loaded and validated various data like Job data, personal data, Address data, various benefits related Data and payroll data. Involved in testing of balance conversion data by preparing queries and SQL data.

Involved in Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Retrospectives, Sizing Sessions, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Demos, Scrum of Scrums, and creation of metrics documentation.

Investigated various products from Atlassian JIRA. Integration of Tempo Time Tracking Tools in JIRA.

Tracked stories and metrics using JIRA and Rally Software.

Metasystem, India Jan 2007 – Dec 2009

Role: Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Ensure 2 software development teams are fully functional and productive.

Enable close cooperation across teams, local and nationwide.

Create team specific Agile process flow in JIRA to move tasks from one activity to another.

Remove barriers while empowering the teams to resolve issues internally.

Shield the team from external interferences.

Ensure the process is followed, including issuing invitations to daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint planning.

Promoted the project adoption of the Scrum Development Framework.

Developed Agile Release Management, Defect Management, Configuration Management, and Requirements Engineering processes as part of a larger overall Systems Engineering strategy.

Completed Contract position with Confidential in their Credit Card Recoveries department as Scrum Master/Tech-Lead on development projects using Agile (Scrum) methodologies.

Led Sprint Planning sessions, worked with team on user story selections and estimates. Led daily stand-up meetings, and removed impediments. Challenged and praised the team along the way.

Tracked sprint tasks to update sprint burn down chart and create sprint review documentation.

Schedule and scope management for multiple projects running using Agile / Scrum methodologies.

Providing status reports, burn down charts, velocity and business value charts to business and product owners.

Used GitHub with Jira for check in checkout and committing the changes to the code.

Working directly with the product owner and business partners for the implementation of Agile / Scrum techniques for the project.

Certifications

Certified Scrum Master

Professional Scrum Master 1

Vaasanthi Manamadurai Srinivasan

Scrum Master

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