Scrum Assistant

Onkar Arunrao Lambat

***********@*****.*** 201-***-**** Jersey City, NJ 07307

Professional Summary: Experienced Scrum Master, a Lean Agilist, IT Professional with a keen ability to understand and build complex systems. 5+ years of experience in managing globally distributed and on-site teams with specialization in migration from waterfall to agile framework. Coaching and Mentoring teams by facilitating scrum events and publishing sprint reports. I focus on impediments removal from my team and deliver a customer-centric product.

Relevant skills:

Methodologies

Agile (SAFe 5.0, Scrum, Kanban), waterfall, XP, DSDM, FDD

Software Tools

Jira, Rally, Confluence, SharePoint, Basecamp, Asana, Smart Sheets, MS Office, Team-line, Slack

Cloud Computing

MS Azure, AWS

Visualization

Tableau, Power BI

Operating Systems

Windows XP/7/10, Mac OS

Testing Frameworks

BDD (Behavior Driven Development), TDD (Test Driven Development), Hybrid Testing Framework, Modular Testing Framework, Keyword Driven Testing Framework

Education:

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA GPA- 3.9/4.0

Master’s in Computer Science January 2018- December 2019

Sharda University, Greater Noida, UP, India GPA 6.7/10

Bachelor’s in Computer Science May 2010-May 2014

Certifications:

Leading SAFe Course (5.0) Certificate ID: 545*****-****

PSM1 Certified Certificate ID: 537564

Work Experience

Veracity, USA Feb 2020- Current

Client Description:

Veracity is a staffing firm with major clients in IT, banking, e-commerce, and pharmaceutical industry

Project Scope:

To help the client with implementing, adapting, and maximizing work hours by implementing SCRUM and Agile principles

Responsibilities:

Assisted and trained the team to use project-tracking tool JIRA efficiently

Assisted the Product Owner in compiling and prioritizing the Product Backlog on JIRA using prioritization techniques like MOSCOW, Affinity Analysis

Provided valuable inputs to frame the Definition of Done (DOD) for Sprint Product Increment, Sprint Goal

Worked with Product Owner to write User stories using INVEST criteria. Ensured ‘rich’ acceptance criteria following SMART guidelines

Monitored key metrics daily and weekly to gauge team progress. Metrics traced are Velocity, Daily burned hours, committed vs delivered velocity, story, and task progress status, impediments, defects/bugs raised per sprint

Facilitated Sprint Ceremony events: Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily SCRUM, Sprint Review, and Retrospective

Assisted Developer lead in capacity planning

Ability to work with cross-functional teams and build a partnership, while working as a “servant leader” for the agile team

Effectively contained Risk by removing impediments and safeguard team from external interference

Human-Computer Interaction, SIT, USA Jan 2019-Jun 2019

Worked as a Course Assistant for Dr. Gregg Vesonder, Director of Systems and Software Division towards the course HCI

As a CA, my duties were to assist with the research being conducted and monitor the progress of a class of 45 students

Adiwebtech Solutions, Pvt ltd, Hyderabad July 2014 – Jan 2018

Beachbody, USA Jan 2017- Jan 2018

Client Description:

Beachbody is a marketing company primarily based on using e-commerce to sell home-exercise videos and dietary supplements

Project Scope:

The scope of the project was to design and create an E-learning portal to make online tutorials more efficient

Responsibilities:

Acted as Scrum Master for Product teams with a focus on guiding the team on every aspect of product development

Continually refined and evolved agile processes for predictable and rapid software delivery, with a focus on on-time delivery

Implemented agile methodologies using a Scrum framework with-in the team, Product owner, Stake Owners

Led all sprint planning, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, and daily scrums with the development team resulting in product features which are currently used by a million users

Tracked team velocity, sprint/release progress with teams and management, updated agile tracking systems which helped transparency on product and sprint backlog, while working closely with product management and technical stakeholders to clarify schedule, status, and details of each project

Tesco, United Kingdom July 2014 – Dec 2016

Client Description:

Tesco plc, is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer

Project Scope:

The scope of the project was to enhance the existing traditional searching system with a knowledge graph for all the searching done and customer satisfaction

Responsibility:

Developed a systematic approach in eliciting, organizing, and documenting the requirements of the application being developed using a company-owned Requirements Management Plan

Acted as a Scrum Master and performed the duties such as Agile Scrum ceremonies, daily scrum call, sprint planning, and various others while maintaining commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect

Worked closely with other SME’s for requirements around Tracking Engine and Web Portal

Conducted requirement sessions between the end-users and development team

Worked with senior Scrum Master to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization

Performed GAP analysis, SWOT analysis and documented inconsistencies between the product enhancements

Worked closely with the development team, removed impediments facilitated planning poker sessions, assisted the senior Scrum Master with producing Burn-up & Burn-Down Charts and ensuring they are updated

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