Scrum Master Project Management

UMAMAHESWARI NADIMUTHU

***********@*****.*** 408-***-**** Plano TX LinkedIn: umamaheswari-nadimuthu-csm SUMMARY:

Highly skilled and motivated Scrum Master with 14 years of experience in leading Agile development teams, driving successful project delivery, and project management. Proficient in developing comprehensive project plans, defining scope & deliverables, planning roadmaps & timelines, analysing RAID & their action plans, and ensuring successful project execution through effective resource allocation, task management and continuous improvement Certified Scrum Master (CSM, SAFe®6, SAFe®5, AI for Scrum Masters, AI & Agility) with sound knowledge and experience in agile scrum processes, project management and leading high- performance teams at enterprise level.

Certified AWS Cloud practitioner with very good understanding on cloud platform foundation and services of AWS.

Communication and negotiation: Excellent communication skills to facilitate clear and concise communication among team members, stakeholders, and clients, and strong negotiation skills to resolve conflicts, influence and achieve win-win outcomes. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team and organizational goals aligning to OKRs CORE COMPETENCIES:

Scrum Master – Expert in Scrum, Kanban, Atlassian JIRA, JIRA Align, Confluence, JQL, Dashboards, Azure, SAFe Agile & PI Planning, RAID, Metrics & Reports management, Coaching Agile practices, Facilitating Agile ceremonies, Team Leadership & excellent communication, Project Management, Conflict Resolution, Impediment’s removal, Great knowledge in AWS Cloud, AI for Scrum Masters EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India, 2007 CERTIFICATIONS:

Certified Scrum Master (CSM®)

SAFe® Certified Scrum Master (SAFe®5 and SAFe®6)

AI for Scrum Masters, AI & Agility

Certified AWS Cloud practitioner

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

JP Morgan Chase & Co, Plano TX Oct 2023 – Nov 2024 Agility Lead / Scrum Master (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

Facilitated daily SCRUM meetings using Scrum board for biweekly iterations. Facilitated team events, including the Daily Stand-up, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Backlog refinement, PI Planning, and ensuring they are productive and kept within the timebox.

Facilitated the removal of impediments – helped in addressing and eliminating issues by identifying the root cause to improve the likelihood of achieving the objectives of the Iteration. Coached team members, PO and key stakeholders in understanding the Agile methodology – Scrum/Kanban frameworks.

Facilitated brainstorming sessions with business along with Product Owner to analyse the business needs, identify features and roadmaps

Collaborated with scrum masters as community of practices (COPs) to bring in uniform agile practices Coordinated with other teams in SCRUM of SCRUM meetings in facilitating communication, removing blockers and making sure the project progresses smoothly towards the project goal Collaborated with the RTE, business owners and PO in PI Planning. Assisted team in preparation for ART activities.

Involved development team in discussions, to ensure velocity and sprint commitment · Lead AGILE teams from project initiation through delivery of features. Collaborated with the PO and team members in Sprint review meetings and bring a closure to sprints and convert feedbacks into action items for continuous improvement Coached teams on Agile practices such as estimations, prioritisation, retrospectives, games. Coached in giving guidelines, set guidelines, track DOR, DOD, Change Control, RAID Expert in Jira (Scrum board, Filters, JQL, Rich filters), JIRA Align, Charts (Burndown, Velocity, etc) and Dashboards (Stories, Defects, Dependencies, tracking) Expert in Story points (Sizing at story, task and epic level) · Expert in Backlog Tracking, refinement and maintaining a good backlog health Expert in improvising metrics like Churn, Backlog health, Story point completion, Velocity stability and aligning to organizational OKRs

Environment/Tools: SAFE Agile, Atlassian Jira, Jira Align, JQL, Dashboards, Confluence, Tableau, Agile Central, Product Agility Tool for metrics, AWS, MS Office Suite, MS Teams, Zoom Pepsico, Plano TX Mar 2018 – May2023

Scrum Master (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

Facilitated daily SCRUM meetings using Scrum, Kanban Azure boards (Stories/Tasks) for biweekly iterations. ·

Facilitated team events, including the Daily Stand-up, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint, Retrospective, PI Planning, and ensuring they are productive and kept within the timebox. Facilitated the removal of impediments – helped in addressing and eliminating issues by identifying the root cause to improve the likelihood of achieving the objectives of the Iteration. Facilitated brainstorming sessions with business along with Product Owner to analyse the business needs and identify features.

Worked with product owner in backlog management, prioritization workshops and delivery of features using AGILE methodology.

Collaborated with scrum masters as community of practices (COPs) to bring in uniform agile practices and help build high-performing teams.

Coordinated with other teams in SCRUM of SCRUM meetings in facilitating communication, removing blockers and making sure the project progresses smoothly towards the project goal Collaborated with the RTE, business owners and PO in PI Planning. Assisted team in preparation for ART activities.

Coached team members, PO and key stakeholders in understanding the Agile methodology – Scrum/Kanban frameworks.

Involved development team in discussions, to ensure velocity and sprint commitment · Lead AGILE teams from project initiation through delivery of features. Assisted team in preparation for Sprint Reviews, PI Plannings. Collaborated with the PO and team members in Sprint review meetings and bring a closure to sprints and convert feedbacks to action items for continuous improvement Coached teams on Agile practices such as estimations, prioritisation, retrospectives, games. Coached in giving guidelines, set guidelines, track DOR, DOD, Change Control, RAID Expert in Jira (Scrum board, Kanban board, Filters, Rich filters, JQL), JIRA Align, Charts (Burndown, Velocity, Cumulative Flow diagram, Control chart etc), and Dashboards (Stories, Defects, Dependencies, tracking), Azure DevOps

Expert in Storypoints (Sizing at story, task and epic level) · Expert in Backlog Tracking, refinement and maintaining a good backlog health. Expert in improvising metrics like Churn, Backlog health, Story point completion, Velocity stability and aligning to organizational OKRs

Environment/Tools: SAFE Agile, Atlassian Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, Dashboard, JQL, Agile Central, AWS, Azure DevOps, MS Office Suite, MS Teams, Zoom, Skype Tata Consultancy Services, India Jul 2015 – Apr 2017 Scrum Master (Full Time)

Responsibilities:

Led multiple agile development teams for the successful delivery of EMC MetaSession project, resulted in sustained growth in revenue and market capitalization of EMC MetaSession products. Facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to ensure efficient and transparent project execution. Collaborated closely with product owners, business stakeholders, and development teams to prioritize and groom the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Coached and mentored team members on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement, resulting in increased team productivity and individual growth. Identified and addressed project risks, impediments, and conflicts, fostering a collaborative environment and proactively seeking solutions to minimize disruptions. Implemented process improvements, including the adoption of new tools (Atlassian JIRA, Confluence etc) and practices, resulting in increased efficiency and enhanced team collaboration. Tata Consultancy Services, India Mar 2008 - Jul 2014 Software Engineer / Scrum Master (Full Time)

Responsibilities:

Played a key role in transitioning the organization from traditional project management to Agile methodologies, successfully implementing Scrum practices and driving cultural change. Facilitated Agile ceremonies and promoted the use of Agile tools, resulting in improved transparency, collaboration, and project visibility across teams. Performed functional testing on File side with Celerra over different features like Unitary, CKPT, MPFS, iscsi, ReplicationV1, ReplicationV2, SRDF, DRDF, FLR-C, and NDMP. Worked on Block side with Clariion over different layered driver features involving both automated and manual testing. Worked with different tools like Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Remedy System, HP QC and customized EMC storage tools such as MetaSession. Worked individually with clients at Onsite for different projects like File System Limit testing, RPQ testing on File side.

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