JAHNAVI SOMPALLI
McKinney,TX
Summary
Scrum Master, PSM 1 - Professional Scrum Master | Agile/Scrum Methodologies | Enterprise-wide Project Management Certified Scrum Master/Business analyst with 11+ years of experience in IT including 7+ years in end-to-end SAFe/Agile environment spanning healthcare and finance industries. Proven track of success managing all phases of the full life cycle of system development and test life cycle, from planning, analyzing, designing, documenting, testing and business case development to roll out and maintenance. Instrumental in defect tracking and management to ensure highest quality software consistent with unique business needs. Agile/Scrum expert, adept at driving rigorous product development and process improvement efforts, applying agile and scrum techniques to achieve the successful provision of projects. Excel at analyzing business and system requirements, creating test plans, scenarios, and storyboards, and conducting sprint, software development, software integration, and user acceptance testing. Delivers enterprise-wide project leadership built upon the core values of hard work, team-oriented focus, and strong governance. Cutting-edge Technical Solutions Leadership & Team Management Requirement Gathering/Analysis Continuous Process Improvement Agile/Scrum Practices/ QA Methods. Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines. Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
SCRUM MASTER
USAA
08.2020 - Current
- Developing strategic and tactical Agile processes and practices to coordinate delivery/release efforts from different groups on multiple projects
- Worked on Various Health Vendor Applications
- Identified the Gaps & address Process Procedures and works packages to close them
- Worked on various ITGC controls
- Created a BRD & FRD documents & track them in timely manner
- Developing and leading Scrum meetings: Stand-up, Sprint planning, Backlog grooming, Review and Retrospective for different cross functional teams
- Assisted the development team in grooming, estimating, and managing the Product and Sprint backlog along with Product Owners/ Product Managers in JIRA
- Coordinated with both local and overseas teams to insure clear open communication and manage release coordination
- Worked with different departments to develop, manage, and maintain the product
- Track, update and record scrum team velocity and sprint capacity for JIRA/confluence reports
- Held responsibility for maintaining reviewing and updating policies and procedures according to new regulations for both internal and external guidance
- Knowledge of Scrum and Agile practices
- Used various metrics to summarize, track and improve teams progress every sprint.
SCRUM MASTER
BCBS
Kansas City, MO
07.2019 - 07.2020
- The Scrum Master / Project manager spends their day helping other team members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate; generally, this person assists the team in meeting delivery goals and assuring the team has all of the information necessary without undue roadblocks
- The Scrum Master is a team-based management proxy and servant leader who helps self-organize, self-manage, and deliver IT products via effective Agile practices
- They also help the team coordinate dependencies with other teams on the Agile Release Train, communicate status and generally step in to assist in removing roadblocks and assuring work is proceeding without delays
- Worked for more than one cross-functional teams including 9 in each team
- Working across teams/disciplines to ensure release readiness and quality deployments
- Managing staff, including hiring, compensation, and employee performance assessments
- Worked with Data Architects to transform requirements in to solutions design also worked with cross-functional teams to develop and gain approval for high level plans of various software projects based on scope, delivery and technical approaches ,risk ,assumptions and other cost along with operational plans
- Supports the Product Owner
- The Product Owner has a special responsibility on the team
- This role supports the Product Owner in their efforts and facilitates a healthy intra-team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope
- Manages cross-functional and cross-application dependencies in cooperation with other program managers, project managers, scrum masters, and team members
- Manages the integration of cloud applications with SharePoint and transition for legacy systems
- Responsible for coordinating with multiple teams on different projects to have seamless integration between salesforce & multiple systems
- Managing the book of work
- Managed the migration of SSIS packages from 2012 to 2016 and creation of DataMart's in SQL server for reporting purposes
- Developing status reports and dashboards, including metrics-informed analysis
- Led scrum meetings encompassing stand-up, sprint, backlog grooming, and review and retrospective for cross-functional teams
- Delivered support to the development team in grooming, estimating, and managing the Product and Sprint backlog
- Delivering team metrics and dashboards to facilitate continuous improvement and transparency to the rest of the organization
- Interact with other engineers on the Dev Tools and Automation team, software developers, test engineers, and release managers
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
SCRUM MASTER
AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS
02.2018 - 07.2019
- Advise and lead the cross-functional team on Agile values, practices and processes to ensure that the team is fully functional, productive, and focused on the sprint goal
- Collaborate with the product owner, to support the work of the team by maintaining the backlog and facilitating agile ceremonies such as stand ups, sprint planning and retrospectives
- Establish a culture of high collaboration, team empowerment, high visibility, and accountability
- Lead a Scrum team to perform planning, development and testing on large development, implementation, and integration projects
- Interact with product owners to manage product backlog and sprint activities
- Worked closely with Product Owners to align delivery roadmap and sprint/PI plans
- Developed and implemented robust release plans and product roadmaps to communicate the team's delivery schedule
- Made effective use of Agile/Scrum techniques and tools for managing software enhancement and break-fix changes
- Successfully defined and documented business and non-functional requirements using appropriate documentation techniques to describe statements of the goals, objectives, and needs of stakeholders
- Worked with e-commerce platform and application development for their investment plans
- Assisted team in establishing, enabling, and improving project management and software development methodologies, procedures and policies
- Led meetings with business to prepare requirements for dashboards, as well as walkthroughs on all the dashboards with the frontline team to take the feedback and convey the same with IT on the changes and additions.
LEAN SCRUM MASTER | HEWLETT PACKARD
05.2016 - 12.2017
- Played a key role as the process coach to establish efficient steams of value
- Employed solid predictability measures to work and track progress to plan
- Guided the team and organization on using Agile/Scrum practices and values to drive end value
- Formulated daily QA reports and submitted to the stakeholders and the program board
- Partnered with stakeholders in grooming and maintaining the product backlog while promoting an understanding of the long-term product roadmap
- Suggested measures to improve performance of current application and act as Scrum Master taking ownership of few dashboards
- Led scrum meetings encompassing stand-up, sprint, backlog grooming, and review and retrospective for cross-functional teams
- Delivered support to the development team in grooming, estimating, and managing the Product and Sprint backlog.
BUSINESS ANALYST
Becton Dickson & Company
09.2015 - 04.2016
BUSINESS ANALYST
PHILIPS
06.2012 - 08.2015
BUSINESS ANALYST
ROBERT BOSCH
07.2011 - 06.2012
Education
Bachelor's - Mechanical Engineering Accomplishments
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Skills
Technical Profileundefined
Certification
Certified Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)
Timeline
SCRUM MASTER
USAA
08.2020 - Current
SCRUM MASTER
BCBS
07.2019 - 07.2020
SCRUM MASTER
AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS
02.2018 - 07.2019
LEAN SCRUM MASTER | HEWLETT PACKARD
05.2016 - 12.2017
BUSINESS ANALYST
Becton Dickson & Company
09.2015 - 04.2016
BUSINESS ANALYST
PHILIPS
06.2012 - 08.2015
BUSINESS ANALYST
ROBERT BOSCH
07.2011 - 06.2012
Bachelor's - Mechanical Engineering Accomplishments
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
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