Pallavi Guruju
Scrum Master
San Antonio,TX
Summary
Certified Scrum Master offering over 4.5 years of experience in improving processes and complex product deliveries by implementing Agile environment. Hands-on in training teams and supporting product owners to remove impediments and backlogs, enhance velocity, and help teams adopt Agile methodology. .Experience working with multiple onsite and offshore teams
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Scrum Master
HCL(Client-USAA)
San Antonio, TX
03.2019 - Current
- Working effectively with three Scrum teams(Remote) both internally and off-shore.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity.
- Produced reports and updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.
- Weekly collaboration -SOS with RTE and other Scrum Masters of ART to discuss progress and any roadblocks
Quality Assurance Analyst-Lead
Axelon(Client-CITI Bank)
San Antonio, TX
07.2017 - 03.2019
- Planned and devised test plans for projects using advanced testing technologies.
- Supported company in maintaining work environment focused on quality, communication, collaboration, integration and teamwork.
- Oversaw onsite & offshore testing for customers to meet project specifications.
- Wrote, edited and updated project manuals and technical documentation used by quality assurance team.
- Documented and executed detailed test plans and test cases and summarized and logged audit findings for reporting purposes.
- Provided training to new team members
- Collaborated with DEVs for bug fixes and retesting
Education
MBA - Tourism And Travel Management
Pondicherry University
Pondicherry,IndiaBachelor of Science - Computer Science
Bharithidasan College
Pondicherry,IndiaSkills
Project Management
Risk identification
Problem-Solving
Attention to Detail
Dependable and Responsible
SDLC
SQL
Agile Methodologies
Active Listening
Jira & JQL
Teamwork and Collaboration
Certification
Certified Scrum Master(CSM)Scrum Alliance
Timeline
Scrum Master
HCL(Client-USAA)
03.2019 - Current
Quality Assurance Analyst-Lead
Axelon(Client-CITI Bank)
07.2017 - 03.2019
MBA - Tourism And Travel Management
Pondicherry University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Bharithidasan College