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Swathi Kiran Boggarapu

Tampa,FL

Summary

Results-driven Agile Scrum Master known for enhancing team productivity and efficiently driving projects to completion. Possess specialized skills in agile methodologies, sprint planning, and backlog refinement, ensuring smooth project flow and timely delivery of solutions. Excel in fostering collaboration, adaptability, and problem-solving skills to navigate complex challenges and achieve goals.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Agile Scrum Master

24 7.ai
Hyderabad, Telangana
08.2020 - 07.2022
  • Organized sprint planning sessions to ensure team members understand user stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Identified potential risks and issues early on in the process so that mitigation strategies can be developed quickly.
  • Provided guidance on Agile Scrum principles, best practices and processes to ensure successful delivery of projects.
  • Facilitated post implementation reviews with key stakeholders and customers providing feedback regarding successes and areas of improvement identified during the course of the project.
  • Provided timely updates on project status and deliverables ensuring all relevant parties are kept informed at all times.
  • Advised teams on how to improve their efficiency through better utilization of Agile Scrum tools and techniques.
  • Assisted product owners in developing user stories and acceptance criteria for upcoming sprints.
  • Conducted regular reviews of existing processes and procedures to ensure they are optimized for maximum efficiency.
  • Participated in design discussions with architects and developers to ensure solutions meet customer requirements while adhering to established standards and best practices.
  • Facilitated daily stand-up meetings to discuss progress, impediments and plan for the day's tasks.
  • Trained and mentored team members on best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.
  • Worked with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
  • Consistently worked to identify project risks, initiate risk mitigation and implement risk reduction action plans.
  • Assigned specific tasks to personnel, balancing scheduling demands, available resources and personal skill sets to achieve best possible project outcomes.
  • Completed thorough risk assessments and deployed management and response strategies to prevent roadblocks.

Scrum Master

Tech Mahindra
Hyderabad, Telangana
09.2018 - 08.2020
  • Collaborated with other Scrum Masters across teams to ensure consistency in processes and tools used.
  • Encouraged continuous process improvement initiatives through retrospectives.
  • Identified risks associated with sprint goals and worked with the team to mitigate them.
  • Enforced scrum values such as transparency, respect, commitment, courage, focus, openness and inspection.
  • Conducted demos of completed work at the end of each sprint cycle.
  • Acted as a servant leader to the development team by removing impediments and resolving conflicts.
  • Assisted with release planning and coordinated efforts between multiple teams working on related projects.
  • Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Trello, to track project progress and milestones.
  • Worked closely with senior management and other stakeholders during strategic planning sessions for upcoming releases.
  • Supported the development team in understanding user stories, acceptance criteria and definition of done.
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospectives and Reviews.
  • Monitored progress of sprints, providing visibility into project status for stakeholders.
  • Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.
  • Provided guidance to Product Owners regarding Agile principles and best practices for managing product backlogs.
  • Delegated tasks to each team member, regularly assessing workloads to complete tasks on time and within project parameters.
  • Consistently worked to identify project risks, initiate risk mitigation and implement risk reduction action plans.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Saint Leo University
Saint Leo, FL
05-2024

Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Electronic Engineering

G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology And Science
Hyderabad
04-2018

Skills

  • Stakeholder Management
  • Workflow Analysis
  • Resource Allocation
  • Sprint Planning
  • Project Management
  • Effective customer communication
  • Presentation Skills
  • Scrum processes
  • Agile Best Practices

Languages

English
Professional
Telugu
Professional
Hindi
Professional

Affiliations

· The project was done on 'Energy Meter Billing Using GSM Module' under the Mini project of GNITS in 2017.

· The project is done on 'Robotic control using Image Processing' by using Python programming under a Major project of GNITS in 2018.

· Project is done on 'Warehouse Database' using MySQL application under the project of Saint Leo University in 2022.

· Project done on 'Credit card clustering using K means' using Python programming under the project of Saint Leo University in 2023.

Certification

New York Jobs CEO Council Software Engineering Job Simulation on Forage - November 2023

· Completed a challenging simulation focused on debugging and developing features for the software engineering team.

· Resolved a critical bug in an automated billing system by skillfully identifying the root cause and developing an effective solution.

· Improved user experience by developing a code that supports a note-taking feature on each invoice, enhancing communication and transparency between senders and recipients.

Timeline

Agile Scrum Master

24 7.ai
08.2020 - 07.2022

Scrum Master

Tech Mahindra
09.2018 - 08.2020

Master of Science - Computer Science

Saint Leo University

Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Electronic Engineering

G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology And Science

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