Have been involved in several engagements (Agile transformation from waterfall) using frameworks namely Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS, etc.

Performed agile health checks and provide maturity assessments - current state assessments, future state recommendations for various startups to mid-size organizations

Trained teams on agile best practices such as time-boxing, continuous integration, transparency, self-management, and role training resulting in realized velocity improvement

Educated all levels and roles, including senior leaders, across the organization on Agile principles, practices and various tools

Mentored teams, leading them to be self-directed with strong accountability, decision making, conflict resolution and transparency

Focused primarily on training the teams to write good user stories, prioritize the work based on business value and handling of the tasks by the team

Assessed Maturity of teams, organization and coached teams to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable

Coached teams, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, Managers and Executives on Agile values and principles to promote continuous improvement in practices and artifacts

Provided all support to the team using a servant leadership helping them understand their role within the agile organization

Provided guidance on achieving high levels of Agile maturity while complying with defined Agile Core Principles and enterprise standards

· Served and supported the PO and Development Team in their quest to do everything possible to delight customers

Organized and lead Daily Scrums, Sprint Review, Planning and Retrospectives, Backlog Refinement, ensuring the commitments made are appropriate and uphold Scrum principles

Worked with the PO to understand the business priorities and items to be groomed in upcoming sprints

As a Scrum Master, identified process changes required to accelerate development and remove major impediments

Removed blockers that prevent progress of the team, measuring sprint progress and leading sprint reviews & retrospectives

Ensured technical best-practice is being effectively implemented across the project by implementing appropriate management and quality assurance checks

Provided leadership, direction and guidance to technical staff members, customers and to the relevant stakeholders

Design specifications like Use Case, Activity, Sequence, and Class Diagrams, etc. using Rational Rose/UML

Lead JAD sessions for all requirements, analysis, design and testing artifacts

Identified functional and non-functional requirements

Provided technical guidance to the development team

Organized peer-reviews for all requirements, analysis and testing artifacts

Scheduled weekly status, defect report meetings and present progress updates to various project stakeholders