Abhijit Sahasrabudhe

Established and led a new Scrum team of 9 members for a data engineering project, achieving 100% Agile adoption within the first two sprints, delivering high-quality outcomes for multiple clients.

Facilitated Agile transformation by conducting tailored Agile workshops and coaching sessions, resulting in a 20% increase in team engagement scores and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.

Managed JIRA boards to track sprint assignments and workflow progress, leading to a 30% improvement in task completion rates and enhancing overall team alignment and execution efficiency.

Collaborated closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to define, refine, and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring seamless sprint execution and delivery of high-value features aligned with business goals.

Facilitated core Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, and Retrospectives) to promote transparency, enhance team communication, and drive continuous performance improvements.

Implemented Agile metrics such as Burndown Charts, Velocity Tracking, and Cumulative Flow Diagrams, improving delivery forecasting accuracy and enabling data-driven decision-making.

Championed cross-functional collaboration, successfully reducing sprint planning time and increasing team throughput, contributing to faster and more predictable delivery cycles.

Enhanced team productivity by integrating automated testing frameworks, accelerating software deployment cycles and reducing manual testing effort, resulting in faster time-to-market.

Effectively managed the product backlog, ensuring prioritization of high-value items, which accelerated the completion of key deliverables and enhanced customer satisfaction.

Coached multiple teams in Agile practices, providing customized training and mentoring that fostered a positive mindset towards Agile methodologies and strengthened team autonomy.

Applied Agile methodologies and Lean principles to reduce cycle times, increase efficiency, and achieve target delivery margins while maintaining high product quality standards.

• Successfully formed and onboarded a new Agile Scrum team from scratch, defining team norms, roles, and responsibilities
• Conducted Agile coaching sessions, leading to a 25% increase in team engagement and ownership
• Led backlog refinement and sprint planning meetings, ensuring 95% of user stories had well-defined acceptance criteria
• Established key Agile metrics to track progress, improving sprint velocity by 20% within the first quarter
• Facilitated cross-functional collaboration between business, development, and QA teams, decreasing blocker resolution time by 40%
• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.

• Coached teams on Agile principles, increasing collaboration and efficiency
• Led sprint planning and retrospectives, enhancing sprint goal completion
• Used JIRA for tracking and reporting, ensuring consistent software delivery
• Resolved impediments quickly, reducing blocker resolution time
• Improved cross-team collaboration, reducing sprint overruns
• Used burndown charts to track progress and ensure sprint goal achievement
• Led discussions with stakeholders, ensuring project alignment
• Facilitated Agile ceremonies for distributed cloud engineering teams
• Promoted DevOps and CI/CD best practices, improving deployment efficiency
• Used Agile metrics to optimize team performance and release forecasting
• Coached cross-functional teams on Agile principles, leading to an increase in successful project deliveries.

• Conducted end-to-end quality assurance and test automation for enterprise software
• Designed and executed performance tests using tools like JMeter and Selenium
• Ensured high test coverage and improved product stability