Abhikarsha Tyagi

Newell Brands ( August 2023 - Present )

• Coached multiple cross-functional teams on Agile principles,mainly SAFe framework and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies, leading to an increase in successful project deliveries.
• Conducted daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews, ensuring effective communication among team members.
• Developed custom Scrum and KANBAN boards for better task tracking and transparency within team.
• Identified potential risks early in project life cycle and implement mitigation , resolved conflicts and facilitated open communication among team members, promoting a healthy work environment.
• Implemented continuous improvement initiatives through regular retrospective meetings with the team. Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement
• Collaborated with Product Owners to refine requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Streamlined and optimized workflow and communication by implementing Agile frameworks.
• Assessed and reported progress to stakeholders regularly, maintaining transparency throughout the project lifecycle.

State of louisiana (April 2023 - July 2023)

• Helped SDLC teams on agile process adherence and perform ongoing reporting tasks.
• Worked extensively on JIRA , writing JQL queries, creating dashboards and sprint health metrics helping leadership to track and monitor team performance and status
• Collaborating with client side teams for various PMO activities like accesses, resource onboarding, tracker and project documentation , restructuring of internal processes , resulting in improved performance.
• Enhanced stakeholder satisfaction by standardized proactively addressing concerns and providing timely updates on project progress.

PMO ops, Coaching and Centre of Excellence team (July 2022 - March 2023)

• Provide PMO consulting to client projects focusing on Agile and waterfall delivery approach.
• Provide training to project teams on agile project management tools and processes and support delivery of instructor-led training courses aligned with Project Management / Agile solution focus.
• Establish and run Project Management Operations for project teams using Agile and waterfall delivery approach
• Work Plan Management: Create and maintain workplans, monitor controls (schedule/risk/issues/changes/dependencies) and generate project health metrics.
• Draft internal and external presentations, communications, and status reports to executive leadership.
• Develop and implement ideas to improve the efficiency of project management process.

AT&T Technologies

• Facilitating scrum ceremonies viz, Daily Stand Up, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Iteration Demos.
• Coaching and Ensuring team engagement by working in tandem with Cross functional Agile Teams.
• Building Self-organizing teams, that ensure the sprint progress in an effective manner without deviation in planned scope.
• Ensure the team is fully functional and there are no impediments in the road to delivery of scope
• Work with other Scrum Masters to remove cross functional dependencies and risks.
• Visualization and Reporting of project updates from Daily Stand Up to SoS and the required stakeholders.
• Ensure testing readiness (viz data dependencies, Environment dependencies, Code availability etc ) are met before the commencement of the iteration
• Estimation of funding for a project, based on the scope and runway.
• Ensure Quality Assurance Metrics are met during the entire Software development lifecycle.
• Quality Analysis Defect density and Root cause analysis)
• Support product owner, BSM's , clients and the leadership.
• Retrospective meetings to discuss on Quality Analysis (Defect density and Root cause analysis) & opportunities for improvement