Anil Kumar Kandula
Certified Scrum Master
Bengaluru
Summary
Over 7+ years of experience with highly motivated Scrum Master with a proven track record of successfully leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software projects. Experienced in facilitating agile methodologies, driving continuous improvement, release management, change & incident management and ensuring effective collaboration between development, product, and business teams. Seeking a challenging role to leverage skills and expertise in driving successful project outcomes and enhancing team productivity.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Xoriant Solutions.
Bengaluru
05.2024 - Current
- Acted as a Scrum Master (Scrum team and Kanban team)
- Coordinated all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, and Release Planning
- Worked closely with Product Owners, coordinating product backlog grooming and story estimation
- Identified and preparing mitigation plan for risks items for the product goal
- Conducted planning meeting and plan refinement meeting for the Kanban team
- Managed sprint backlog items and task
- Managed all Scrum boards
- Removed obstacles for developers and testers
- Track and remove impediments for scrum team and Kanban team
- Used key Scrum metrics (burn down, velocity) to help deliver committed work
- Guides team through continual improvement process
- Coaching and mentoring other Scrum Masters on our program team
- Partnering to ensure that our ways of working are consistent across teams.
Senior Coordinator
MouriTech Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
7 2022 - 05.2024
- Acted as a Sr. Scrum Master to the scrum teams
- Contributed to the product roadmap planning
- Created the release versions in Jira as per quarterly release and mapping the user stories to it
- Facilitating the PI planning and ensuring required number of stories are ready for the PI planning for the entire quarter and also ensuring the sufficient capacity is planned and ball park estimates are given to the stories
- Helping the PO and BA in organizing the backlogs.
- Streamlined project delivery by conducting daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and review meetings for multiple projects simultaneously.
- Facilitating the backlog refinement meetings to prepare for the upcoming sprints and ensuring dev team has understood the requirements and identifying any external dependencies and stories are properly sized with Development and QA efforts
- Ensuring team is understanding the scrum process and benefits of it and make sure agile principles are followed by the team
- Coordination between the Development and QA teams on any of the discussion on PR reviews, test cases review and monitoring code overage percentage
- Sharing the sprint KPIs like velocity report, committed vs completed, average delivery, scope creep, cost per story points to the leadership.
Consultant
Infogain
Bengaluru
04.2021 - 05.2022
- Acted as a Scrum Master for multiple scrum teams (Scrum team and Kanban team)
- Coordinate all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand ups, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, and Release Planning.
- Worked closely with Product Owners, coordinating product backlog grooming and story estimation
- Identified and preparing mitigation plan for risks items for the product goal
- Manage sprint backlog items and task
- Manage all Scrum boards
- Remove obstacles for developers and testers
- Track and remove impediments for scrum team
- Use key Scrum metrics (burn down, velocity) to help deliver committed work
- Guides team through continual improvement process
- Coaching and mentoring other Scrum Masters on our program team
- Partnering to ensure that our ways of working are consistent across teams.
Software Engineer
GoAchiev Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Bengaluru
02.2017 - 03.2021
- Assisted in developing project plans, timelines, and schedules to ensure timely completion of project milestones.
- Coordinated resources, including personnel and materials, to ensure efficient project execution.
- Acted as a liaison between project stakeholders, team members, and external parties to facilitate clear communication and collaboration.
- Maintained comprehensive project documentation, including reports, meeting notes, and project files, ensuring all information is up to date and accessible.
- Monitored project budgets, track expenses, and report on financial performance to ensure projects stay within budget.
- Potential project risks and issues, propose solutions, and implement mitigation strategies to minimize impact.
- Assisted in the development and implementation of quality assurance processes to ensure project deliverables meet established standards.
- Scheduled and organized project meetings, prepare agendas, and follow up on action items to ensure accountability.
- Prepared and presented project status reports to stakeholders, highlighting progress, challenges, and next steps.
- Engaged with stakeholders to gather requirements, provide updates, and address concerns, ensuring alignment and satisfaction.
- Provided support and training to team members and stakeholders as needed to facilitate project activities.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Management
Acharya Nagarjuna University
04.2013 - 06.2015
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computers
Acharya Nagarjuna University
05.2009 - 06.2012
Skills
- Agile Methodologies
Scrum
Kanban
Jira
Confluence
Problem Solving
Leadership
Conflict Resolution
Reporting
Additional Information
· Agile Methodologies & Practices
· Project Management
· Process Improvements
· Prioritization/Multi-Tasking
· Change & Incident Management
· Strong Communication and Interpersonal skills
Certification
CSM Certified
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Xoriant Solutions.
05.2024 - Current
Consultant
Infogain
04.2021 - 05.2022
Software Engineer
GoAchiev Technologies Pvt Ltd.
02.2017 - 03.2021
Master of Business Administration - Management
Acharya Nagarjuna University
04.2013 - 06.2015
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computers
Acharya Nagarjuna University
05.2009 - 06.2012
Senior Coordinator
MouriTech Pvt Ltd
7 2022 - 05.2024
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