KARTHIKA PALANISAMY

• Lead a cross-functional Scrum team of 10 in developing mission-critical warehouse management applications, ensuring 100% alignment with Business.
• Optimized resource allocation and maintained focused Sprint Goals, achieving average 80% increase in team velocity.
• Optimized Deployment frequency by utilizing Flow metrics like Cycle Time, Lead Time, Throughput to visualize bottlenecks; successfully accelerated deployment frequency from once every 14 days to every 2–3 days.
• Facilitate all SAFe ceremonies, including Iteration Planning, Backlog Refinement, Daily Stand-ups, Iteration Reviews, and the Inspect & Adapt workshop.
• Guided team through organizational pivot from SAFe to Kanban, enhancing workflow adaptability.
• Cultivated DevOps culture emphasizing small batch sizes and reduced Work in Progress (WIP) limits, improving delivery efficiency.

• Directing the operations of two cross-functional Scrum teams up to 20 members ensuring high-velocity delivery in a fast-paced environment.

• Proactively identifying blockers before they impact the critical path, ensuring consistent approximately 95% Sprint commitment completion.

• Facilitating all Agile ceremonies and ensuring strict adherence to Sprint goals.

Collaborated with Product Owners to define Acceptance Criteria and manage Product Backlog, aligning roadmap with business value.

• Led self-organizing Scrum team of 5 to enhance collaboration and efficiency.
• Collaborating with the Scrum Team in Sprint Backlog refinements, Prioritizing the Tasks.
• Guiding the team and removing impediments.
• Facilitation and Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality.
• Facilitated resolution of external and internal issues for Scrum Team to maintain focus on deliverables.
• Exhibited servant leadership and situational awareness to support team dynamics and project goals.
• Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders.

• Led team of 6 QA Engineers in developing effective test cases and test plans, enhancing testing coverage and quality.
• Create Test specifications, Test plans and detailed test cases based on product requirements and design documents.
• Coordinated with stakeholders (Product Owner, Scrum Master, software development and DevOps teams) to ensure successful execution of test cases, facilitating timely project delivery.
• Conducted thorough testing of assigned tasks/user stories, met individual targets, and supported team members in achieving overall commitments.
• Gained experience using JMeter and BlazeMeter for performance testing.
• Debugging and Reviewing the Manual Test cases. Automation Test Scripts.

• Design Automation Test Scripts using Java, Selenium, Cucumber Framework.
• Designed and developed manual test cases for mobile applications to ensure quality and functionality.
• Debugged and reviewed manual test cases and automation test scripts to enhance reliability and performance.
• Logged defects and bugs in Jira with detailed descriptions, facilitating effective communication with the development team.
• Engaged in daily Scrum meetings to coordinate tasks and address project challenges.
• Participated in a test case review meeting.