Keerthi Vulchi
Hyderabad
Summary
Dynamic Scrum Master with over 15 years of experience leading diverse projects in the banking, healthcare, and insurance sectors. Expertise in coaching teams on Agile principles and Scrum methodology, emphasizing the prioritization of epics, features, and user stories to optimize project outcomes. Skilled in facilitating project inception, managing backlogs, and engaging stakeholders while proactively removing impediments to enhance team performance. Proficient in JIRA, Confluence, and Aha, demonstrating a commitment to continuous improvement and delivering exceptional value through strategic project management.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Scrum Master/Project Manager
Majesco
09.2022 - Current
- At front row, my role as Scrum Master / Project Manager involves around managing a team of 25 Members.
- Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups to achieve goals of the project.
- Able to handle the releases and update the customers about deployment status.
- Facilitate the ideation of research, plan and implement the ideas.
- Kick off new teams and coach team members on agile practices with a focus on value delivery and the customer experience.
- Giving a project level view/status to internal stakeholders about the project.
- Help teams implement changes effectively.
- Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint.
- Help build a productive environment where team members ʻownʼ the process and enjoy working on it.
- Facilitate the resolution of impediments and assist the team in the ideation of improvements.
- Skills: Scrum, Kanban, Agile Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Agile Methodologies.
Scrum Master
Pathlock
10.2021 - 09.2022
- Worked as a Scrum Master for 3 teams of 26 members.
- Responsible for helping the team in understanding Scrum and addressing the issues being faced while following scrum.
- Responsible for helping the team in understanding and implementation of KANBAN framework.
- Help Product Owner in product backlog maintenance and Business Analyst in writing user stories.
- Sprint planning: - Achievable story points (that are DOR ready), Optimum capacity utilisation (as per Agile Team Metrics).
- Daily monitoring: Stand-up: status updates, team adherence to burn down updates, capturing deviations and identifying mitigation approach with the team.
- Sprint Review: Setting up the team for sprint review. (i.e. mock-up of sprint deliverables for senior management. etc.)
- Sprint Retrospectives: facilitate the team's search for improvements.
- Updates & escalations: Proving accurate update to program level (SOS, other management updates).
- Communicate with and influence internal and external stakeholders regarding project delivery status, technical issues, and risks.
- Participated in Project review meetings & discussions.
Scrum Master
Banana Apps
08.2018 - 09.2021
- Worked as a Scrum Master for a team of 7 members.
- Responsible for helping the team in understanding scrum and addressing the issues being faced while following scrum.
- Help Product Owner in product backlog maintenance and Business Analyst in writing user stories.
- Sprint planning: - Achievable story points (that are DOR ready), Optimum capacity utilisation (as per Agile Team Metrics).
- Daily monitoring: Stand-up: status updates, team adherence to burn down updates, capturing deviations and identifying mitigation approach with the team.
- Review: Setting up the team for sprint review. (i.e. mock-up of sprint deliverables for senior management. etc.)
- Sprint Retrospectives: facilitate the team's search for improvements.
- Updates & escalations: Proving accurate update to program level (SOS, other management updates).
- Communicate with and influence internal and external stakeholders regarding project delivery status, technical issues, and risks.
- Participated in Project review meetings & discussions.
- Involved in the estimations and analysis of the module.
- Mentoring Team member on technical and functional aspects.
Scrum Master
Oracle
04.2018 - 07.2018
- Worked as a Scrum Master for a team of 8 members.
- Responsible for helping the team in understanding scrum and addressing the issues being faced while following scrum.
- Help product owner in product backlog maintenance and Business Analyst in writing user stories.
- Sprint planning: - Achievable story points (that are DOR ready), Optimum capacity utilisation (as per Agile Team Metrics).
- Daily monitoring: Stand-up: status updates, team adherence to burn-down updates, capturing deviations and identifying mitigation approach with the team.
- Review: Setting up the team for sprint review. (i.e. mock-up of sprint deliverables for senior management. etc.)
- Sprint Retrospectives: facilitate the team's search for improvements.
- Understanding of Business Requirements and specifications.
- Involved in Development and Execution of Test Cases.
- Involved in functional testing, Integration testing and Regression testing.
- Attended Walk through and Status meetings.
- Find Defects, prepared defect reports and defect tracking.
IT Analyst
HSBC GLT
08.2017 - 10.2017
- Integration of different HSBC applications like HIBS( GL and Invoice), Clarity and HRMS.
- Sprint planning: Achievable story points (that are DOR ready), Optimum capacity utilization.
- Daily monitoring: Stand-up: status updates, team adherence to burn-down updates, capturing deviations and identifying mitigation approach with the team.
- Review: Setting up the team for sprint review.
- Sprint Retrospectives: facilitate the team's search for improvements.
- Preparation and Review of test cases for identified scenarios.
- Creation of test plan.
- Involved in sanity, smoke, integration, functional and regression phases of Testing.
- Execution of test scripts and raising new Bug/ Defect Reports.
- Involved in development of Test scripts, Test Execution, and Defect tracking.
- Experience in Debugging and Bug Reporting.
- Involved in peer review of test scenarios and system test cases.
- Interaction with Client, Developers, Onsite coordinators.
- Participating in the weekly/daily status calls conducted with onsite coordinators.
10.2011 - 07.2017
- Involved in the integration of different HSBC applications like HIBS( GL and Invoice), Clarity and HRMS.
- Sprint planning: Achievable story points (that are DOR ready), Optimum capacity utilization.
- Daily monitoring: Stand-up: status updates, team adherence to burn-down updates, capturing deviations and identifying mitigation approach with the team.
- Review: Setting up the team for sprint review.
- Sprint Retrospectives: facilitate the team's search for improvements.
- Preparation and Review of test cases for identified scenarios.
- Creation of test plan.
- Involved in sanity, smoke, integration, functional and regression phases of Testing.
- Execution of test scripts and raising new Bug/ Defect Reports.
- Involved in development of Test scripts, Test Execution, and Defect tracking.
- Experience in Debugging and Bug Reporting.
- Involved in peer review of test scenarios and system test cases.
- Interaction with Client, Developers, Onsite coordinators.
- Participating in the weekly/daily status calls conducted with onsite coordinators.
Education
Bachelor of Technology -
JNTUK
Vijayawada04.2011
Skills
- Project planning
- Effective stakeholder communication
- Risk assessment
- Effective team leadership
- Agile project management
Accomplishments
- Awarded Platinum performer in Pathlock for transition of team from Waterfall to Scrum.
- Achieved SPOT and STAR performer award for contribution towards HIBS project in HSBC.
- Bagged Extra Miler award for 2 consecutive years.
Certification
- SASM: Certified SAFe 5 Advanced Scrum Master.
- Scrum - Agile Certification internal HSBC.
Timeline
Sr. Scrum Master/Project Manager
Majesco
09.2022 - Current
Scrum Master
Pathlock
10.2021 - 09.2022
Scrum Master
Banana Apps
08.2018 - 09.2021
Scrum Master
Oracle
04.2018 - 07.2018
IT Analyst
HSBC GLT
08.2017 - 10.2017
10.2011 - 07.2017
Bachelor of Technology -
JNTUK