Namrata Thakur
Pune
Summary
Dynamic Scrum Master with a proven track record at Amdocs, excelling in backlog management and agile best practices. Adept at leading cross-functional teams, mentoring members, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Skilled in Java and automation testing, I effectively enhance team collaboration and deliver high-quality results on time.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
Amdocs
Pune
01.2022 - Current
- Facilitated agile ceremonies to enhance team collaboration and communication.
- Coordinated sprint planning sessions to align team goals and deliverables.
- Collaborated with product owners to prioritize backlog items effectively.
- Removed impediments to maintain team focus on project objectives.
- Mentored team members on Scrum principles and best practices for efficiency.
- Trained new team members on agile methodologies and tools used in projects.
- Developed and maintained visual project management boards for transparency.
- Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.
- Led daily Scrum stand-ups and Agile development sprint planning meetings for multiple, concurrent projects.
- Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Trello, to track project progress and milestones.
- Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.
- Encouraged continuous process improvement initiatives through retrospectives.
- Documented new features and strategies as well as user stories and criteria for acceptance.
- Worked closely with senior management and other stakeholders during strategic planning sessions for upcoming releases.
- Identified risks associated with sprint goals and worked with the team to mitigate them.
- Conducted demos of completed work at the end of each sprint cycle.
- Collaborated with other Scrum Masters across teams to ensure consistency in processes and tools used.
- Supported the development team in understanding user stories, acceptance criteria and definition of done.
- Delegated tasks to each team member, regularly assessing workloads to complete tasks on time and within project parameters.
- Conducted application review meetings with end-users to document and gather business needs and translate into functional requirement documents.
- Assisted with release planning and coordinated efforts between multiple teams working on related projects.
- Updated project plans based on changing objectives, specifications, and staff availability.
QA Specialist
Amdocs
Pune
09.2021 - Current
- Collaborated with development teams to identify and resolve defects.
- Developed and executed detailed test plans and test cases.
- Trained junior QA staff on testing methodologies and best practices.
- Assisted in creating documentation for testing processes and procedures.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to support product launches effectively.
- Participated in peer reviews of test plans and test cases developed by other team members.
- Provided technical guidance and mentorship to junior members of the QA team when needed.
- Monitored production systems regularly to identify any potential bugs or issues.
- Worked closely with product owners and business stakeholders to understand their needs and objectives.
- Collaborated with developers in order to troubleshoot problems quickly and efficiently.
- Analyzed user requirements and created detailed test scenarios to validate the functionality of software products.
- Executed end-to-end tests to ensure all components of the system are working as expected.
- Actively participated in brainstorming sessions related to automation strategies for future projects.
- Implemented quality control tools and methodologies to enhance product quality and reduce defects.
- Interpreted test results, compared to specifications and control limits and recommended data for release.
Senior Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra
02.2020 - Current
- Test Cases & Test Scenarios writing from Requirement Document.
- Analysis of requirements and its feasibility in terms of automation.
- Creation of automation test scripts using Cucumber BDD approach.
- Execution of Automation Test Scripts.
- Using JDBC for database connection.
- Developed automated test scripts from manual test cases for Regression testing based on the requirement documents using Selenium Web driver.
- Extensively used TestNG methods to create automated scripts.
- Have experience in testing data in backend with SQL.
- Experience in using Kibana, Hue, WLA application.
- Verification of the fixed issues identified in the testing phase.
- Maintains, enhances and expands the automation framework and associated tools.
- Research and resolve issues or provide possible solutions.
- Analyse test results and create test reports subsequently communicating reports to stakeholder.
Associate – Projects
Wellspring Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
11.2017 - 02.2020
- Prepared the Test data (Input files) for interpreting the Positive/negative/regression results based on the design requirements.
- Developed automated test scripts from manual test cases for Regression testing based on the requirement documents using Selenium Web driver.
- Extensively used TestNG methods to create automated scripts.
- Developed test scripts for GUI, functionality and regression testing using Selenium Web driver & JAVA.
- Done Data Driven Test with TestNG and Data driven Framework to test the application for different sets of data.
- Created Reusable actions and functions by using WebDriver, TestNG.
- Used Component based approach to develop automation scripts, this approach reduces the cost of maintenance and maximize the re-use of existing test scripts.
- Prepared the Manual test cases that weren't covered under Automation process.
- Reported defects in Quality Center.
- Automating the functional test cases using Selenium with Java.
- Participate in test strategy, test estimation and planning discussions to learn and apply detailed business requirements.
- Produce status reports related to testing process including test results and defect tracking.
- Participate in lesson learned or project review sessions and identify potential work process improvement.
- Tracking & Updating QC for Defects.
- Defect Triage call.
- Client: Palash
Project Associate
Palash Solution Pvt. Ltd
01.2016 - 11.2017
- Analyzing client requirements.
- Deriving the test scenarios and designing test cases.
- Preparing test data and preparing the daily status reports.
- Involved in test execution.
- Involved in peer reviews of test scenarios and test cases.
- Bug Tracking and Error Reporting using Clear Quest tool.
- Involved in creating the Traceability matrix based on Functional requirements in each module.
- Test Summary report, Defect report on daily bases and weekly basis and send the same to the internal management.
Software Engineer
Palash System Pvt. Ltd.
08.2015 - 01.2016
- Analysis of requirements for new project and impact analysis.
- Created a clear view of the Test Objectives for this application.
- Preparation of Test Cases and Test Scripts for the Modules of the Application.
- Kept track of all the requirements in the project documents as well as in the application.
- Unit Testing, System Integration Testing and Regression Testing of the developed code.
- Involved in thorough execution of Test Cases.
- Verification of the fixed issues identified in the testing phase.
- Provide support for the deployed project till it is stabilized.
- Received client appreciations for the project I worked on.
- Involved in User Acceptance Testing (Reassuring that the defects raised in UAT are resolved or not).
- Involved in reviewing the test cases and executing the same.
- Verified the Fixed CRs and tracked the same to closure.
- Mentored two of the junior members of the team.
- Actively participated in the activities of the e-learning team (screen capturing using Jing tool) and guided them through the functioning of the application.
Internship
V-Softech Pvt. Ltd.
10.2013 - 05.2015
- Bug Tracking and Error Reporting using Clear Quest tool.
- Involved in creating the Traceability matrix based on Functional requirements in each module.
- Test Summary report, Defect report on daily bases and weekly basis and send the same to the internal management.
- Verification of the fixed issues identified in the testing phase and updating same in Defect tracking tool.
- Provide support for the deployed project till it is stabilized.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Amravati University
IndiaSkills
- Java 17/18
- HTML
- SQL
- Windows
- Page Object Model
- BDD
- Junit
- Restful web services
- MySQL
- Jenkins
- Log4J
- Postman
- HP ALM
- SVN
- Sprint planning
- Backlog management
- Automation testing
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Team mentoring
- Agile best practices
- Scrum processes
- Retrospective analysis
- Backlog grooming
- Leading scrum meetings
- Defect tracking
- User story creation
- Apache Kafka
- OpenStack configuration
- AWS EC2 management
- Team management
- Supervision and leadership
- Leadership
Certification
- ISTQB Foundation Level Automotive Software Tester Certification
- Ninja Certification with Tech Mahindra AQT team.
Timeline
Scrum Master
Amdocs
01.2022 - Current
QA Specialist
Amdocs
09.2021 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra
02.2020 - Current
Associate – Projects
Wellspring Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
11.2017 - 02.2020
Project Associate
Palash Solution Pvt. Ltd
01.2016 - 11.2017
Software Engineer
Palash System Pvt. Ltd.
08.2015 - 01.2016
Internship
V-Softech Pvt. Ltd.
10.2013 - 05.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Amravati University