NITYA MICHAEL

Client AIRBUS (Industry Domain: Aerospace)

• Lead 2 Agile teams in developing and maintaining platform for simulation & testing of Aircrafts using SAFe Framework
• Facilitated all Scrum/SAFe ceremonies, like PI Planning, Iteration planning, System Demos, Retrospective & Reviews, ensuring timely delivery & business value generation.
• Collaborated with Product Owners to refine backlogs and prioritize features based on business value.
• Improved team’s predictability from 79% to 100% within 2 PIs through coaching and process optimization.
• Optimized team boards for process optimization & improved performance.

Client SIEMENS (Domain: Industrial Automation)

• Set up a new team of 11 members for an R&D project successfully.
• Guided the team on how to use Agile practices and values towards the delivery goals.
• Set up processes with Team like Working principles (WOW), DOR & DOD.
• Promoted collaboration and transparency within the team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Coordinated with Area PO, Development teams, RTE, other SMs, POs, Architects for knowledge sharing, impediments removal, and timely delivery.
• Implemented key performance metrics to track team progress and identify areas of improvement consistently throughout project's lifecycle.

Domain: Logistics & Business Processing

• As a Scrum Master, guided the team on how to use Agile practices and values and to become self-organized and self-managed in a Modernization cloud project. Conducted all sprint ceremonies and grooming calls. Published the metrics reports, and helped team improvise & deliver.
• As a Test Lead, prepared Test plan, strategy, performance test scenarios and DR test scenarios. Published test reports to exec management and client and tracked release and deployment of the project.

Domain: Immigration

• Have Mentored and lead the Test Team to deliver quality products.
• Coordinated with the Development team, PMO, project manager and BA for timely delivery of quality increments to UAT.
• Prepared test estimation, schedule and assignment of tasks.
• Performed review, UI, functional, database, integration, regression and system testing apart from Security and Performance tests.
• Served as a role model for the team by demonstrating commitment to excellence, professionalism, and adherence to company values at all times.

Domain: Payroll

• Designed test cases and release notes.
• Performed UI, functional, integration, regression, system & performance tests.
• Handled deployment to test environment & system demos ensuring smooth delivery.