Prasanth Sai Shiramshetti

• Served as Scrum Master and Project Manager
• Facilitated all scrum events (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Retrospective and Sprint Reviews) ensuring they remained within the timebox and were productive.

Partnered with Product Owner(PO) to ensure the backlog items are ready to go for next sprint and translating complex technical requirements into actionable user stories.

Resolved blockers for Scrum team and navigated Verizon network access hurdles, enabling smoother workflow.

Defined the Definition of Done (DoD) to include specific Verizon protocols and Verizon network standards.

• Coached team to transition from rigid legacy thinking to iterative delivery, emphasizing 'Minimum Viable Product' (MVP) releases.
• Project 1: Smart AI Coach: It is an integrated application that uses Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to send personalized performance recommendations and coaching insights directly to Field Technicians and Local Managers. The goal of SAIC is to improve productivity and quality for FIOS Jobs.
• Project 2: Anomaly Detection: Proactive identification of potential issues that degrade customer experience.
• Project 3: Root Cause Correlation: Identify underlying reasons for network problems by analyzing and connecting various data points like events, alarms and tickets.
• Managed client relationship with Verizon

Client - Publicis Sapient – Role: SAFe Scrum Master

Project: ERP : Integration of four tools.

Facilitated successful Program Increment (PI) planning sessions, bringing together cross-functional teams to align on goals, priorities, and deliverables for the upcoming increment.

Coordinated and collaborated with product owners, stakeholders, and team members to establish a shared understanding of the program vision, objectives, and scope for the PI.

Guided the creation of a PI roadmap, breaking down strategic initiatives into actionable features, epics, and user stories to drive incremental value delivery.

Facilitated estimation and prioritization exercises to determine the capacity and sequencing of work items, considering team velocity and dependencies.

• Facilitated and coached Scrum team during PI event to foster effective collaboration and delivery of program goals.
• Assisting the team in the preparation of ART activities, including PI planning, System demos, and the Inspect and Adapt.
• Conducting PI pre-planning session before PI main event.
• 1. SalesForce(360), CPQ for Pricing
• 2. rOar - Timesheets, Resource Management, Project Management and Margin Management
• 3. Enrich - Resourcing tool.
• 4. Altair - Eco System

Led three scrum teams in new tool implementation, ensuring successful cross-functional collaboration.

Coached agile principles to strengthen scrum team proficiency and improve delivery outcomes.

• Managed risk mitigation and monitored progress to ensure effective project execution.
• Created project schedules and manpower reports to improve management oversight and facilitate decision-making.
• 1. Built a resume scoring tool integrating SAP SuccessFactors, automating profile shortlisting based on JD requirements.
• 2. Developed a cloud cloning tool to replicate employee data across systems using SAP middleware.
• Demonstrated expertise in Excel, utilizing VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, and pivot tables for data analysis.

• FSD reviews with stakeholders outlining all impacted areas to obtain sign off.
• Collaborated with Development and IT Infrastructure teams towards developing, implementing and successful testing and go-live of projects.
• Facilitated sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations.
• Working closely with scrum team for moving obstacles.
• Employed the Agile framework in gathering user requirements, developing plans, making business cases, and prioritizing product development in conjunction with Business Analyst team members.
• Participated in defining and prioritizing product roadmap items to align with customer needs.
• Coordinated and led Agile team meetings, representing business perspective and addressing potential risks.
• Developed risk mitigation plans to identify potential issues and monitor progress effectively.
• Assisted product owner and development team in optimizing release pipeline by organizing features into regular sprints.
• Analyzed existing reports and data structures of customers and identify and implement the solution in coordination with Product and technical team for new reporting requirements.
• Provide Agile specific project status reporting, e.g. Iteration Burn-down and Release Burn-up charts.
• Manage requirement changes, functional and technical solutions, identifying the risks and providing workarounds to mitigate the risk and provide timely updates to all stakeholders of the project.
• Creation of User Stories upon the functionality changes in the Product by using INVEST theory.
• Proficiently communicate business requirements through compelling user stories to both functional and technical teams.
• Making business cases on the user stories and working with Product development team until the finalization of the version upgrade.
• Collaborate with the QA team to test new features from an end user’s perspective.
• Participated in driving projects to successful completion, by supporting development teams and end-users in achieving their goals.
• Successfully resolved conflicts and disputes among team members, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment.
• Implemented effective communication strategies to address conflicts, promote understanding, and reach mutually beneficial resolutions.
• Facilitated constructive dialogue and negotiation sessions to mediate conflicts and promote consensus-building.
• Conducted comprehensive risk assessments to identify, evaluate, and prioritize potential project risks and vulnerabilities.
• Developed risk management plans, including risk identification, analysis, response strategies, and contingency plans.
• Implemented risk mitigation strategies and controls to minimize the impact and likelihood of identified risks.

• Gathering customer requirements for building reports based on the data used in our product.
• Worked as point of contact for multiple customers in order to deliver the requests within given deadline.
• Creation of Dashboards which will provide the forecast and score carding.
• Worked directly with clients for gathering the business cases in order to create reports, including charts, maps, lists, tabular graphs, and Crosstabs.
• Built MBR, ABR and YBR reports for clients like Harley-Davidson, Cablevision, BMW, and Learning Care Group.