Praveen Bhaskar Rekapalli
Senior Scrum Master
Hyderabad
Summary
Dedicated and results-driven software development professional with 15+ years of diverse experience, excelling in roles ranging from Test Developer and Test Lead to Scrum Master and Project Manager. Proven expertise in designing, implementing, and executing comprehensive test strategies, leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions. Adept at fostering collaboration, streamlining processes, and leveraging strong functional acumen to drive successful project outcomes in dynamic and challenging environments.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Wipro Technologies
Project Manager & Scrum Master
Hyderabad
2022.03 - Current
- Lead the initiation and planning of project and ensure technical and resource feasibility and allocation
- Developed detailed plan to monitor and track progress of the project
- Coordinated with internal and external parties for flawless execution of projects
- Measured project performance using appropriate project management tools like Jira.
- Perform risk management analysis to reduce project risks
- Reported and escalate to upper management as and when needed
- Create and maintained comprehensive project documentation
- Preparing status reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information.
- Plan and Conduct Scrum Ceremonies- Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Review, Scrum of Scrums and Program level Retrospective.
- Recommend and Communicate Process Improvements
- Act, based on retrospectives and sprint team metrics to improve execution approaches and team velocity.
- Created safe environment for healthy discussions and meaningful collaboration.
Capgemini
Manager
Hyderabad
2021.11 - 2022.02
- Dealt with executing Story point estimations, Backlog refinement and Capacity Planning.
- Coaching Development Team to create the right Agile mindset.
- Prepared presentations for team to make them understand the real value of Scrum
- Worked closely with product owner on backlog management and backlog health
- Worked with distributed Agile teams to understand its challenges and adopts good practices to address them
Planon Software Services
Scrum Master & Lead Tester
Hyderabad
2011.07 - 2021.11
- Administered all Agile/Scrum processes including sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Integrated Agile (SCRUM/KANBAN) principles into team practices
- Guiding and coaching SCRUM team on how to get most out of self-organization
- Proactively identified impediments and appropriately resolved using network of peers and formal channels
- Assisted with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
- Dealt with different Estimation Techniques in Spring Planning meetings like Planning Poker, T-Shirt sizing etc.
- Worked with Product Owners to ensure features and user stories are clear, concise, prioritized, and understood by every member of Agile team.
- Created useful Jira Dashboards using different gadgets, to provide different types of info to aid team members and to track progress of Sprint.
- Coached on increasing team productivity by analyzing metrics (e.g., burndown, velocity, burn-up)
- Represented product team in Scrum-of-Scrums to ensure all teams are aligned on progress and timelines
- Followed DOR, DOD and Acceptance Criteria to make sure all checks are done as intended
- Worked with multiple distributed and co-located Scrum teams.
- Ensured team maintains focus on quality and continuous delivery
- Exposure/use of JIRA, Confluence (Wiki) and any other Atlassian or related Agile tools.
- Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle, realizing 20% reduction in customer problems over 6 months.
- As lead tester implemented process to deliver quality software
- Prepared Impact analysis documents that helped team in reduction of regression issues
- Following DOD process strictly to make sure all quality checks are done as intended
- As process of Quality Improvement, conducted Root Cause Analysis, Shift Left etc.
- Conducting Testers Professional Circles, to have workshops on new trends in quality methodologies.
- Created accurate and successful test scripts to manage automated testing of certain products and features.
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Trained new test employees on company guidelines and test process to promote productive and high-quality work.
- Efficiently executed over 100's of Selenium scripts using dialsys framework
Pyramid IT Consulting
Sr. Test Developer
Hyderabad
2008.11 - 2011.06
- Preparation of Automated Test Plan, MS-Tests
- Designed automation framework based on Behavior Driven Testing in Visual Studio 2010
- Designed PowerShell scripts to run tests on Virtual Machine using Hyper-V
- Involved in XSL styling for generating test logging and in Cruise Controller, to trigger project and for mailing logs to respective managers
Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) -
Mohammed Sathak College of Arts & Science
Chennai 2000.06 - 2003.01
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) -
Hindu College
Guntur 1997.06 - 2000.01
Skills
Scrum (Software Development)
Professional Experience
- Working in Wipro (for ANZ Bank), Hyderabad from March’ 2022 to till date.
- Worked in Capgemini, Hyderabad from November’ 2021 to till February’ 2022.
- Worked in Planon Software Services Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad from January' 2012 to November' 2021.
- Worked in Planon (via coMakeIT), Hyderabad from July' 2011 to December’2011.
- Worked in Pyramid IT Consulting, as a Senior Software Engineer – Test Developer (QA), Hyderabad from November' 2008 to June' 2011.
Certification
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Timeline
Wipro Technologies
Project Manager & Scrum Master
2022.03 - Current
Capgemini
Manager
2021.11 - 2022.02
Planon Software Services
Scrum Master & Lead Tester
2011.07 - 2021.11
Pyramid IT Consulting
Sr. Test Developer
2008.11 - 2011.06
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) -
Mohammed Sathak College of Arts & Science
2000.06 - 2003.01
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) -
Hindu College
1997.06 - 2000.01
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Agile Project Manager
AWS Cloud Practitioner
ISTQB Test Analyst
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