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Priyanka Hasija

Scrum Master
Gurgaon

Summary

Experienced Scrum Master with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Strong leadership and facilitation skills with solid understanding of software development processes and practices, including Agile methodologies, DevOps, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Scrum Master

Voice-foundry TTEC Digital
6 2022 - 5 2023
  • Responsible for enabling the effective functioning of a software development team using Agile methodologies.
  • Coaching and mentoring the Scrum Team(s), facilitating scrum and agile ceremonies and Identifying and reporting progress via appropriate metrics.
  • Communicated project updates to stakeholders at all levels.
  • Responsible for facilitating scrum and agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Identify and report progress via appropriate metrics, ensuring that the team is meeting its goals and objectives.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product Owners, Developers, and Quality Assurance, to ensure that the team is delivering high-quality software on time and within budget.
  • Continuously improve the team's processes and practices, leveraging Agile methodologies and best practices to drive efficiency and effectiveness.

Test Lead|Test Engineering Manager

Nib Group
10.2021 - 05.2022
  • Leveraged industry best practices and emerging trends to inform the ongoing refinement of test processes and methodologies.
  • Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
  • Streamlined testing processes to identify areas in need of improvement.
  • Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
  • Verified acceptance by developing and implementing automated and manual application features and regression tests on tools like Webdriver, Postman, JMeter.
  • Collaborated with product owners to stay current on intended functionality.
  • Managed cross-functional teams, providing guidance and supervision to junior testers and ensuring proper adherence to best practices.

Senior Quality Analyst

Nib Group
5 2020 - 9 2021
  • Handle the tasks of preparing defect reports, developing automation strategies, and perform Responsible for writing BDD Automation Scripts using Cucumber, Webdriver and commit using Git
  • Leading QA team and working in Agile Transformation with Accelerated Delivery and Continuous delivery
  • Responsibility in developing functional automation scripts and conducting defect root cause Analysis
  • Responsible for running test validations, developing testing plans, and estimating project resource
  • Communicating with developers, product owner for day to day activities
  • Working directly with Product Owner for writing and updating the User Acceptance Criteria and User Stories

Scrum Master | Senior Test Engineer

GeoOp
10.2016 - 4 2020
  • Responsible for enabling the effective functioning of a software development team using Agile methodologies.
  • Coaching and mentoring the Scrum Team(s), facilitating scrum and agile ceremonies and Identifying and reporting progress via appropriate metrics.
  • Responsible for facilitating scrum and agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product Owners, Developers, and Quality Assurance, to ensure that the team is delivering high-quality software on time and within budget.
  • Completed automation of functional and regression testing.
  • Implemented advanced automation frameworks such as Selenium WebDriver or Appium, optimizing code reusability and maintainability across projects.
  • Reduced manual testing efforts for faster product delivery with the creation of robust automated test scripts.
  • Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.

Test Consultant

Thoughtworks
02.2014 - 03.2015
  • Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
  • Collaborated with QA team to test software quality through manual and automated testing.
  • Responsible for API Testing using SOAPUI
  • Responsibility in developing functional automation scripts using Gherkin Cucumber, Webdriver and commit using Git and JMeter scripts for performance testing
  • Responsible for running test validations, developing testing plans, and estimating project resource
  • Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.

Test Consultant

Xebia IT Acrhitects Pvt. Ltd.
06.2010 - 02.2014
  • Responsibility in developing functional automation scripts and conducting defect root cause Analysis
  • Responsible in writing the high level and low level BDD Test cases using Gherkin
  • Responsible for running test validations, developing testing plans, and estimating project resource
  • Handle the tasks of preparing defect reports, developing automation strategies, and perform automated testing of back end systems

Education

Master in Technology - Computer Science

Banasthali University
Newai, Rajasthan
04.2009 - 05.2011

Bachelor in Technology - Computer Science

Maharishi Dayanand University
Gurgaon, India
04.2005 - 05.2009

Certification

PSM 1 Certified

Tools

Webdriver, Appium, Postman, JMeter

Blogs

  • Http://www.infoq.com/articles/experience-qa-scrum
  • Http://www.infoq.com/articles/tester-agile-snags

Other Contributions

  • Managed Xebia Knowledge Exchange program successfully for an year apart from project commitments.
  • Managed and conducted various bootcamps in Bulletproof Networks.
  • Involved in organizing multiple Vodqa (testing event) in Thoughtworks.
  • Represented as a Speaker in Agile Tour Hyderabad on topic 'Master the How not just what and why in Agile.'

References

Reference Upon Request

Timeline

Test Lead|Test Engineering Manager

Nib Group
10.2021 - 05.2022

Scrum Master | Senior Test Engineer

GeoOp
10.2016 - 4 2020

Test Consultant

Thoughtworks
02.2014 - 03.2015

Test Consultant

Xebia IT Acrhitects Pvt. Ltd.
06.2010 - 02.2014

Master in Technology - Computer Science

Banasthali University
04.2009 - 05.2011

Bachelor in Technology - Computer Science

Maharishi Dayanand University
04.2005 - 05.2009

Scrum Master

Voice-foundry TTEC Digital
6 2022 - 5 2023

Senior Quality Analyst

Nib Group
5 2020 - 9 2021
Priyanka HasijaScrum Master