Rathnanjali Challagundla
Product Owner
Bengaluru
Summary
As a dedicated Technical Business Analyst/Product Owner with a B. Tech in Information Technology, I bring proficiency in Agile methodologies, SQL Server, API documentation, and process enhancement. With a proven ability to drive software development and improvement aligned with business objectives, I am committed to ensuring project success and stakeholder satisfaction through strong analytical skills and a detail-oriented approach. My expertise spans across domains including Oil & Gas, Construction, Mining. I am eager to contribute to a dynamic team environment and deliver effective technical solutions while striving for continuous growth and success. The projects that I worked for are Construction, Oil and Gas, Resource Industries. Major backend changes, automation processes, enhanced customer experience in Machine health, KPI, Reports, Caterpillar: Confidential Green connectivity enablers, smooth customer on boarding process are major part of delivery. Applications included are SSO (Single Sign-on) projects. Tools used to execute this project are SharePoint, Azure cloud, MS Project, MS Office Suite.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Product Owner
AXISCADES Technologies Limited
Bangalore
06.2024 - Current
- - Led project management initiatives by employing Agile and Scrum methodologies, enhancing project efficiency and team collaboration.
- - Facilitated Program Increment (PI) Planning sessions to align cross-functional teams and drive successful project outcomes.
- - Managed and facilitated PI Planning events, ensuring alignment on future requirements and delivery timelines with internal stakeholders.
- - Developed comprehensive documentation, including Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) and Functional Specifications Document (FSD), ensuring clarity of project objectives and deliverables.
- - Managed API documentation processes using Swagger and Open API, establishing robust API management practices.
- - Executed effective API testing and validation with Postman, significantly improving software functionality.
- - Implemented version control and code review best practices using Bitbucket and GIT, enhancing code quality and team collaboration.
- - Utilized collaboration tools like UML, Jira, and Confluence to streamline project tracking and communication across teams.
- - Monitored and logged project performance metrics with Splunk, enabling proactive issue identification and resolution.
- - Energetic Product Owner/Manager with rich experience in handling Product Roadmap, maintenance of product portfolio, conceptualising and implementing SaaS products. Anchored design, development and delivery of products by defining scope and timeline. Collaboration with cross functional stakeholders. Enthusiastic over solving customer problems.
- Caterpillar: Confidential Green
- Caterpillar: Confidential Green
Senior Technical Business Analyst
AXISCADES Technologies Limited
Bangalore
01.2023 - 05.2024
- - Core responsibility as a Business Analyst I use to slice the Epics into Features and User Stories, conduct product backlog sessions.
- - Collaborated with Product Owner/Manager to translate product vision for Minestar Health into actionable work plans, driving successful project delivery through effective communication with software development teams.
- - Assisted Sr. Product Owner (PO) in transforming User Stories into Business requirements. Participated in Product Backlog Grooming Sessions and assisted the PO in slicing epics into stories and then prioritizing the stories.
- - Arrange grooming sessions with the developers and architects, prioritize the stories for sprints, assist in creating sub-tasks in VSTS and track the work based on story points and estimates in sprints.
- - Review and approve Test Case Scenarios. Track velocity of the sprint in VSTS, conduct open retro meetings, close out gaps and plan future sprints with better strategy. Work with PMO to provide Work Breakdown Structure of all the work-streams.
- - Make use of VSTS to the maximum to track the entire project, plan at least 2-3 sprints in advance.
- - Give status updates to the Product Management when required and make sure the entire product line is moving forward.
- - Involved in AVT and Work breakdown sessions representing from UI end.
- - Ensure an MVP is rolled out as a feature release for every release plan.
- - Wear different hats of System Analyst, Test Analyst apart from being a BA.
- - Interact with development team (offsite) using like Skype, Teams to enable close collaboration in sharing the test outcomes, configuration and debugging the front-end user interface.
- - Assisted in writing Test Scripts, Lead Testing Team, ensure SIT & UAT is completed by using AS IS and TO BE methodology.
- - Ensure functionality testing is completed and signed off as per expectations and assist in fixing bugs if any.
- - Manage WIP on Rationale and track the status; act as one point of contact for all system enhancements and bridge between technical team and business teams.
- - Publish weekly updates, Bi-Monthly Dashboards, and performance reports to the Senior Management.
- - Created detailed project plan with well-defined tasks and milestones which served to communicate project progress.
- - Identified As-is and To-be process maps as part of Gap Analysis for new functionality requirements.
- - Assisted Project Manager and Senior Business Analysts in performing Feasibility and Complexity Analysis.
- - Used MS Visio to create Mock-ups for better visualization and understanding of the Graphic User Interface (GUI).
- - Lead and participate in Sprint Demo, Sprint Retro and Sprint backlog grooming sessions.
- Caterpillar: Confidential Green
- Caterpillar: Confidential Green
Business Analyst
AXISCADES Technologies Limited
06.2020 - 12.2022
- - Collaborated with Sr Product Owner to translate product vision for Minestar Health into actionable work plans, driving successful project delivery through effective communication with software development teams.
- - Acted as a liaison between product support and engineering teams to troubleshoot customer-reported issues, initiating root cause analysis and corrective actions. Conducted regular stand-up meetings and check-in calls, assisting teams in overcoming impediments and maintaining momentum in project deliveries.
- - Developed and documented Functional Specification Document (FSD) and System Requirement Specification (SRS), including creating data prototypes for stakeholder approval.
- - Attended risk and dependency meetings with Program Management to proactively address potential project challenges.
- - Collaborated with UI & UX designers to define requirements for intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces.
- - Oversaw testing phases for both front-end and back-end processes, ensuring quality assurance and timely correction of any issues.
- - Analysed application performance metrics using AppDynamics and Google Analytics, implementing strategies for performance enhancements based on actionable insights.
- - Provided localization requirements to external vendors, ensuring accurate translation of user strings for diverse markets.
- - Led Sprint Demonstrations, Retrospectives, and backlog grooming sessions, promoting agility and continuous improvement in project workflows.
- - Implemented Built-in Quality (BIQ) practices to enhance processes and deliver consistently high-quality results across.
- Caterpillar: Confidential Green
- Caterpillar: Confidential Green
Test Engineer
IDC
Bangalore
09.2017 - 08.2019
- - Executed manual quality assurance processes to ensure software reliability and performance, enhancing overall product quality.
- - Conducted comprehensive API testing using Postman to validate endpoints, ensuring seamless integrations and service functionality.
- - Performed detailed GUI testing, identifying usability issues and collaborating with development teams to enhance user interface design.
- - Provided tier 2 customer support, resolving complex technical inquiries and improving overall customer satisfaction through effective communication.
- - Integrated microservices, contributing to a more efficient system architecture and optimizing application workflows.
- Caterpillar: Confidential Green
- Caterpillar: Confidential Green
Education
B-Tech - Information Technology
Tenali Engineering College
Tenali01.2011
Intermediate - MPC
Board of Intermediate Education
Andhra Pradesh01.2007
SSC - undefined
Board of Secondary School Education
Andhra Pradesh01.2005
Skills
Scrum Product Owner/Business Analyst
Azure DevOps (VSTS)
API - Postman and Bruno
Agile Methodology
Swagger
Sql server
Confluence
Figma
MS Authenticator
JIRA
Target Process
GIT Hub
Power bi
Certification
SAFe AI-Empowered Product Owner/Product Manager()
Timeline
Technical Product Owner
AXISCADES Technologies Limited
06.2024 - Current
Senior Technical Business Analyst
AXISCADES Technologies Limited
01.2023 - 05.2024
Business Analyst
AXISCADES Technologies Limited
06.2020 - 12.2022
Test Engineer
IDC
09.2017 - 08.2019
Intermediate - MPC
Board of Intermediate Education
SSC - undefined
Board of Secondary School Education
B-Tech - Information Technology
Tenali Engineering College