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Rina Kumari

Rina Kumari

Mumbai

Summary

Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and facilitating Scrum ceremonies. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines. have nearly 8+ years of experience in Waterfall & Agile projects, have worked in both product based (2 years) & service based companies(5+years) ,strong experience in Agile/scrum implementation in startups as well as Fortune 500 companies. Experienced in helping Product owners to manage backlog and teams to become self -organized. Hands on experience on Tools like Jira, Confluence, Azure Devops , ChatGPT/AI etc. Worked in various domains e.g. US healthcare, logistics, ecommerce, banking etc. Skilled at developing team strategies, helping create self-managed teams and providing mentorship and delivering complex projects within budget

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages

Work History

Scrum Master

Vestanam
12.2022 - Current
  • Facilitated &guided development team in applying scrum principles, values & practice
  • Provide a Safe environment for the team to work efficiently and encouraging continuous improvement using ceremonies i.eRetro
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies i.e Standup, Sprint planning, demo, retro etc & working along with the team for any impediments/action Item
  • Communicated with team members on ChatGPT/AI usage and drove it to delivery
  • Worked with PO's to provide guidance & support for backlog management
  • Increased revenue to around 35% as compared to previous years by introducing scrum to the team and applying prioritization techniques.

Scrum Master

Instaacoders(Freelancer-worked part time for 6 months as per contract)
05.2022 - 11.2022
  • Supervised monitoring of Scrum processes and Scrum meetings for 2+ teams
  • Acted as liaison between various stakeholders(technical/non technical) for smooth delivery
  • Partnered with other Agile coaches and other Scrum masters to lead continuous improvement opportunities with Agile transformation
  • Helped identify 30+ organizational impediments to improve successful Agile transformation
  • Spearheaded 50+ Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning etc
  • Provided coaching and support and drove Agile/Lean practices to deliver value across organization
  • Tracked sprint metrics(velocity, burndown, burn up) and maintained dialogue with 3 teams on performance, challenges, accountability, and recognition.

Scrum Master

XPO Logistics
02.2021 - 02.2022
  • Organizing and moderating Scrum events and Managed nearly 3 teams
  • Participated in Scrum of Scrums meetings to have effective communication with other Scrum Masters/Managers so that ideas can be shared and various codependency can be figured out and mitigated
  • Introduced various retrospective formats to team for continuous engagement as well as continuously took track of Action Items to make sure of continuous Improvement
  • Worked closely with stakeholders and Teams for delivery of various features/product
  • Educate Team members and Stakeholders about Scrum Theory and Practices
  • Introduced various retrospective formats to team for continuous engagement as well as continuously took track of Action Items to make sure of continuous Improvement
  • Implemented various metrics to health check team progress
  • Tracks tickets across Scrum boards in JIRA and reports delays and blockers to Program Manager
  • Resolved conflicts and blockers that occurred.

Scrum Master

CitiusTech
09.2019 - 01.2021
  • Facilitated discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution across 4 cross-functional teams
  • Used Agile methods and processes to coach 4 product owners through complex problem-solving and solution strategies
  • Spearheaded 50+ Agile Ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Story Refinement, and Release Planning
  • Ensured user stories were 100% ordered, defined, and ready to be worked on by the team
  • Facilitated which tickets can go in a Sprint based on Teams Velocity, capacity and ticket size and scope
  • Removing impediments or guiding the Team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel.

Business Analyst

Hifinite Healthcare
12.2018 - 08.2019
  • Gathered and analyzed the requirements
  • Coordinated with Product owner for User Stories and Acceptance Criteria creation and updating
  • Participated actively in product backlog refinement and help team understand value of each User story
  • Coordinated with Technical and business Team for requirements clarifications
  • Helped in UAT Testing.

Test Analyst

Accenture
12.2013 - 01.2018
  • Understood flow of project and based on that Created test scenarios and test cases
  • Executed various test cases
  • Raised bugs along with their details & severity levels in ALM and tracked them till closure
  • Coordinated clients in UAT testing as well.

Education

B.E Computer Science -

BIST Bhopal
06.2013

Skills

  • Agile Methodology
  • Conflict Management
  • Risk Management
  • Scrum Master
  • Agile Metrics Tracking
  • User Story and Backlog management
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Facilitating Scrum Ceremonies
  • Jira & Confluence
  • Agile Coaching
  • Agile frameworks
  • Software Development Lifecycle

Languages

English
Hindi
Punjabi

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Master
  • SAfe Certified

Accomplishments

  • Documented and resolved Issues highlighted during retrospective by creating Action Item Metric which led to continuous improvement over a period of time and better productivity
  • By implementing Agile/Scrum in my current organization we were able to generate revenue which was 35% more than the average of last 3 years.
  • By introducing DoD and DoR concept cut the underestimation by nearly 20 % in my previous organization.

Timeline

Scrum Master

Vestanam
12.2022 - Current

Scrum Master

Instaacoders(Freelancer-worked part time for 6 months as per contract)
05.2022 - 11.2022

Scrum Master

XPO Logistics
02.2021 - 02.2022

Scrum Master

CitiusTech
09.2019 - 01.2021

Business Analyst

Hifinite Healthcare
12.2018 - 08.2019

Test Analyst

Accenture
12.2013 - 01.2018

B.E Computer Science -

BIST Bhopal

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