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