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Sagar Chittala

Hyderabad

Summary

Agile Consultant with a proven track record of 8+ years of work experience, excelling in facilitating high-impact Agile ceremonies, and driving DevOps adoption. Adept in stakeholder management and proficient in JIRA, I empower teams to achieve exceptional delivery outcomes while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.

NOTE: Job changes happened due to layoffs, team downsizing, project closures, and budget constraints.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

CONSULTANT/RTE

INNOVA SOLUTIONS
HYDERABAD
05.2023 - 06.2025
  • Facilitated Agile ceremonies within a Scaled Agile (SAFe) environment, such as PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, Iteration Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Iteration Reviews, and Inspect & Adapt sessions.
  • Worked with Product Owners and Business Owners in effective backlog management, prioritization, and value-driven decision-making.
  • Guided and supported Agile teams, Product Owners, and collaborators, fostering self-organization, cross-team collaboration, and high-performance delivery.
  • Coaching Agile Release Train (ART) teams on SAFe standard processes, Lean-Agile principles, and an Agile attitude.
  • Promote DevOps and CI/CD adoption, fostering a culture of Lean-Agile technical perfection, and innovation.
  • Collaborate with Release Train Engineers (RTEs), Solution Architects, and DevOps teams to optimize delivery pipelines and Agile execution.

BUSINESS ANALYST SCRUM MASTER

ACCELLOR
HYDERABAD
10.2022 - 04.2023
  • Facilitate Scrum ceremonies: Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.
  • Work closely with Product Owners, and stakeholders, to refine and prioritize backlog items.
  • Act as a servant leader, removing blockers, protecting the team from distractions, and driving team maturity.
  • Monitor and report key performance indicators (KPIs), such as team velocity, sprint burn-down, and release planning metrics.
  • Foster a collaborative and high-performance culture by coaching team members on Agile principles.

PMO/SCRUM MASTER

QUESS IT
HYDERABAD
02.2022 - 08.2022
  • Help remove impediments and coach the team with Agile values, principles, and practices.
  • Proactively manage project risks and dependencies, and ensure alignment across cross-functional teams, and business stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with Product Owners to refine and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring clarity of requirements, and timely delivery of business value.
  • Ensure consistent use of tools like Jira, Confluence, and Kanban boards to track progress, manage backlogs, and generate reports.
  • Chair daily touch-point meetings and document meeting minutes, action items, action owners, and due dates.

PROJECT MANAGER SCRUM MASTER

IDEEO
HYDERABAD
02.2021 - 02.2022
  • Consult with team members and stakeholders on Scrum practices, helping them work effectively within the framework.
  • Open to changes and adapt Scrum practices based on team dynamics and organizational context.
  • Assist in the development and management of product backlogs, ensuring they are well-groomed, and prioritized.
  • Lead training sessions and workshops to educate teams and stakeholders on Agile methodologies.
  • Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives and feedback sessions.

BUSINESS ANALYST SCRUM MASTER

BRITECAMP
HYDERABAD
06.2017 - 02.2021
  • Create user stories, workflows, wireframes, and use cases to guide technical development.
  • Participate in agile ceremonies, such as sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
  • Create and maintain detailed project documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Creating charts and diagrams as part of the documentation for certain aspects has to be expressed graphically for business-related information.
  • Provide regular updates and reports to senior management and program leadership.

Education

MBA -

Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology & Management
06-2017

Skills

  • Agile
  • Project management
  • Product management
  • SCRUM
  • KANBAN
  • SAFe
  • Stakeholder management
  • JIRA
  • MS Visio
  • Balsamiq
  • MS Office
  • Axure RP
  • Release management
  • JQL
  • DevOps
  • Business analysis

Certification

  • SAFe 6 Agilist (SAFe certified)
  • POPM - Product Owner/Product Manager (SAFe certified)
  • PSM - I Professional Scrum Master I (Scrum.org certified)
  • PSPO - I Professional Scrum Product Owner I (Scrum.org certified)

Timeline

CONSULTANT/RTE

INNOVA SOLUTIONS
05.2023 - 06.2025

BUSINESS ANALYST SCRUM MASTER

ACCELLOR
10.2022 - 04.2023

PMO/SCRUM MASTER

QUESS IT
02.2022 - 08.2022

PROJECT MANAGER SCRUM MASTER

IDEEO
02.2021 - 02.2022

BUSINESS ANALYST SCRUM MASTER

BRITECAMP
06.2017 - 02.2021

MBA -

Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology & Management

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