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Sandhya Chapuri

Sandhya Chapuri

Scrum Master
Hyderabad

Summary

Dedicated and detail-oriented Scrum Master with 11+ years of experience in Software Testing such as Scrum Master, QA lead, Manual/Functional Testing, API Testing, UI testing, Database testing seeking a challenging position to utilize my skills in ensuring the quality and reliability of software products.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Scrum Master

Kanerika Inc
10.2020 - Current
  • Led and coordinated complex projects across three Scrum teams with a total of over 10 members
  • Worked for ABX, North Gate, JAS
  • Key Achievement: Increased team velocity by 15% within the first 2 months by implementing targeted process improvements
  • Facilitated SAFe implementation
  • Facilitated Agile Scrum Framework Implementation: Successfully introduced and implemented the Agile Scrum framework across three teams, ensuring adherence to Agile principles and practices
  • Facilitated SAFe Framework Implementation: Successfully introduced SAFe ceremonies and facilitated Scrum of Scrums to identify bottlenecks and ensure smooth execution of internal product integration projects, including Flip and Phi
  • Team Management: Oversaw 3 teams, with 2 teams dedicated to client projects for ABX, NorthGate and one team working on internal product - ZOHO Recruit Dashboard
  • Capacity Planning and Load Management: Established and managed capacity, load, and velocity for all teams, optimizing resource allocation and improving overall team efficiency
  • Sprint Planning and Execution: Scheduled and facilitated sprint events, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, leading to the successful completion of sprints
  • Continuous Improvement: Focused on continuous improvement of Scrum practices within the teams, identifying and implementing enhancements to increase productivity and deliver value
  • Stakeholder Communication: Acted as a liaison between development teams and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of progress, roadblocks, and deliverables
  • Performance Metrics: Monitored and reported on key performance indicators (KPIs) such as team velocity, burn-down charts, and sprint outcomes to track and drive performance improvements
  • Coaching and Mentoring: Provided guidance and support to team members and stakeholders on Agile best practices, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment
  • Conflict Resolution: Managed and resolved conflicts within teams to maintain a positive and productive working atmosphere

QA Lead

Kanerika Inc
02.2020 - 09.2020
  • Understanding the requirements and business of the application
  • Lead the team in Performing Manual Testing on functionality of the application
  • Designing of Test Scenarios, Test cases and Test data for the application
  • Executing Test Cases and Generating Test Summary Reports
  • Testing activities included Functional, Retesting, Regression, System and Acceptance Testing
  • Raising and Reproducing Bugs
  • Maximize test coverage for the most critical features
  • Daily / Weekly / Monthly status reports & presenting the same to Team Lead and Client

QA Lead

Wipro Technologies
09.2008 - 02.2011
  • Understanding the requirements and business of the application
  • Lead the team in Performing Manual Testing on functionality of the application
  • Designing of Test Scenarios, Test cases and Test data for the application
  • Executing Test Cases and Generating Test Summary Reports
  • Testing activities included Functional, Retesting, Regression, System and Acceptance Testing
  • Raising and Reproducing Bugs
  • Maximize test coverage for the most critical features
  • Verification of the fixed issues identified in testing phase on daily basis
  • Identifying test cases that can be automated and creating automation candidates for the same
  • Daily / Weekly / Monthly status reports & presenting the same to Team Lead and Client
  • Helping on-site engineers on Hot-fix and worked alongside until the build was released into production
  • Played energetic role in training new recruits and helped them learn process within deadline
  • Maintained a constant good environment with On-site Engineers to get issues resolved

QA

Wipro Technologies
09.2004 - 08.2008
  • As Test Engineer, performed Functional, Exploratory, Regression, smoke, Accessibility testing, UI and UAT testing of ads creation flow
  • Developed end-to-end test scenarios and test cases for new features
  • Providing training to new interns for product and process understanding
  • Test case auditing and modification when a product has feature/design changes
  • Testing the hotfixes which are fixed not as a part of the release which are critical to the client
  • Test reporting on a daily, weekly basis through a Prescribed format

Education

M.S - Software Engineer

BITS Pilani

B.SC - Computer Science

R.B.V.R.R women’s college
Hyderabad

Intermediate - undefined

R.B.V.R.R women’s college
Hyderabad

SSC - undefined

Sumitra High School
Hyderabad

Skills

Agile & Scrum Frameworks

Certification

Professional Scrum Master (PSM1)

Timeline

Scrum Master

Kanerika Inc
10.2020 - Current

QA Lead

Kanerika Inc
02.2020 - 09.2020

QA Lead

Wipro Technologies
09.2008 - 02.2011

QA

Wipro Technologies
09.2004 - 08.2008

M.S - Software Engineer

BITS Pilani

B.SC - Computer Science

R.B.V.R.R women’s college

Intermediate - undefined

R.B.V.R.R women’s college

SSC - undefined

Sumitra High School

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