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
HyderabadIntermediate - undefined
R.B.V.R.R women’s college
HyderabadSSC - undefined
Sumitra High School
HyderabadSkills
Agile & Scrum Frameworks
Sprint Planning & Execution
Team Leadership & Coaching
Process Improvement
Conflict Resolution
Stakeholder Management
JIRA
ADO
Wrike
Continuous Improvement
Agile Metrics: Burndown Charts
Velocity
Sprint Reports
Project Scope
Planning & Prioritizing
Resource Requirements & Management
Scheduling
Organizing
Risk Assessment
Time Management
Requirements Gathering & Analysis
Operations & Project Management
Release Management & Change Management
Strong Communication Skills
Milestone Development & Deliverables Tracking
Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
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