Santhosh Kumar

Project Management

• Working across organizations and geographies to deliver critical customer-required functionality.
• Planning projects from conception to implementation and closure.
• Developing project plans to define project objectives, timelines and milestones.
• Identifying resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
• Tracking milestones, deliverables, and change requests using different work management tools like JIRA, Trello, and Azure DevOps and communicate the updates to the stakeholders.
• Supervising and executing each phase of the project life cycle.
• Assessing project risks and opportunities
• Demonstrating the features to the stakeholders at the end of the Sprint.
• Delivering the end product or service.
• Meeting project deadlines without sacrificing build quality.
• Experience in Traditional and Agile methodologies for project execution.
• Managed project teams in Agile environment, realizing success through application of SDLC methodologies and exceptional leadership skills.
• Managed and motivated project teams to promote collaboration and keep members on-task and productive.
• Facilitated communication between project team and stakeholders for project cohesion.
• Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
• Investigated and corrected or escalated project problems.
• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
• Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
• Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
• Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
• Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.

Business Analysis

• Brainstormed with peers and other members of design team to determine enhancements and product features.
• Gathering the requirements.
• Preparation of Business Requirement Documents
• Preparation of workflow documents and designing wireframes.
• Liaised with product team and development team to help break down requirements.
• Breaking project into epics and implementable user stories.
• Mapping the user stories to the requirements and forming the Product Backlog.
• Establishing Acceptance Criteria for each requirement.

Quality Assurance

• Preparation of Test Plans, Test Strategy, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Metrics, and Status Reports.
• Managed testing initiatives, establishing metrics, standards, methodology and necessary testing precautions and scheduling execution.
• Directed day-to-day quality assurance department activities, establishing rapport with team members to facilitate effective communication and coordination.
• Communicated directly with QA team to resolve user-reported problems and questions.
• Implemented test scripts and recorded results.
• Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
• Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
• Executed test scripts, logged defects and worked to resolve issues noted in testing process.
• Worked extended hours when necessary to meet deadlines.

• Adapted procedures to mitigate issues and improve deficiencies.
• Performed testing to assess product effectiveness, alignment with designed purpose and adaptations for other purposes.
• Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
• Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.

• Responsible for leading QA teams of different projects and delivering products as per the standards specified by the stakeholders and customers
• Worked on different platforms like Ecommerce, Ads, E-Learning, and others.
• Testing Android, iOS and web applications and reporting issues as part of individual contribution.
• Preparation of various QA documents throughout the project life cycle right from initiation to customer delivery
• Training the QA team members and new recruits about the project and software testing

• Performed testing to assess product effectiveness, alignment with designed purpose and adaptations for other purposes.
• Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
• Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
• Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
• Tracked, prioritized and organized defects, working with development team to facilitate timely corrections.

• Followed quality standards and procedures to minimize errors and maximize customer satisfaction.
• Leading QA teams of different mobile gaming projects and delivering products as per the standards laid out by the organization.
• Mentored and encouraged employees to strive for excellence while fostering professional growth.
• Improved quality processes for increased efficiency and effectiveness.

• Documented and executed detailed test cases and summarized and logged the findings for reporting purposes.
• Executed test scripts, logged defects and worked to resolve issues noted in testing process.
• Testing various gaming applications on different devices.
• Reporting issues in Bug Tracking tool.
• Sending the status report to the QA Lead.
• Training new resources on various gaming and testing concepts.