Santhosh R
Scrum Master
Chennai
Summary
Hard working and passionate with strong organizational skills eager to secure Scrum Master position. Ready to help to team achieve project goals. Well-versed in building positive relationships with customers and other stakeholders. Strong requirements gathering and scope development.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2024 - Current
- Coached cross-functional teams on Agile principles.
- Facilitated seamless integration of new team members into existing projects, without compromising productivity levels.
- Assessed and reported progress to stakeholders regularly, maintaining transparency throughout the project lifecycle.
- Conducted daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews, ensuring effective communication among team members.
- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives through regular retrospective meetings with the team.
- Resolved conflicts and facilitated open communication among team members, promoting a healthy work environment.
- Managed product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
- Collaborated with team members, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
Scrum Master
Cognizant Technology Solutions
02.2018 - 08.2022
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
- Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
- Led daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to promote full team engagement.
- Collaborated with the product owner and development team to ensure clear communication and prioritization of user stories.
- Facilitated team self-organization and supported continuous improvement.
- Identified and resolved impediments, removing obstacles to team progress.
- Tracked project metrics and provided regular reports to stakeholders.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Managed and motivated project teams to promote collaboration and keep members on-task and productive.
Senior Test Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
03.2016 - 02.2018
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
- Understand the project requirements, including functional and non-functional aspects, to determine testing scope and complexity.
- Assess complexity of test cases based on factors such as number of steps, data variations, and dependencies.
- Estimated effort required to generate or gather test data for various scenarios and conditions.
- Whenever test automation is involved, evaluated the effort required for test script development, maintenance, and execution.
- Utilized historical data from previous testing projects or similar applications to make more accurate estimations based on past experiences.
- Provided each freshers exemplary training to help and improve their quality of work.
- Prepared root cause analysis document.
- Conducted functional, regression, and usability testing.
- Covered Defect Manager roles.
- Sent daily and weekly status reports to senior management/stakeholders.
- Contributed to the creation and maintenance of test documentation, including test plans and test scripts.
- Conducted exploratory testing to uncover any additional defects or usability issues.
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
Test Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2014 - 03.2016
- Analyzed business requirements and detailed functional requirements.
- Designed and executed manual test cases based on functional requirements.
- Documented integration issues and vulnerabilities and outlined improvement recommendations.
- Participated in available trainings to improve software knowledge.
- Taking care of defect management.
- Prepared the regression test packs.
- Prepared execution reports for each application.
- Involved in preparing daily status reports.
Education
MBA -
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering And Techno
08.2012 - 2014.05
Skills
Sprint planning
Scrum framework expertise
Project management
Stakeholder management
Meeting facilitation
Backlog grooming
Teamwork and collaboration
Certification
• Professional Scrum Master I
Timeline
Scrum Master
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2024 - Current
Scrum Master
Cognizant Technology Solutions
02.2018 - 08.2022
Senior Test Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
03.2016 - 02.2018
Test Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2014 - 03.2016
MBA -
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering And Techno
08.2012 - 2014.05
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