Sarath Reddy Onteddu

· Acted as Scrum Master for Product teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work.

· Vast experience in Vendor Governance Management.

· Good hands-on experience on reporting tools Azure Devops, JIRA, Confluence.

· Sound understanding of Scaling framework SAFe 6

· Proficient in creating the best status report and explaining the Stakeholders and the Product Owners on the progress of work in an effective and efficient way.

· Good experience in coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross functionality..

· Good experience in removing the impediments to the Team's progress.

· Facilitated Iteration Planning meetings, Daily scrum, Iteration Review, Product Backlog Refinement meetings and Retrospective meetings with multiple scrum teams.

· Attended PI planning workshops and facilitated System Demo, Inspect and Adapt workshops for future Pls and Release Management meetings.

· Worked closely with the Release Train Engineer for the ART in coordinating dependencies between various scrum teams.

· Worked on SAFe framework with other scrum teams, Attended Scrum of Scrums to coordinate dependencies across various other scrum teams in Agile Release train, worked with Release Train Engineer, System Architects and system Team for Infrastructure requirements and to support integration testing,

· Helped the Product Owner/product Management in maintaining, refining and prioritizing the product backlog.

· Helping teams in deciding the sprint backlog for every iteration.

· Mitigated impediments during the sprint in terms of issues and risks

· Helping teams to write and split User stories, breakdown Epics.

· Used IRA to maintain product backlog and sprint backlog and to create and track user stories, Sprint planning, tracking and

· Managing sprints, created Scrum and Kanban boards, status reports and burn down charts.

· Confluence was used to maintain project documents such as project plans, project scope, and status reports and to assign tasks

· Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint review, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations.

· Connect with the Account Directors regarding the requirements and communicate to scrum team.

· Connecting with the scrum team regarding the estimates and communicate to the business heads for approval.

· Facilitate meetings among the scrum team to enhance product backlog refinement activity.

· Communicating the status to the clients and business heads on weekly basis.

· Acted as a servant leader leading by trust and helping the team to develop as high as possible

· Improved transparency and enhanced collaboration between the team members.

· Played a major role by helping the team members to be comfortable with each other.

· Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments, or team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog project timeline.

· Generating process reports indicating Velocity, Burn-down etc.

· Work closely with product owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.

· Educate and reinforce agile scrum framework to team members and stakeholders.

· Assisted with internal and external communication, improved transparency, and radiated information

• Managed product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
• Coached cross-functional teams on Agile principles, leading to an increase in successful project deliveries.
• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Monitored and tracked project progress to support timely completion.
• Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
• Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
• Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.

• Encouraged cross-functional collaboration by organizing workshops and training sessions for different departments within the organization.
• Managed product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
• Coached cross-functional teams on Agile principles, leading to an increase in successful project deliveries.
• Identified potential risks early in the project lifecycle and implemented mitigation strategies accordingly.
• Facilitated seamless integration of new team members into existing projects without compromising productivity levels.
• Collaborated with Product Owners to refine requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Resolved conflicts and facilitated open communication among team members, promoting a healthy work environment.
• Conducted daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews, ensuring effective communication among team members.
• Mentored junior team members on Scrum best practices, fostering their professional growth within the organization.

• SAP - SD(Testing)
• Improved overall software reliability with an emphasis on thorough exploratory testing to uncover hidden defects beyond scripted scenarios.
• Ensured compliance with industry standards by performing rigorous security and performance testing on applications.
• Served as a mentor and coach for junior team members, fostering their growth and development within the organization while elevating the collective skill set of the entire testing team.
• Boosted client satisfaction by conducting thorough user acceptance testing prior to product deployment.
• Facilitated root cause analysis sessions to identify areas of improvement in software development practices, leading to more efficient and effective testing processes.

• Streamlined communication between development and QA teams, resulting in improved collaboration and faster issue resolution.
• Fostered a culture of quality assurance within the team through regular knowledge sharing sessions and training workshops on best practices in software testing methodologies.
• Enhanced software quality by designing and executing comprehensive test plans.
• Accelerated defect resolution time with meticulous documentation of test cases, steps, and expected results.
• Distribute the work among the team members accordingly.
• Re-execute Regression test cases in Regression library.
• Reporting of Daily & Weekly status to the test manager.

• Manual Testing
• Enhanced product reliability through functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Managed defect tracking systems, ensuring accurate documentation of issues for efficient resolution.
• Implemented continuous improvement initiatives within the QA department, leading to increased accuracy in defect detection.
• Exceeded client expectations through exceptional attention to detail in identifying potential defects before release.
• Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
• Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.