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Saurav Chakraborty

Hyderabad

Summary

A highly responsible and organized Scrum master and QA Lead focused on leading professional teams and smooth operations to accomplish business objectives. Reliable in exceeding expectations for quality, safety and efficiency. Skilled in leading team team and members of team to success.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Agile Scrum Master

Wipro
Hyderabad
01.2021 - Current
  • Handled 3 teams of total 15 members and coached them about the agile process for better turnaround time and quality of the product
  • Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
  • Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
  • Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
  • Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
  • Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
  • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
  • Worked effectively with multiple Scrum teams both internally and off-shore.
  • Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
  • Supported team using servant leadership style and leading by example.
  • Assisted with internal and external communication resulting in improved transparency.
  • Assessed Scrum maturity of team and organized and coached team to higher levels of development.
  • Removed obstacles by finding right personnel to advance tasks and projects.
  • Guided and coached Scrum team and organized Agile and Scrum practices and values while also meeting delivery commitment.
  • Acted as go-to resource for engineering team, providing clarity on tasks, gathering missing assets or requirements and handling project changes.
  • Managed work and project responsibilities by assigning tasks to internal individuals and external teams.
  • Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.

QA Test Lead

Wipro
Hyderabad
01.2019 - 12.2020
  • Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
  • Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
  • Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.
  • Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
  • Advised developers on problems with Functionality, performance and other issues.
  • Evaluated function, performance and design compliance of every product against design standards and customer needs.
  • Authored and maintained well-organized, efficient and successful manual test cases for entire team.
  • Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
  • Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.
  • Incorporated delivery requirements into planning of testing schedules.
  • Recommended changes and corrections to developers for optimal software performance and usability.
  • Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
  • Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
  • Gathered data on issues and vulnerabilities, reported findings and recommended improvements.
  • Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.

Senior Test Engineer

Wipro
Hyderabad
01.2017 - 12.2018
  • Defined and tracked test results, defect counts and performance discrepancies.
  • Completed regression tests of new software builds to assess performance and success of bug fixes.
  • Developed formal test plans for personal use and use by colleagues.
  • Wrote test case parameters, test scripts and automation guidelines.
  • Collected data for use in software process evaluation and improvements.
  • Identified delivery risks for ongoing projects, developing strategies to avoid delays.
  • Reviewed results and produced daily reports for developers.
  • Reproduced defects and documented findings.
  • Designed and validated test plans and coverage for proper regression.

Test Engineer

Wipro
Hyderabad
09.2012 - 12.2016
  • Created comprehensive test plans, test scripts, and use cases to support testing objectives.
  • Developed and maintained test and evaluation strategies for testing to show operational readiness and suitability with planned project decision points.
  • Established clear measurable goals and objectives for projects, prioritizing tasks for successful release
  • Reviewed, evaluated, and identified requirements for testability.
  • Tracked test reports and failures determined by root cause data trends.
  • Created plans for test method validation
  • Communicated technical information both verbally and in writing in simple terminology.
  • Tested, identified and troubleshot problems with networks.
  • Developed high-quality engineering designs and plans to meet industry standards.

Education

M.Tech - Software Engineering

Bits Pilani
Hyderabad
03.2016

BCA - Computer Science

Gurunanak Institute Of Technology
Kolkata
03.2012

Skills

  • Atlassian JIRA
  • Confluence
  • RTC/RQM
  • IBM TRIRIGA Functional testing (Reservation and other UX Modules)
  • MS Dynamics Functional Testing
  • Test Plans, Cases & Processes
  • User Story and Requirement Gathering
  • Process Improvement and Efficiency
  • Facilitating Meetings and Retrospectives
  • Milestone Tracking and Performance Metrics
  • Backlog Management
  • Agile Best Practices
  • Regression testing
  • Defect/Bug Tracking and testing
  • Test Strategies & Coverages
  • Functional Requirements
  • Compatibility matrix review and editing
  • Risk Identification
  • Scrum Processes
  • Conflict Management
  • Critical Thinking
  • Risk Mitigation Planning
  • Acceptance Criteria
  • Quality Deliverables
  • Sprint Planning

Certification

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Accomplishments

  • Most valuable player award (1)
  • Excellence award (2)
  • Shining start award (1)
  • Best Team award (1)


Work Availability

monday
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Timeline

Agile Scrum Master

Wipro
01.2021 - Current

QA Test Lead

Wipro
01.2019 - 12.2020

Senior Test Engineer

Wipro
01.2017 - 12.2018

Test Engineer

Wipro
09.2012 - 12.2016

M.Tech - Software Engineering

Bits Pilani

BCA - Computer Science

Gurunanak Institute Of Technology

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