Shweta Iyengar

Scrum master/Project Management with 14+ years of industry experience in Agile and Scrum teams. Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Product owner (CSPO), SAFE certification(Oracle Internal), ISTQB certified with thorough understanding of Iterative Software development and Agile Processes such as Scrum and Kanban. Valuable experience in collaborating directly with Clients, Project teams, Senior management and managing Onshore Offshore model. Dependable collaborator with good analytical and critical thinking skills. Business Analysis, Team Facilitation, Scrum, and waterfall methodologies Proficient in facilitating Scrum ceremonies (Daily scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and Sprint retrospectives) and leading agile projects. Coached teams on Agile values and principles to promote continuous improvement, accountability, and transparency in practices and artifacts. Collaborate with other Scrum master’s within the organization to share knowledge and best practices and improve the Scrum process. Facilitating daily standup, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming with PO, Sprint Review, Sprint Demo and Retrospective meeting. Conducted PI Planning to prioritize projects for next Quarter . Extensive knowledge of all SDLC & STLC phases in domains ranging from Banking, healthcare and retail Excellent presentation and verbal skills. Good exposure to Data analytics tools. Experienced with agile methodologies and coaching teams to success. Utilizes collaborative techniques to enhance team performance and adaptability. Knowledge of agile frameworks and facilitation skills, ensuring continuous improvement and effective project delivery.

• Leading a Data Analytics team working on an API for new services.
• Enabling the global teams to learn and demonstrate the ingrown solution across projects and function as an SME during the deployment phases.
• Excellent collaboration with the Product owners and stakeholders. Interacting with product owner to understand the requirement and release scope.
• Co-ordination of Onshore & Offshore model.
• Conducted PI Planning which follows Scaled Agile Framework for Agile Methodology.
• Attending bi-weekly Backlog grooming with the Product Owner & daily scrum of scrums.
• Involved in Risk/Defect Priority calls on weekly basis with Business for prioritization.
• Collaborating with Developers, Business Analyst, Business team at client location.
• Facilitation of sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Empowered teams to self-organize and remove impediments to deliver continuous value for stakeholders.
• Educated and reinforced scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and key stakeholders.
• Modelled core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility; ensured consistent application of scrum methodologies across the enterprise.
• Protected development team from outside distractions, impediments, or team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog and project timeline.
• Ensuring quality of sprint deliverables is maintained to the highest standards by reviewing the various Test Artefacts ranging from Test Plans, Test scenarios, Test scripts and Test Outcome Reports prior to client review.
• Producing comprehensive approach derived from the Solution intent including: Impact analysis and estimation, Evaluate environment readiness (including test data), Testing strategy which includes all phases/types of testing required (Non-functional, Functional, System, Integration, User/Business Acceptance).
• Identify and manage program level risks, actions, issues, dependencies (RAID) and timelines. Work with test managers and other stakeholders to build mitigation plans.
• Producing Knowledge transfer training plans on project level.
• Pair designing the user stories and ARD (Agile Requirement Designer) models for the use cases with the Business designers.
• Active participation in requirement gathering and design walkthroughs.
• Key involvement in the Engineering transformation from waterfall to Agile process in the project.
• Conducted multiple sessions across the project to guide the usage of JIRA, ARD, and Confluence.
• Introduced Kanban to the teams which decreased the product delivery time by 20%.
• Involved in demonstrating critical project reviews to the Client in terms of the MVP.