Surekha G

Allegiant Air Project

• Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.
• Participated in feature design discussions offering insights from an Agile perspective when necessary.
• Kept up-to-date with industry trends in agile software development methods.
• Worked to gather customer requirements, clarify specifications and translate into product backlog.
• Conducted application review meetings with end-users to document and gather business needs and translate into functional requirement documents.
• Trained and mentored team members on best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.
• Delivered results using strong understanding of project management methodology and PMO standards.
• Developed detailed project plans and estimates based on identified risks and options.
• Conducted demos of completed work at the end of each sprint cycle.
• Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Trello, to track project progress and milestones.
• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospectives and Reviews.
• Encouraged continuous process improvement initiatives through retrospectives.
• Collaborated with other Scrum Masters across teams to ensure consistency in processes and tools used.
• Monitored changes in quality regulations and standards, updating company practices to maintain compliance.
• Monitored and facilitated bug resolutions to optimize software.
• Delivered reports on quality control metrics to internal departments for analysis as well as to outside vendors and contractors for consideration in new contracts.
• Collaborated closely with development teams to ensure product stability before release.
• Participated in design reviews and code reviews to ensure compliance with established coding guidelines and standards.
• Identified opportunities for improving the efficiency of the QA process through automation or other means.
• Documented, triaged, and managed defects in software and worked with developers to facilitate timely resolutions.
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to ensure product compliance with quality standards and customer requirements.
• Monitored execution of testing activities, directing supervisors, inspectors, and floor workers according to testing specifications to gather accurate, useful data.
• Maintained databases of known defects, tracking their resolution throughout the software development life cycle.
• Developed and maintained quality documentation, including quality manuals, procedures, and records.
• Met project scope and delivery dates by planning optimal testing schedules.
• Worked with Agile and Scrum methodologies to accomplish project milestones and meet demanding timelines.

Served as single point of contact for project testing roles.

Attended daily meetings to report sprint status and updates.

Developed test scenarios for backlog tickets to guide testing efforts.

Collaborated with product owners and developers during grooming meetings on test scenarios.

Executed test scenarios for sprint tickets in JIRA to ensure quality delivery.

Pulled pull requests from GitHub to local environment for testing purposes.

Identified issues and documented defects with comprehensive details.

Prepared documentation on new functionalities, storing resources in Wiki for team access.

• Guided junior developers in debugging code and providing technical support.
• Developed, tested, and maintained software applications utilizing Java technologies.
• Updated software to mitigate vulnerabilities upon vendor patch releases.
• Recommended process improvements to enhance team efficiency and project workflow.
• Executed complete testing life cycle following Agile methodology from project initiation to production launch.
• Created and executed test cases based on specifications, employing both manual and automated testing techniques.

• Worked closely with developers to identify root cause of issues found during testing.
• Worked with off-site teams to complete timely tests and facilitate smooth product releases.
• Tested functionality, performance and compliance of each product against design specifications to maintain strong development standards and high customer satisfaction.
• Monitored bug resolution efforts and tracked successes.
• Met project scope and delivery dates by planning optimal testing schedules.