Vadyala Ramakanth
Hyderabad
Summary
12+ Years of experience in experience in Business analysis, Project & product management, and stake holder management. In my career I have played multiple roles such as Project Manager, Scrum Master, Implementation manager, Sr. BA and BA as and when my projects needed me to wear multiple hats. Involved in end to end of the project implementation. Ex: From SOW, requirement gathering to training and supporting the users after go-live. Hands on Experience in wireframe designing and creating process flows. Co-ordination with the team and stakeholders on project deliverables. Sound knowledge in Agile methodology. Experience in maintaining the backlogs, prioritization and grooming the user stories. Experience in handling agile ceremonies. Exposure to SQL, My SQL database, API testing and XML. Experience with different levels of testing for continuous improvement of a product. Good in communication, people management, team building, work ethical and Motivated.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager/Project Scrum Master
LTIMindtree _ Dyson
Hyderabad
11.2023 - Current
- Managed multiple projects with competing deadlines simultaneously.
- Developed and maintained project plans, timelines, and budgets.
- Facilitated resolution of conflicts between team members when necessary.
- Implemented effective communication protocols between internal teams working on different aspects of a given project.
- Coordinated resources across multiple departments and teams as needed for successful completion of projects.
- Maintained records of all documents related to each project including specifications, change orders, invoices.
- Drafted reports summarizing progress made on projects for review by executive leadership team.
- Collaborated closely with senior management on long-term strategic planning initiatives related to projects in development or execution stages.
- Analyzed data from various sources such as surveys, interviews, focus groups. to inform decision-making related to projects.
- Conducted regular status meetings with internal teams and external partners to track progress against established milestones.
- Actively sought out feedback from stakeholders throughout the duration of a project in order to identify areas needing improvement or adjustment.
- Drove continuous improvement of project delivery process by providing strong leadership.
- Communicated effectively with stakeholders to ensure project goals are met on time and within budget.
- Provided guidance to team members regarding tasks assigned to them.
- Identified risks associated with each project and developed strategies for mitigating those risks.
Project Manager/Project Scrum Master
LTIMindtree - Procter & Gamble
Hyderabad
03.2022 - 09.2023
- Collaborated with regional operations manager and symbee team to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements
- Defining the vision and creating a product road map based on this
- Managing the product backlog and prioritizing them with the scrum engineer
- Developed User stories with the right acceptance criteria and sent them for a sign off from operations manager
- Overseeing all stages of design and development and identifying if there are any risks and dependencies
- Planning the releases and upgrades along with the scrum engineer
- Leading and participating in the joint application development sessions with different ABG teams if there are any dependencies
- Leading and making the team understand the best practices of agile application development
- Validating the test cases and testing application
- Helping the client in UAT if required
- Managing the ceremonies at every stage of development cycle.
Product Owner
Mindtree - Avis Budget Group
Hyderabad
08.2022 - 01.2023
- Collaborated with regional operations manager and symbee team to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements
- Defining the vision and creating a product road map based on this
- Managing the product backlog and prioritizing them with the scrum engineer
- Developed User stories with the right acceptance criteria and sent them for a sign off from operations manager
- Overseeing all stages of design and development and identifying if there are any risks and dependencies
- Planning the releases and upgrades along with the scrum engineer
- Leading and participating in the joint application development sessions with different ABG teams if there are any dependencies
- Leading and making the team understand the best practices of agile application development
- Validating the test cases and testing application
- Helping the client in UAT if required
- Managing the ceremonies at every stage of development cycle.
Lead Business Analyst
SS&C - ICMARC websites revamping
Hyderabad
01.2022 - 05.2022
- Co-ordinating with the on-site Product owner, gathered the requirements, Maintained the backlog, groomed user stories, Prioritized the stories, estimations, process flows and clearing team’s queries
- Same has been done for the rest of the sprints
- Created gateway sites via Dot CMS
- Created test cases and tested the application
- Supported client with UAT and go-live
- Worked with the architect on content management system
- Trained the client as part of the onboarding process
- Bug Tracking and reporting
- Handled sprint ceremonies.
Implementation Manager
Jocata - Yes Bank digital
Hyderabad
08.2020 - 01.2022
- Gathered the requirements, Maintained the backlog, groomed user stories, facilitation, Prioritized the stories, wireframes, process flows and clearing team’s queries
- Same has been done for the rest of the sprints
- Resource management, Risk management and revenue handling
- Created a complete testing strategy to implement for the project
- Supported the UAT from client’s location and coordinated with the team at the same time
- Tested the application with stakeholders till the performance and security testing
- Worked with the team on scaling up the performance and eradicating the bugs for application go-live
- Trained the client as part of the onboarding process
- Bug Tracking and Change requests
- Handled all the sprint ceremonies
- Handled steerco meetings and Project related weekly update to the organization leadership.
Senior Business Analyst
Jocata - IndusInd Bank Digital
Hyderabad
07.2019 - 07.2020
- Gathered the requirements, Maintained the backlog, groomed user stories, Prioritized the stories, facilitation, wireframes, process flows and clearing their queries
- Same has been done for the rest of the sprints
- Created a complete testing strategy to implement for the project
- Supported the UAT from client’s location and coordinated with the team a t the same time
- Tested the application with stakeholders till the performance and security testing
- Worked with the team on scaling up the performance and eradicating the bugs from application for go-live
- Trained the client as part of the onboarding process
- Resource management and revenue handling
- Bug Tracking and reporting
- Handled all the sprint ceremonies.
Senior Business Analyst
Jocata - American Express Corporate cards
Hyderabad
07.2018 - 07.2019
- Gathered the requirements, Maintained the backlog, groomed user stories, Prioritized the stories, wireframes, facilitation, process flows and clearing their queries
- Same has been done for the rest of the sprints
- Created a complete testing strategy to implement for the project
- Supported the UAT from client’s location and coordinated with the team a t the same time
- Tested the application with stakeholders till the performance and security testing
- Worked with the team on scaling up the performance and eradicating the bugs from application for go-live
- Trained the client as part of the onboarding process
- Resource management and revenue handling
- Bug Tracking and reporting
- Handled the sprint ceremonies.
Senior Business Analyst
Virinchi Technologies
05.2017 - 06.2018
- Gathered the requirements, Maintained the backlog, groomed user stories, Prioritized the stories, wireframes, facilitation, process flows and clearing their queries
- Same has been done for the rest of the sprints
- Created a complete testing strategy to implement for the project
- Supported the UAT from client’s location and coordinated with the team a t the same time
- Tested the application with stakeholders till the performance and security testing
- Worked with the team on scaling up the performance and eradicating the bugs from application for go-live
- Trained the client as part of onboarding process
- Resource management and revenue handling
- Bug Tracking and reporting
- Handled all the sprint ceremonies.
Business Analyst
Virinchi Technologies - Advance America, UPHSSP App and V23 App
Hyderabad
11.2015 - 05.2017
- Facilitated & participated in requirement gathering sessions such as White Board session, Joint Requirement Development (JRD) sessions
- Ensured that user stories are clear, concise and has reflected the business requirement with the right acceptance criteria
- Plan and execute Sprint-end Showcases to the Product Owners and Senior Executive team
- Developed supporting documentation, process flows, diagrams, and wire frames as appropriate
- Interviewed business users, external and internal clients, while performing necessary research using Gap analysis and Impact analysis
- Conducted Requirements Analysis and came up with use cases and taken sign Offs on requirement artifacts from project managers, stakeholders, and subject matter experts
- Regularly interacted with the developers and module leads transferring the user expectations to designing an apt solution
- Reviewed Technical Design Document through interactions with business and technical analysts on different impacted modules
- Engaged with lead testers to help prepare test strategies, high-level and low-level UAT plans.
Business Analyst
Amazon India
08.2013 - 09.2015
- Requirement elicitation ensured that user stories are clear, concise and has reflected the business requirement with the right acceptance criteria’s and signed off by PO
- Participated in Agile ceremonies
- Facilitated & participated in requirement gathering sessions
- Managed Requirement traceability matrix
- Managed change requests
- Did Gap analysis and Impact analysis
- Supported UAT and end- user testing
- Bug Tracking and reporting.
Junior Business Analyst
Aristontek Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Hyderabad
08.2012 - 08.2013
- Documented and Owned Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Document, Process Flow Diagrams, wireframes Use case documentation, UAT documentation and taken sign Offs
- Facilitated & participated in requirement gathering sessions such as White Board session, Joint Requirement Development (JRD) sessions
- Did Gap analysis and Impact analysis
- Regularly interacting with the developers and module leads transferring the user expectations to designing an apt solution
- Tested the application with the reference to business test cases.
Education
Masters in International Business Management - Project Management And Marketing
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool, United Kingdom02-2012
Skills
1 Domain:
- Retail, E-commerce, Banking, Micro- finance, Travel, Hospital Management system, Web, and Mobile applications
2 Tools:
- Jira, Confluence, Camunda, Postman, MS Visio, MS word, MS Excel, MS Power point, MS Project, Bugzilla, Youtrack, SQL, My SQL, Balsamic, Smart draw
3 Project Management Skills:
- Stake holder Management, Risk Management, Systems implementation, Workforce training, Root Cause Analysis, Compliance Monitoring, Meeting facilitation, Staff Management, Processes and procedures, Business Analysis, Quality assurance and control
Accomplishments
- Best Performer of the Month – Sep 2017
- Employee Spot Award – Feb 2020
- Employee of the Month - Jan 2022
- Spot On Award – March 2023
- Gracious Award- March 2023
- Super Crew Award – June 2023
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO).
- Attended and certified in Various management courses such as Managing change, Secure delivery, Design Thinking, Customer Centricity and Coaching for performance.
Languages
Telugu
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1
Tamil
Beginner (A1)
A1
Kannada
Intermediate (B1)
B1
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Project Manager/Project Scrum Master
LTIMindtree _ Dyson
11.2023 - Current
Product Owner
Mindtree - Avis Budget Group
08.2022 - 01.2023
Project Manager/Project Scrum Master
LTIMindtree - Procter & Gamble
03.2022 - 09.2023
Lead Business Analyst
SS&C - ICMARC websites revamping
01.2022 - 05.2022
Implementation Manager
Jocata - Yes Bank digital
08.2020 - 01.2022
Senior Business Analyst
Jocata - IndusInd Bank Digital
07.2019 - 07.2020
Senior Business Analyst
Jocata - American Express Corporate cards
07.2018 - 07.2019
Senior Business Analyst
Virinchi Technologies
05.2017 - 06.2018
Business Analyst
Virinchi Technologies - Advance America, UPHSSP App and V23 App
11.2015 - 05.2017
Business Analyst
Amazon India
08.2013 - 09.2015
Junior Business Analyst
Aristontek Solutions Pvt. Ltd
08.2012 - 08.2013
Masters in International Business Management - Project Management And Marketing
Liverpool John Moores University