Vishal Kumar

· Perform scrum master duties with various software development teams on large and small projects.

· Promote and support scrum as prescribed in scrum guide, make sure team adheres to agile manifesto, agile principles, scrum values and scrum framework.

· Facilitate scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily Scrum, sprint review and sprint retrospectives as well as backlog refinement

· Conduct sprint backlog grooming sessions, story estimation meetings, iteration & release planning.

· Assist product owner to keep the product backlogs in good shape and make them ready for the next sprint.

· Prioritizing product backlog for grooming and sprint planning.

· Lead scrum of scrums to communicate current day’s goals, previous day’s achievements and any blockers or concerns.

· Remove the impediments the team faces and makes them understand which of the communication mechanisms.

· Perform scrum master duties with various software development teams on large and small projects.

· Promote and support scrum as prescribed in scrum guide, make sure team adheres to agile manifesto, agile principles, scrum values and scrum framework.

· Facilitate scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily Scrum, sprint review and sprint retrospectives as well as backlog refinement

· Conduct sprint backlog grooming sessions, story estimation meetings, iteration & release planning.

· Assist product owner to keep the product backlogs in good shape and make them ready for the next sprint.

· Prioritizing product backlog for grooming and sprint planning.

· Lead scrum of scrums to communicate current day’s goals, previous day’s achievements and any blockers or concerns.

· Remove the impediments the team faces and makes them understand which of the communication mechanisms.

· Shelter team from over-commitment, helping PO manage backlog, prioritized resolution of defects.

· Conducted various knowledge sharing session on project functionalities, agile principles and best practices.

· Support Product Owner & Team understand, refine & estimate upcoming enhancements and system requirements as User Stories via User Story Estimation & Product Backlog Refinement

· Help my PO in prioritizing the Product backlog with various prioritization techniques such as Moscow, Kano and risk vs value mapping

· Cultivated a culture of continuous improvement, promoted self-organization, and encouraged cross-functional growth.

. Safeguard the scrum teams from external work distractions.

Wells Fargo (WFIS) : Nov'2016 - Mar'2018

QA Lead - Roles and Responsibilities

· Reviewed the selenium automation test scripts for java applications.

· Built a test suite for different application to reduce time to run manual regression testcases.

· Prepared and executed automation test scripts using Selenium Webdriver.

· Ensured sprint on-time delivery of the automations test artifacts.

· Provided transition to the testing team for designing effective test scripts.

· Reviewed in details the testcases & test results for the expected outputs.

· Reported the execution and defect status to clients & various stakeholders.

· Reviewed and delivered the Test Summary Report post testing closure.

JP Morgan Chase (JPMC) : May'2014 - Oct'2016

Test Engineer- Roles and Responsibilities

· Prepared test automation scripts using selenium Webdriver for the Java- based applications.

· Built a test suite for different application to reduce time to run manual regression testcases.

· Prepared and executed automation test scripts using Selenium Webdriver.

· Automated web application using Selenium on browsers like IE and Google Chrome.

· Developed POM framework using Maven for CMS applications.

· Reported the automation summary reports using TestNG customized HTML reports.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) : Jan'2012 - Apr'2014

Functional Tester- Roles and Responsibilities

· Prepared Test Plan, Test Scenarios and Test Cases.

· Analysis of the project documents like SRS, BRS, SoU etc.

· Performed audits of product requirements and their specifications.

· Involved in the Requirement Gathering calls with Clients.

· Reviewed the overall Test Estimates of the project deliverables.

· Performed gap analysis for regression to identify testing risks/ issues.

· Perform Gap Analysis for the test scenarios and testcases for regression.

· Tracked the defects to closure and performed the root cause analysis.

· Create User Manual and help documents for tested applications.