Zara is experienced and dedicated Project Manager/Scrum Master and QA (Quality Assurance Engineer) with 5+ years of progressive experience and have successfully managed and delivered various projects focused on software development. I am experienced in various phases of SDLC such as management, requirements and analysis, design, and testing.
Expertise defining project goals, scope, approach, and overall task plan including providing clarity on critical path tasks
Communicate with clients in a thoughtful and impactful manner that helps foster strong relationships
Serve as the internal central point of communication around project status, timelines, and risks
Use Agile/SCRUM or standard software development processes
Ensure project tasks are completed on time and within scope
Define, document, and implement project management and engineering best practices and process improvements
Motivate project team members to action; identify common themes, make inferences and draw conclusions
Create a sense of belonging and ownership among team members; assemble a team with the right mix of skills; coach and motivate team members; delegate responsibility; promote mutual support and interaction
Managing resources and updating their performance KPIs
Responsible for the project management throughout the entire project lifecycle
- Define project scope
- Making project plans
- Managing teams
- Involved in all phases of the project lifecycle (from concept and requirements through launch and support
- Contributed to the successful closure of projects, with applications released on time and under the budget
- Close monitoring of project phases
- Attends weekly, monthly meetings with the clients
- Under the direction of CEO, manages, supervises and coordinates IT projects
- Coordinates activities with stakeholders i.e. other divisions, departments, etc.
- Maintaining Jira Agile board including sprint tasks, sprint backlog
- Inform internal resources of project updates / timely communications
- Ensure that testing is performed as per executed contract and brings all scope changes to the attention of management
- Invoice projects as per the executed contract
Responsibilities were to manage different projects and facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives and stakeholder meetings.
Manage projects being a scrum master Managing the scrum process with the team Create user stories with product owner Maintaining Jira Agile board including sprint tasks, sprint backlog Arranged daily stand-up meetings in order to ensure proper use of the process Discuss issues with the team and QA Escalate issues to product owner & project manager Manage project/product backlog Organize sprint planning meeting Conduct retrospective meetings Assisting with internal and external communication Keep team members on track
Responsible for the project management throughout the entire project lifecycle, scrum master, project initiation/proposals, project delivery, business liaison / stakeholder management, post implementation review and project closer.
• Setting budgets and agreeing project time scales and deadlines with client • Manage projects and functional reporting structure • Manage projects being a scrum master • Manage the orderly progression of projects from the proposal stage through project completion by interacting with the client, technical staff and business development staff • Keep clients updated in a timely manner regarding progress of project, decision points, and events through teleconferences, e-mails, site visits or other suitable means • Maintain project documentation - communications, schedules, sample submission paperwork, meeting minutes, etc • Inform internal resources of project updates / timely communications • Ensure that testing is performed as per executed contract and brings all scope changes to the attention of management • Invoice projects as per the executed contract
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Created Project Management Process Mapping: Process Mapping is tool to better plan, coordinate and control the complex and diverse activities of projects