Shabnam Shaikh

Shabnam Shaikh

Scrum Master/Delivery Lead
India
Marathi, English, Hindi

About Me

Self-driven, energetic, and collaborative certified professional scrum master with 6+ years of experience working with software development teams, meticulously using Agile principles, practices, and values. Leading multi…

Experience

Scrum Master/Delivery Lead

Chimera Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
Oct 2023 - Present · 2 years 9 months

Coordinated cross-team dependencies in complex project environments.
Proactively identified and addressed possible impediments to reduce interruptions and distractions.
Maximized team members' productivity.
Participated in Scrum of Scrum calls to resolve team dependencies.
Facilitated cross-functional teams to adhere to Agile strategies and principles by facilitating Scrum ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
Promoted an environment of flexibility and relentless enhancement.
Held training workshops on the Scrum framework for new team members and stakeholders.
Established standardized ways of working and Team Charter.
Provided guidance to other scrum masters and agile teams within an organization by sharing best practices and encouraging uniformity in Agile adoption.
Collaborated with the Product Owner on backlog refinement and user story estimation.
Coached Product Owners/BAs in developing a Product roadmap.
Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in the Product Backlog in accordance with business priorities.
Managed the change management process by submitting detailed change requests.
Led to a 25% decrease in implementation time and a 30% increase in successful deployments.
Implemented Agile techniques including User Stories, Continuous Integration, Refactoring, Continuous Deployment, Pair Programming, TDD, BDD, and Agile Games.
Prepared weekly status reports and presented them to high-level management.
Highlighted project risks in WSR meetings with mitigation plan.
Documented common team issues or lessons learnt for future references.
Maintained RAID log for project management.
Identified and managed project risks and issues tracking risks, actions, issues, and decisions for risk management.
Enabled teams to concentrate on sprint goals and commitments by removing impediments and protecting them from outside distractions.
Resulted in a 20% increase in team velocity.
Developed a high-performance environment by resolving conflicts and recognizing areas for continual improvement.

Scrum Master

Chimera
Oct 2022 - Present · 3 years 8 months

 Self-driven, energetic, and collaborative certified professional scrum master with 6+ years of experience working with software development teams, meticulously using Agile principles, practices, and values.
 Leading multiple squads in an Agile environment, working across many geographies and onshore to achieve timely product delivery while maintaining high quality. Implementing Scrum approaches to improve efficiency and collaboration while also tracking progress against timelines, milestones, risks, and metrics as appropriate.
 Proven ability to facilitate Scrum ceremonies, good interpersonal and communication skills, and a desire to create cooperation and achieve project goals. Excel at developing strong team dynamics,

Scrum Master

Chenoa information software and services Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
Jan 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 year 8 months

Conducted regular retrospectives to identify process bottlenecks, recognize achievements, and implement improvement strategies.
Facilitated discussions and scrum meetings to evaluate and comprehend the scope of work and delivered according to estimates and commitments.
Scheduled product backlog grooming meetings to offer high-level estimations (Story Points) in Jira for backlog items.
Established Jira workflow.
Communicated the team's release timelines, risks, and progress to stakeholders.
Worked with delivery managers and stakeholders to assure on-time delivery and help manage the schedule.
Used SonarQube to monitor the quality of the work and assured the team would meet release deadlines.
Facilitated communication and collaboration between team members, stakeholders, and external partners.
Coordinated with external vendors and stakeholders to manage dependencies and ensure effective project delivery.
Implemented and maintained highly effective communication channels.
Reduced miscommunication and increased team cohesion.
Continuously monitored and communicated team progress to stakeholders and upper management using Agile metrics and Jira dashboard.
Used Burndown charts, Velocity, Defect rate, Backlog health, Capacity planning, and other information radiators.
Assessed the Scrum maturity of the team and coached the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team.
Verified that the squads are following the DOR and DOD criteria.

Software Developer

Chenoa information software and services Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
Jan 2018 - Dec 2020 · 2 years 11 months

Created high-performance apps with Node JS, Swagger, Angular, and jQuery.
Built the entire Dynamic Questionnaire packets module for the client in Survey JS.
Carried out CRUD operations to connect with the Greenway EMR and applications.
Used various AWS services for SMS, email, and other operations.
Utilized CI/CD to deploy multiple apps to production environments monthly.

Skills

Scrum Agile Agile Principles Scrum Framework Agile Metrics Sprint Ceremonies Jira Confluence Release Management People Management Risk Management Stakeholder Management Backlog Management Change Management Strategic Planning Tactical Planning Problem Solving Decision Making Conflict Resolution Continuous Improvement Production Deployment Proxy Product Owner Node JS Swagger Angular jQuery Survey JS AWS CI/CD SonarQube Continuous Integration Refactoring Continuous Deployment Pair Programming TDD BDD User Stories Story Points Product Roadmap INVEST RAID Log Burndown Charts Velocity Defect Rate Capacity Planning DOR DOD
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