Saida Reddy Madhikarra
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Saida Reddy
Madhikarra
saidareddy
Biography / Calendar
5 years of experience, expert in agile and waterfall methodologies, known ability to produce high-quality
deliverables.
Solutions-driven Business Analyst/Scrum Master leading cross-functional teams and driving Business
Consulting, Process Innovations, Risk and Compliance, Product Development, Application Technology
End-to-end Project Management including stakeholder engagement, project feasibility, benefits value
mapping, team management, risk/change management, delivery reports.
Ability to influence, persuade, lead, and motivate the team and project sponsors in order to achieve the
various goals and objectives of the project, excellent interpersonal skills, capable of developing effective
relationships across the department and engaging with the people in effective way to deliver outcomes.
Collaborative leader, proven ability to lead and develop teams, who works extremely well in dedicated
and matrix team environment and cross functionally.
Translated business requirements and/or initiatives into a conceptual solution described through
Epics and Stories and application of abstraction to ensure the right level of detail to the key
stakeholders.
Performed the Scrum Master role managing cross-functional teams, bringing transparency and facilitating events – Sprint Planning, Estimation Workshops, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Review, Fun Retrospectives.
Work Experience
Scrum Master Scrum Master/ Project Manager
KMART Cognizant
JAN 2022 – Current OCT 2016 – JAN 2020
Worked closely with the Product Owner in defining the product goal & roadmap.
Worked effectively within the Scrum Team to remove impediments and track them in Jira.
Guided the team through continual improvement process and best practices.
Facilitated scrum master community of practices.
Ensured conducive environment which fostered self-organizing and self-managing team.
Empowered the Scrum team with regular inspect and adapt opportunities.
Encouraged the Dev team to keep sprint backlog up to date.
Facilitated all Scrum Events including the Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective,
Product Backlog Refinement. Workshops with stakeholders.
Assisted in defining and deploying the forward order processes and facilitated the continuous improvement of the
existing process.
Created Epics, Features & Stories for the team in Jira and assisted Product Owner
JIRA admin activities for teams (created boards, workflows, filters, dashboards, reports using JQL.)
Planned and tracked sprints closely and helped the team to focus on commitments & delivery.
Communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to the teams and management.
Organized & facilitate Team and organization Agile maturity.
Facilitated retrospectives using innovative games techniques and closure of action items on improvements.
Reflecting and radiating the metrics like burn down chart progress, quality, and velocity continuously to the team
and various stakeholders.
Prepared various dashboards in Jira which reflects risks, dependencies, impediments.
Helped Product owner with effective management of Features, Epics, Stories, and prioritization.
Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlog.
Effectively supporting the Delivery Squad through changes in objectives and re-prioritization of requirements.
Applied human centred design (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test, Implement) Effectively guided scrum and Kanban teams
Creating working agreements, establishing, and helping the teams to achieve their Sprint Goals
Facilitated retrospectives using innovative games.
Educated and coached the teams on usage of Jira & Confluence tools.
Took ownership to drive through resolutions of issues or blockers, coordinate directly with other
development/product teams on inter-dependencies or through scrum-of-scrum ceremony.
Helped Product owner with effective management of backlog.
Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlog.
Ensured the teams are adhering to the DOR and DOD criteria.
Optimized workflow efficiency, lead the ceremonies and ensured smooth delivery.
Educated and ensured Agile/Scrum implementation methodology, practices, values, and framework are adhered to by team members, while resolving impediments by coordinating and collaborating with cross-functional team
Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work.
Coordinated with the scrum team in Daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Planning Meetings, Sprint Review Meetings, Sprint Retrospective Meetings and Backlog Grooming meetings.
Contribute to ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile and Traditional Project Management.
Co-ordination of project implementation and execution in accordance with project specifications.