Rajesh B.

Rajesh, is a certified Agile Coach / SAFe Agilist, Project manager and Scrum master . He helps his clients deliver Enterprise initiatives and Global business transformation programs. He enables Program and Portfolio Level Agile SAFe transformations. He coaches business managers into Agile product owners, mentors teams on SAFe, Agile, Scrum and Kanban Practices like CI/PI, CD, ATDD, TDD, JAD, RAD and sprint functions. He configures Agile tools like Rally, JIRA for managing sprints, he reviews burn-down charts, he prepares custom reports for stakeholders. He defines SOPs for incremental development, releases and acceptance. As a Scrum master, he achieves target sprint velocity and burn rate through effective Sprint planning, Retrospectives, backlog grooming, daily scrums/stand up and product owner engagements. He is proficient in Collaboration (Sharepoint, Confluence) ALM (JIRA, Rally, HP ALM, TFS, Version One) Program Management (Setup and governance of PMO. KPIs and metrics), project management (MS Project, Clarity, HP PPM). Rajesh helps his clients realize increased profitability by improving Efficiency and Efficacy through Technology interventions, Business Process Management and/or Business Process Re-Engineering. He successfully aligns business and technology to the objectives of the programs. He easily gains / Negotiates support of Stakeholders, Teams (Vendors, in-house), business support functions through Timely, well analyzed, summarized reports and performance snapshots CORE COMPETENCIES / AREA OF EXPERTISE • Program Management • Project Management • People Management • Change Management • Risk & Controls Management • Stakeholder management • Agile Coach • SAFe Agilist • DevOps and RTE • Leadership • Decision Making • Problem Solving • Business Planning: Business Case writing, Cost Benefit analysis (Return on Investment, Internal Rate of Return, Activity based Costing), Impact analysis (Top line, Bottom line, functional and operational process changes), RAID (Risks, Assumption, Issues and Dependencies) identification • Agile Scrums: EPIC to user stories breakdown, product backlog buildup, Sprint planning, sprint execution (daily standups, backlog grooming, burndown analysis), sprint retrospectives, Test Driven Development (TDD, ATDD), SAFe ART, Kanban, Lean, Product Incremental (PI), Continuous Improvement (CI), Continuous Delivery / Dev Ops • Program Governance: set up of PMO/Scrum of Scrums, definition of deliverables, tracking metrics KPIs and SoPs, prioritization and portfolio alignment, guidance and mentoring of PMs/Scrum masters / product owners • Build Plans: Scheduling, Scope management, Work break down structure(WBS), Schedule, Quality Assurance planning, Risk Identification, Mitigation and Contingency planning, Resource Management including stake holders and vendors, Change management, Configuration, Communication and Closure plans • Track and Report Project Metrics for Correctives, Preventives and Contingencies:(Schedule Variance, Cost Variance through EVM), Defect Ratio, Review Efficiency, Scope creeps, Resource Loading, Sprint velocity, Burnout chart • Project Control through Earned Value Management, Change Control, Resource Leveling, Escalations and Communication, Validation and Verification and Closure (Lessons Learnt, Defect/Risk/Issue Database buildup) • Gains / Negotiates support of CxOs, Stakeholders, Teams (Vendors, in-house), support Business function through Timely, well analyzed, summarized and targeted reports and performance snapshots