Varun Sharma

Experience

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  Software Technology Group

  Sept 2005 - Oct 2010

  Project Lead

  As a Project lead i was end to end responsible for Finacle Implementation and post migration support in PNB branches .It involves a process to retrieve a data from the previous retail banking software and to do the necessary changes in the data and to upload it through data migration tools. Once the data is migrated and software is implemented we are responsible to provide post migration support to the branch for 15 days.Responsibilities:-⦁ To retrieve the data from the previous software⦁ Test the data on Unix Server⦁ Convert it into the format of required flat files⦁ Implement the software⦁ Upload/Migrate the data on BANCMATE (A product of NTPL)⦁ Post migration testing ⦁ Provide post migration support to the branch Show less

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  Polaris Consulting & Services Ltd

  Oct 2010 - Mar 2014

  Lead Business Analyst

  Key Result Areas: •Experienced in road mapping, scoping, designing, developing and deploying large scale Fixed Income applications using Agile methodologies•Developed and maintain a product backlog and plan releases•Conceptualize and design Calypso software to be deployed in the Capital market domains•Identify stakeholders and understand their responsibilities and resolve conflicts and facilitate consensus building•Provide inputs to the UX and visual designers to create new innovative and user-friendly and aesthetic designs•Requirement Gathering from the client, Analyze problem, Solution proposal, Implementation with Developers and Testers, Delivery Sign Off and Service Introduction.•Requirement Gathering from the client, Analyze problem, Solution proposal, Implementation with Developers and Testers, Delivery Sign Off and Service Introduction Show less

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  Accenture

  Mar 2014 - Jan 2020

  Offering over 14 years of experience● End to End project delivery for multiple projects with team size of 20 to40+ members● Extensive stakeholder management while addressing multi vendor’s dependent application● Co-ordination with vendors, client product owner and business directors● Overall program level reporting to client and other stakeholders● Resource management including staffing, planning and forecasting on finances● Planning of support model involving multiple external vendor and mitigating risks associated with external vendor’s dependency● Design and lead program framework for defect management and defining solution model for design gaps found during E2E testing● Tracking E2E metrics and ensuring continuous improvement in the same● Driving automation for regression suite and sanity tests suites for complete application● Coordinated all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, and Release Planning● Coaching and mentoring our program teams, Partnering to ensure that our ways of working are consistent across teams● Deep capability to understand business requirements, articulate a vision, evaluate risks ● Track record of utilizing strong analytical skills, attention to detail and hard work ethics to turn complex requirements into workable systems,● Knowledge of various performance metrics in Agile like Team velocity , Burn down/ Burn up charts, Lead Time and Cycle Time● Enforced Kanban principles as a scrum master that resulted in reduction of Cycle time by 20% thus increasing team's throughput in less than 8 weeks● Responsible for Tracking of Sprint deliverables till closure , taken as a part of Sprint● Coordinated with development teams to assist with various automation and configuration tasks● Coordinated with DevOps team to support, and improve tools for continuous integration, automated testing and release management Show less Key Result Areas: •Agile Development:o Foster Agile development and encourage teams to adhere to Agile practices and deliver maximum business valueo Enabling teams to fail early, fail often for a successful releaseo Highlighted Risks and raise alarm before they become an issueo Scheduled Scrum Ceremonies, stakeholder meetings, Defect triage, RCA for effective managementScrum Ceremonies:o Mentor and Coach teams to practice 4 primary Scrum ceremonieso Daily Scrum: Scheduled and led Daily Scrum meetings and publish Burn Up and Burn Down chartso Sprint Planning: Adhere to a 2-week sprint cycle and schedule pre-planning and planning meetings with ready to start backlog itemso Sprint Reviews: Scheduled and empowered development teams to demonstrate development complete deliverable post Sprint completiono Sprint Retrospectives: Scheduled and led Retrospective meetings while maintaining lessons learnt and action itemsStakeholder Management:o Proactively manage and monitor execution of deliverable. Escalate issues to management which cannot be resolved at the program/project levelo Took steps to proactively mitigate project risk as required. Report and manage overall status back to stakeholderso Reported schedule delays, action plans to recover and help PO/BA set customer expectations o Took responsibility for end-to-end solution delivery, ensuring timely delivery and focus on qualityo Managed relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locationso Participated in quality management reviews Show less

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Project Manager Scrum Master

    Mar 2014 - Jan 2018