Darshan Parate

• 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.
• Ensured the teams are adhering to the DOR and DOD criteria’s.
• 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.
• Conducted Automation workshops which got a lot of Automation in the project which helped the team to deliver more in less time which eventually
ended in higher velocity of the team.
• Assess Agile maturity assessments, track internal and external dependencies in RAID Log which got the important information which helped the
team to get the work done in time and proactively write all the retroaction items in Confluence tool.
• Created Epics, Features & Stories for the team in Jira and assisted Product Owner with prioritization of user stories.
• Performed JIRA admin activities like created boards, workflows, filters, dashboards, reports using JQL which brought the required transparency.
• Planned and tracked sprints closely and helped the team to focus on commitment delivery.
• Communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to the other teams and management.
• Facilitated retrospectives using innovation 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.
• Coach and trained the team on their user job, Jira, Confluence, idea board, Miro, Planning poker tools.
• Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlog.
• Effectively supporting the Delivery Squad through changes in objectives and
• Fast learner and eager to grow to next level which is an Agile Coach or Project Manager.

• Overseeing the planning, assessment, conceptualization, creation, execution, and fulfillment of project requisites.
• Providing leadership and strategic guidance to the project team, while jointly managing project development, finances, and timelines.
• Setting objectives, negotiating project commitments, and devising comprehensive project blueprints.
• Acting as the primary liaison for the company with contractors, suppliers, clientele, various departments, and other relevant stakeholders as necessary.
• Orchestrating and coordinating the activities of project personnel, encompassing external resources like outsourced or offshore teams, to ensure seamless project advancement within designated timelines and budget constraints.
• Tracking, evaluating, and communicating project advancements to both management and clients through regular monitoring and reporting mechanisms.