Rambabu Deyyala

Technologies/Tools: .NET, Salesforce, SAP & Tableau CRM

Project Name: Bayer Crop Science – Business Technology Platform Transformation (from .NET to Salesforce)

• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Collaborated with Product Owners to refine requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
• Reduced project delivery time by efficiently managing tasks using JIRA, prioritizing urgent issues, and maintaining open communication with the team.
• Improved team efficiency by implementing Agile and Scrum methodologies for project management.
• Established effective communication among team members for enhanced collaboration and successful project completion.
• Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
• Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.
• Performed gap analysis between existing systems or processes and desired state, identifying areas for improvement or enhancement.
• Developed high-quality documentation to support training efforts, helping employees fully understand new systems and procedures.

• Improved team efficiency by implementing Agile and Scrum methodologies for project management.
• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Led retrospective meetings to analyze completed sprints'' successes and challenges, promoting continuous learning within the team environment.
• Resolved conflicts among team members through open dialogue and constructive feedback sessions, fostering a positive working atmosphere conducive to high productivity levels.
• Implemented metrics tracking system to monitor project progress and identify areas for improvement continuously.
• Assisted Product Owner in refining user stories for better clarity and understanding among the development team members.
• Created detailed documentation to ensure smooth handoffs between various teams involved in the project lifecycle.

Technologies/Tools: Azure DevOps, Azure Wiki, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate & Python

Project Name: SHELL - Scotford 10x – Visualization and Data Analytics

Scotford 10x – has multiple products (16+) and requirements in visualization and analytics area to build Power BI Dashboards/Power apps accordingly.

• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
• Facilitated cross-functional communication, enabling teams to collaborate effectively on project tasks.
• Created a culture of continuous learning through ongoing training sessions, workshops, and knowledge-sharing initiatives within the team.
• Conducted sprint reviews and retrospectives, fostering a collaborative environment for feedback and improvement.
• Utilized industry best practices to establish a robust requirements management framework, enhancing overall project effectiveness.
• Optimized product backlog management through prioritization, refinement, and ongoing stakeholder engagement.

Technologies/Tools: Oracle DB, Big Query, Google Cloud, JIRA, Confluence

Project Name: HSBC – IHUB Google Cloud Platform (Data Migration & Transformation from On Premise to Cloud)

Voice of Customer – HSBC conducts customer survey across globe and get the NPS score against their products. This data is being captured and owned by local / 3rd Party vendors on premise databases. Business wants to get this survey data and complaints data from on premise to Google Cloud platform globally, so that business can access this data and built Visualization dashboards.

• Improved team efficiency by implementing Agile and Scrum methodologies for project management.
• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
• Conducted daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews, ensuring effective communication among team members.
• Managed product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
• Coached cross-functional teams on Agile principles, leading to an increase in successful project deliveries.
• Developed custom Scrum boards for better task tracking and transparency within the team.
• Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
• Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
• Identified potential risks early in the project lifecycle and implemented mitigation strategies accordingly.
• Managed work and project responsibilities by assigning tasks to internal individuals and external teams.
• Implemented key performance metrics to track team progress and identify areas of improvement consistently throughout projects'' lifecycles.

Project Name: BMW PDM Apps – Quarterly Releases

BMW has quite a few Production Data Management Apps (STARD, ProFlex, WCL etc) where bug fixes, enhancements, technical upgrades are planned into a regular 4 quarterly releases every year (Mar, June, Sep & Dec).

• Improved team efficiency by implementing Agile and Scrum methodologies for project management.
• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Conducted daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews, ensuring effective communication among team members.
• Coached cross-functional teams on Agile principles, leading to an increase in successful project deliveries.
• Acted as a liaison between the delivery team and upper management, effectively communicating concerns and suggestions for improvements.
• Developed a strong understanding of departmental needs, translating them into actionable plans aligned with available resources.
• Reduced defects in production with thorough regression testing and identification of root causes.
• Collaborated with development teams to establish clear test objectives, ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Defined testing and acceptance strategies and determined quality assurance benchmarks.
• Improved project delivery timelines by efficiently managing testing resources and schedules.
• Implemented robust risk management strategies to proactively address potential challenges during the testing phase.

Technologies/Test Environment: SAP HCM, HP ALM, JIRA

Project Name: HRI Global [Human Resources Integration – Mexico and US Rollout]

The purpose of this project is to build and implement the global standardization of HR core processes and implement one single international SAP HR backbone System based on the current German SAP HCM system.

Responsible for Offshore Test Delivery of Systems Integration Test for Mexico and US Rollouts.

Prepare SIT Test plan for each country rollout including Test Scope, SIT Test Estimates, Resource plan, SIT Test approach, Test Design & Execution plan, Risk management, Test tools, Test reporting, Defect Management, Test Closure etc.,

Responsible for preparing functional training calendar and mentoring junior team members.

• Reviewed project specification documentation to create appropriate testing methodologies.
• Showcased the value of effective testing efforts by consistently delivering high-quality products with minimal post-release issues.
• Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
• Provided reports on milestones, issues and test concerns to project managers for assistance.
• Managed cross-functional teams, providing guidance and supervision to junior testers and ensuring proper adherence to best practices.
• Wrote detailed requirements to create robust test plans and realistic work estimates for testing phases.
• Reduced defect leakage rate by conducting thorough root cause analyses and proactively addressing areas of concern in future release cycles.
• Collaborated with developers to ensure timely resolution of identified issues, resulting in improved customer satisfaction.
• Streamlined testing processes for increased efficiency and reduced overall test cycle time.

Project Name: Test Centre of Excellence (Test Factory)

The purpose of setting up Test Centre of Excellence for the client is to achieve the standardization of testing processes across all the projects.

• Analyse the existing testing processes to find the gaps and identify and define the new test processes.

· Create standard test process documentation, test report templates and publish in MS SharePoint for the projects to use.

• Advocate and encourage all projects to make use of test factory work products (test processes, reports and templates).
• Identify the testing projects and implement standard testing processes, process templates and monitor them throughout all testing phases.
• Establish the testing metrics and publish the metrics report especially for Test execution phase.
• Provide guidance and support team members to adhere to testing processes and improve the test metrics in their projects.

Project Name: British Telecom. HPSM & NRBD Releases

The purpose of the ‘Non-Release‘ based applications to fulfil the new services to the customers and also perform the test trial of the new services including any process changes to the existing services to the customers.

Sr. Test Analyst

• Review and contribute to the test plans to update.
• Perform analysis and assessment of the test basis (Functional requirement specification document) and prepare test conditions and create traceability document.
• Design the test cases and test procedures
• Coordinate with system administration and network team to setup the test environment.
• Prepare and acquire the test data.
• Prepare the test execution schedule and allocate the tasks to the team members.
• Execute test cases, document results and log found deviations as defects.
• Gather the task progress updates from team members to consolidate the daily test progress reports.

OAT Lead

• Understand the process design documents for the applications (Infonet L2C, Infonet SWIFT, Infonet Phillips, Hosted Security Services [HSS] etc.,) and change in the process.
• Coordinate with operations team, technical engineers and site engineers on the respective trial plans.
• Prepare and update the trial plans and share to all the stakeholders.
• Prepare the test execution tracker and share the schedule with stakeholders.
• Initiate the test execution and track the progress with technical teams.
• Schedule the daily status meetings with all stakeholders to discuss on progress and highlight the issues.
• Follow up with Operational teams (OE, CFIN, SOP) to complete the tasks / approvals.
• Prepare and share the daily OAT progress report.
• Perform impact analysis of the new requirements / functional changes.

• Leading testing efforts for Mass Mutual Insurance Application.
• Supported successful product launches with thorough end-to-end testing of all features and components.
• Enhanced software quality by identifying and resolving critical defects before product release.
• Improved testing processes by implementing new test strategies and methodologies.
• Provided comprehensive reporting of test results to stakeholders, enabling informed decision making.
• Collaborated with development teams for seamless integration of testing efforts, resulting in faster issue resolution.
• Optimized resource allocation by accurately estimating required testing effort for each project phase.

Project Name: Customer Care & Billing Domain Reporting (CC&B Transformation project)

The purpose of the Transformation project is to replace the existing Database with new Oracle Database, and ensure that data is transformed from Old DB tables to New DB tables. Ensure that all Business Domain reports are designed correctly for the new database, reports are generated accurately, Customers are provided with timely reports without any hassles.

• Participate in functional KT sessions by design team understand the business requirements in FDD.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive test plans, improving overall product quality.
• Increased customer satisfaction by identifying usability issues during the testing phase and recommending corrective actions as needed.
• Reduced software defects by implementing rigorous testing procedures and methodologies.
• Conducted end-to-end testing on applications before final release to ensure seamless functionality across all intended devices.

Project Name: MetaSolv – Subscriber Management

· Build Subscriber Management functional knowledge through Use cases and Dialysis document.

• Testing API functions and managing test execution for MetaSolv.

Project Name: Security Manager, CHSISS

• Testing security modules and performing build verification testing.
• Prepare Test scripts for all Security modules: Firewall, Antivirus, Spyware, Parental Control
• Perform Build verification testing across all Windows Operating Systems – Win9X, 2K, XPHome (SP1 & 2), XP Pro (SP1 & 2), Windows 2K Server.
• Parental Control module test cases were tested against across multiple browsers like IE, Netscape Navigator, etc.
• Firewall functionality tested using nmap tool, TCP/IP, UDP protocols.
• Antivirus and Spyware functionality tested using wide range of sample viruses provided by client.