Hayath Basha

About Hayath Basha

Highly motivated and results-driven Agile Delivery Director with over 8+ years of…

Experience

1. Associate Director

   Cognizant

   Apr 2011 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Starting as a Senior Associate and making substantial career progress to Associate Director at Cognizant Technology Solutions, I have a proven track record of collaborating with management and fellow supervisors to organize operations and achieve demanding schedule targets. In my role as a supervisor, I provided feedback to 1700+ member support staff and acted as a resource for earlier career team members. As the People Management Lead for Chennai and Coimbatore associates, I assisted senior leadership in managing all aspects of operations. I have extensive experience working closely with stakeholders, including architects, Product Owners, Project Managers, UX designers and researchers, and engineering teams. Additionally, I have managed multi-vendors and handled executive-level escalations while delivering critical projects. I am responsible for guiding the planning, application design, technology finalization, tracking day-to-day activities of web development teams, Technical Support, and managing the lifecycle of code development, from ideation to sprints to deployment. I also review code, lead refactoring activities, and provide guidance from a technical perspective for all members of a project. I have also created in-house tools and accelerators to improve and deliver applications more easily and quickly to clients, including reusable components sold to customers based on requirements. This has helped deliver applications within the committed timeline and reduced costs by at least 15-25% depending on the applications and the service line. PI (Program Increment) Planning is a key event in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) that facilitates alignment, collaboration, and planning across multiple Agile teams. Here are some tips for effectively managing PI Planning: