Swarna Pandey

Manager - Senior Agilist @Cognizant

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Program Manager (Oct 2022 - Present) • Daily program management throughout the program life cycle • Defining the program governance (controls) • Planning the overall program and monitoring the progress • Managing the program’s budget • Managing risks and issues and taking corrective measurements • Coordinating the projects and their interdependencies • Managing and utilizing resources • Managing stakeholders’ communication SAFe Scrum Master (April 2022 -Oct 2022) Serving as a SAFe Scrum Master, facilitating SAFe ceremonies and helping the team to achieve iteration, release and ART goals/objectives Supporting the product owner for product backlog management and prioritization and help maintain healthy backlog Supporting the program manager with program governance whenever required Assisting in overall program/project planning and ensuring cross-team dependencies are well-understood and modeled in plans and timelines Identify, document, and publish risks and issues related to the overall program and to define resolution paths Resolving cross-team impediments and blocking issues Consolidate cross-team status for delivery to stakeholders and executive management Schedule and conduct meetings and ceremonies in accordance with best practices for Agile/Scrum software development Responsible for building team collaboration, commitment towards achieving sprint objectives and viewing team needs Continuously work to improve team performance and productivity Encourage team accountability, self-organization, and empowerment Share common Agile practices with team Promote and support ideas for innovation and automation Facilitate Retrospectives which generate new ideas for process improvement Maintain relevant metrics Maintain effective information radiators that aid transparency and encourage clear communication between the development team, the Product Owner, and stakeholders Participating in PI planning meeting and facilitating pre planning and post planning activities