Dheeraj Rastogi

Certified Scrum Master and SAFe Program Consultant with excellent experience in Coaching, Scrum Practice, Project and Delivery Management with Distributed Teams.

I have over 12+ years of experience in the IT industry which includes 7 years in facilitating teams across the Agile Framework covering activities related to Team Coaching, Business Requirements, Sprint Planning, Estimation, Monitoring & Controlling, Release Management and Retrospection, Auditing and Continuous Integration. He has extensive experience in project delivery.

Areas of Competency

• Scrum Master, Project Management.
• Specializes in implementing agile framework.
• Distributed Agile Delivery management.
• Telecom, Enterprise, Contract Management and HealthCare domain.
• Expertise in Microsoft Technology (.Net 3.0 and SQL Server 2008).
• Exposure on Data warehouses (SSIS, SSAS and SSRS).

Responsible for:

Embrace servant leadership and display the behaviors that come with the key mindset shifts associated with agile methods.

Coach teams and management towards improving Agile process and metrics, evaluate and mentor existing Scrum teams, and deliver training classes for product owners, developers and testers.

Develop, implement and manage team metrics, evaluate team metrics and make recommendations to teams and management for improvements.

Capture feedback and continuously improve enterprise Agile guidance, training materials and content.

Involve in Enterprise Program Planning and Management.

Provide subject matter expertise, training and mentoring for program/project teams in adopting Agile principles, values, practices and delivery methodology, including an ability to scale to large programs.

Lead client projects from the initiation through project completion.

Agree with the customer stakeholders on the scope and timing of project deliverables and provide regular updates on project progress to internal stakeholders.

Mobilize teams for the project delivery.

Ensure completion of project deliverables and adherence to timelines and budgets.

Analyze and resolve issues/risks that have the potential to jeopardize the ability to meet agreed upon deliverables.

Mentor the team on tools and processes to manage projects, participate in hiring decisions, and conduct performance appraisals on staff.

Provide full and accurate project communication with internal and external customers.

Manage internal and external client expectations on all project requirements and deliverables.

Assist agile teams to enable early and frequent value delivery.

Scrum Master and Project Management Experience