Lajja Jarmarwala, PMP
409 Richmond Street, Irving, TX 75063
Phone:
214 263 1644
Email:
lajja.jarmarwala@gmail.com
Summary
· 10+ years full SDLC and infrastructure PM experience in
Planning, Design, Development, Estimating, Testing, Implementation,
Maintenance enterprise scale for projects
· 5+ years experience as SCRUM Master
· Budget management and ROI management
·
Extensive
expertise with Change management, Risk management and Vendor Management
·
Excellent
analytical, management, communication, leadership, conflict management and
inter-personnel skills
· Experience on test life cycle Test planning, execution,
reporting, result analysis and closure for Alpha testing, Beta testing,
Performance testing, Usability testing ,UAT
·
Experience in
creating Project Charters, Project Management Plans, Project Scope, budgets,
add on sales proposals, schedules, risk reports, progress reports,
performance metrics, Statement of Work and RFI/RFQ
· Strong education with PMP,CSM, MS and currently
pursuing MBA
· Experience working on PM methodologies like Waterfall,
Agile, SCRUM,JIT (Kanban)
·
Effectively
managed cross functional teams of Developers, business analysts, quality
analysts, clients and vendors
·
Extensive
experience in working with customers to define requirements, User Acceptance
Testing
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Experience with
Clarity, MS office, MS Project, SharePoint, Rally, Visio
Education
· Masters of Business Administration ( Continue), University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Major: Project
management
· Masters of Telecommunication (2004),Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX
Major: Wireless
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Bachelor of
Engineering (2002), Sardar Patel University, India
Major: Electronics
and Communications
Certifications
·
PMP certification from PMI ( June 2009)
·
CSM-Certified Scrum Master- Scrum Alliance (July 2012)
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Certificate
training for Negotiation and Conflict Management
·
Agile Project
Manager
AT&T (Jan `14 onwards)
o
Mentor Scrum
teams on Agile for team members with multiple geography and time zone
o
Manage budget
on project and program level.
o
Work with
Release manager and client to plan release
o
Define and
manage Work Breakdown Structure
o
Manage
project budget ,scope and Quality with ITUP processes
o
Manage Change
request and identify and communicate impact with internal and external
clients
o
Communicate
project status on project and program level.
o
Implemented
hybrid PM methodology- Waterfall reporting and Agile execution
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Technical
Project Manager
MCX (April ’13- Jan
’14))
o
Mentored
start-up business team on Agile and Scrum
o
Worked with
Product owner to manage product backlog and release planning from roadmap
o
Successfully
manages defects with Defect triage calls
o
Managed
projects for mobile app for payments
o
Work with
Scrum team and Business team to agree upon scope for releases.
·
Scrum Master
Insight (Dec 12-
Apr 13)
o
Successfully
managing 3 scrum teams for E-business team for New Features and Production
Support including BA,QA, Developers and UX
o
Liaison
between development, QA and Business team on e-commerce project
o
Coached,
mentored and rolled out Web team for Agile and Scrum
o
Implemented
Completed Staff Work for Process Management and Rally customization
o
Weekly Status
update to management and stakeholder
o
Successfully
managed MS project milestone reporting with Rally sprint status
o
Help Product
Owner with User story breakdown and Backlog grooming
o
Handling
Backlog grooming sessions, Sprint Planning sessions, Stand ups., Demo,
Retrospective sessions.
o
Release
planning and dependency analysis with all insight.com teams.
o
Successfully
managing Sprint Artifacts and ceremonies in Rally
o
Program level
reporting and Rally portfolio set up
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Customer
Project Manager
Ericsson Inc.( Sep 09-Mar 12)
o
Planned,
directed, and managed designated software development /IT projects including
internal tools and infrastructure proejcts.
o
Created and
manages Budget plans, ROI and margins
o
Work directly
with internal and external customer to manage project status
o
Responsible
for coordinating Backlog grooming sessions, Daily stand-up meetings, Sprint
reviews and Sprint planning meetings, Sprint retrospective meetings, SCRUM of
SCRUM (S2)meetings
o
Work with PO
on release planning and ensure backlog grooming before sprint planning
meetings
o
Responsible
for maintaining velocity, Burn Down Charts and task board
o
Work with
project sponsors and customer to create and manage Scope, schedule,
Requirements, Change requests and Deliverables
o
Responsible
for managing and documenting Quality, Schedule ,Budget and Scope
o
Vendor
management with Approved Resource Providers and Approved Service Providers
for to create, administer, track, and close project contracts
o
Monthly and
quarterly revenue forecast and release planning
o Responsible for project Finance- margin,
Planed cost, Budget throughout the project life including weekly time
tracking and approving for all the project resources
o
Managing
projects worth $1.5M with team of 10+ internal and procured cross functional
resources
o
Work liaison
between Delivery team and Business to make sure Scope and project margins
exceeds expectations
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Project
Manager/Business Analyst
Sprint Nextel Corp.( July 04 to Sept 09)
o
Work with
vendor and customers to gather, analyze and document requirements with Use
Cases and User Stories
o
Managing team
of 15+ resources including Developers, Business Analysts, Quality assurance
team
o
Implemented
cross functional procedures
o
Track and
manage Risks and issues
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Plan and
execute work breakdown structures and responsibility assignment metrics
o
Work with
quality assurance team before each implementation and document and
communicate quality issues with stakeholders
o
Track and
report schedule, Cost and change management to Project sponsor
o
Negotiate
with department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from
within the company or procured company
o
Responsible
for forecasting and meeting releases
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Establish
project communication needs and create project communication plan
Awards
o
Ericsson Key
contributor award for meeting deployment task in Sprint project
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Management
reward for keeping venue projects margin 20% above expectation
Sponsorship
Not required