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SUNIL KOWTAL PROJECT MANAGER APPLICATIONS
PROFILE I am a Management Graduate with focused project management skills with specific to Defining project scope, Milestones/Major Deliverables, Budget, Resourcing and Stake holder management. Involved in the management of major international Clients with a strong base in the offshore management activities. Actively involved in the support activities for PeopleSoft for the past 10 Years. Supported the US and the European Client alike. Managed projects using Scrum, MS Project Management tools. With an Exhaustive 15 Years in the IT industry has made me comfortable working with diverse teams and groups.
SKILLS & ABILITIES • Expertise in Requirements and Strategy analysis to define best solutions for business problems.
• Efficient Project planning and scheduling.
• Manage sprint reviews and daily scrum meetings. Work with the whole team and ensure that all members were performing satisfactorily.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Perform risk management to minimize potential risks
• Familiar with the latest project management & requirement management tools and processes
• Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals
• Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with clients as well as other staff members
• Develop spreadsheets, diagrams and process maps to document processes.
• Expertise in Providing solutions and support for various applications including Peoplesoft, Salesforce and ServiceNow.
• Build Quality and Risk plans for long drawn Projects.
• Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development.
• Prepare and manage Project Plans, including timelines, key milestones, budgets and resource requirements, which ensure the successful delivery of the project.
PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES • Initiate and Participate in Project plans
• Milestones/Major Deliverables
• Tracking Budget
• Plan Work Breakdown Structure
• Project Resource Plan
• Risk Management/Mitigation Plan
• Project & Business Communications Plan (RFP/RFI/SOW)
• Stakeholder Management Plan
• Change Management Plan
• ServiceNow / Remedy Incident Management
• Vendor, Customer and Release Management
• Agile process Management
• QA and Audit activities
EXPERIENCE PROJECT MANAGER APPLICATIONS, COGNIZANT
July 2021 – Feb 2023
APPLICATIONS: PEOPLESOFT SERVICENOW, SCRUM, PL/SQL, SQL, UNIX, SALESFORCE, HCM FUSION
TOOLS: MPP, JIRA, VISIO
Summary
Involved in gathering requirements and analyze business and user interface needs. Conducted Scrum Ceremonies and reviewed user stories and ensure they are complete and accurate. Worked with Product owners to translate user stories to functional and system requirements. Validate the standard functionality of product and record any issues uncovered. Identify and resolve project issues. Lead and manage a cross functional team comprising of high performing individuals at various levels. Proactively managed the execution of project plans for multiple projects Interact with onsite team, as single point of Contact for all the support and Test activities performed by the team. Gather requirements and analyze business and user needs. Coordinate the development of documentation to enable implementation and turnover of the process of system. Develop Project planning, scoping, cost estimation, implementation roadmaps & test/release strategies. Monitor adherence and compliance to project delivery framework, standards, policies and procedures
Project R&R
• Gather requirements and analyze business and user needs.
• Review user stories and ensure they are complete and accurate.
• Translate user stories to functional and system requirements.
• Works closely with the development team and ensures they understand the requirements.
• Validate the standard functionality of product and record any issues uncovered.
• Identify and resolve project issues.
• Lead and manage a cross functional team comprising of high performing individuals at various levels.
• Proactively managing the execution of project plans for multiple projects
• Interact with onsite team, as single point of Contact for all the support and Test activities performed by the team.
• Proactively managing the execution of project plans for multiple projects
• Gather requirements and analyze business and user needs.
• Coordinate the development of documentation to enable implementation and turnover of the process of system.
• Work closely with Clients and end users to determine best IT solution.
SCRUM R&R
• Review user stories and ensure they are complete and accurate.
• Translate user stories to functional and system requirements.
• Works closely with the development team and ensures they understand the requirements.
• Validate the standard functionality of product and record any issues uncovered.
• Identify and resolve project issues.
• Coordinate the development of documentation to enable implementation and turnover of the process of system.
• Define objectives and scope of business system.
• Work closely with managers and end users to determine best IT solution.
• Conduct post-project evaluation Requirements.
• Facilitate the Scrum Agile ceremonies for the teams
• Act as an enabler for the Scrum practices and actively promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint.
• Participate and contribute in the PI planning phases.
• Check on progress status of everyone on the team.
• Organize the Product Backlog and the Scrum board.
• Make sure that everyone has something to work on.
• Split the work between developers.
• Take notes in meetings and sending the meeting minutes to everyone.
• Connect with management and stakeholders on the status of the projects.
• Organize everything around the team, such as meetings, work schedules,
• Analyze complex business problems and determine an IT solution.
• Gather requirements and analyze business and user needs.
• Review user stories and ensure they are complete and accurate.
• Translate user stories to functional and system requirements.
• Works closely with the development team and ensures they understand the requirements.
• Promote Discuss, Distill, Develop, and Demo stages and to Identify and resolve project issues/Challenges
• Promote Continuous Integration testing to facilitate standardization and improved performance.
• Promote Pared Programming and promote Agile Games for Critical Environments.
PROJECT MANAGER APPLICATIONS, INGERSOLLRAND
Dec 2010 – April 2020
APPLICATIONS: PEOPLESOFT SERVICENOW, SCRUM, PL/SQL, SQL, UNIX, SALESFORCE, HCM FUSION
TOOLS: MPP, VISIO
Summary:
Managed cross functional team comprising of high performing individuals at various levels. Proactively managed the execution of project plans for multiple projects. Provided the project roadmaps with input from project stakeholders. Created and maintained the entire project life cycle from the Initiation and closure of Project. in Monitoring the status, risks, and resources for the entire lifecycle of projects. Planned the Sprint Ceremonies and involved in the planning of the EPIC and User Stories. Managed WBS, resource utilization, knowledge management, manage stakeholder communications. Prepared the Risk mitigation plans for the risks identified. Followed the change management process to review and accept changes affecting scope, timing, cost, and/or quality, as required and get them signed off from the client. Identify risks, issues, dependencies and mitigation recommendations and proactively manage the identification and resolution of risks and issues at both the project and program levels.
Project R&R
• Lead and manage a cross functional team comprising of high performing individuals at various levels.
• Proactively managing the execution of project plans for multiple projects
• Creating and maintaining roadmaps with input from project stakeholders
• Helping create and maintain requirement lists
• Monitoring the status, risks, and resources for the entire lifecycle of projects
• Planning development sprints with the team
• Preparing agendas for meetings and leading the meetings as needed
• Taking meeting notes and following through or communicating action items
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams within the company
• Schedule meetings with Vendors and Customers to identify and gather requirements.
SCRUM R&R
• Lead and manage a cross functional team comprising of high performing individuals at various levels.
• core applications as well as maintaining the processes to support the data quality and consistency.
• Proactively managing the execution of project plans for multiple projects
• Creating and maintaining roadmaps with input from project stakeholders
• Helping create and maintain requirement lists
• Monitoring the status, risks, and resources for the entire lifecycle of projects
• Planning development sprints with the team.
• Promote Test Driven Development Environment prior to the Development Cycle.
• Preparing agendas for meetings and leading the meetings as needed
• Taking meeting notes and following through or communicating action items
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams within the company
• Schedule meetings with Vendors and Customers to identify and gather requirements.
• Planning and executing SCRUM Process in various support projects.
• Prepare SPRINT Review minutes and coordinate with the teams on the progress and results.
• Perform Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective for all Projects
• Present Product backlog to the Next level of Management.
• Maintain Release Cycles for each Sprint and a follow-up done with the stake holders.
• Maintain product backlog, task boards and burn down charts, daily stand-ups, retrospectives.
• Led sprint reviews and daily scrum meetings to touch base with whole team and ensure that all members were performing satisfactorily.
• Worked with the team members in employing agile and scrum practices to improve workflow.
• Led sprint reviews and daily scrum meetings to touch base with whole team and ensure that all members were performing satisfactorily.
• Helping the product owner and development team to ensure delivery of stories and support strong customer satisfaction
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
• Lead the scrum and development teams in self-organization
• Remove impediments and coach the scrum team on removing impediments
• Focus on the BDD with the Vendor for fair results for a Sprint Cycle.
PROJECT MANAGER SUPPORT, SAIC
APR 2007 – MAY 2010
APPLICATIONS: PEOPLESOFT, PL/SQL, SQL, UNIX
Summary
Plan out schedules, resource allocations and budget estimates for different projects. Use MS Project to define WBS and resource planning for projects. Managed technical details, timelines and milestones effectively. Scheduled and coordinated planning, cost and estimates for the upgrade PeopleSoft project. Responsible for accurate test plans, schedules, resource allocations. Created process templates for development, testing, quality assurance, user acceptance processes were utilized by clients. Created project plan based on customer requirements considering the aggressive timelines. Provided estimates and identified resource requirements. Lead projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
Project R&R
• Responsible for maintaining schedules, resource allocations and budget estimates.
• Utilized MS Project to define WBS for this project.
• Communicated with team members the standards and methodologies to deliver customer project on time and within budget. Assess risk factor to project success.
• Managed technical details, timelines and milestones effectively.
• Scheduled and coordinated planning, cost and estimates for the upgrade PeopleSoft project.
• Responsible for accurate test plans, schedules, resource allocations.
• Created process templates for development, testing, quality assurance, user acceptance processes were utilized by clients.
• Created project plan based on customer requirements considering the aggressive timelines.
• Anchored requirement meetings and created change requests for work identified.
• Provided estimates and identified resource requirements.
• Lead projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Responsible for business technical solutions and POC development and evaluation for the project
• Assisting clients with new technologies, new services.
• Utilized People tools including PeopleCode, nVision, Query, SQR, SQL, Application Designer, workflow and CI.
• Supported on some of the key modules of Peoplesoft Application including People Code, Application Designer, App Engine, Integration Broker, AWE. Involved in day-to-day support of HRMS, NA Payroll, Campus (Student Recs/Self Service/Admissions), Base Benefits modules.
ASSOCIATE MANAGER SUPPORT, HONEYWELL
AUG 2003 – APR 2007
APPLICATIONS: PEOPLESOFT, PL/SQL, SQL, UNIX
Summary
Major responsibilities included facilitating daily status calls with the client, coordination and facilitation of various team meetings that included both status and working technical brainstorming sessions, when necessary, in addition to recurring status meetings with Sr. Management. Scheduled and coordinated planning, cost and estimates of medium to large implementation and Support projects. Manage technical details, timelines and milestones effectively. Support for general schedule integrity throughout all phases of schedule development through the life of the project. Create integrated end-to-end project plans, including resource loading. Provide consultative services to Client to ensure the solution is efficient and meets the Client's needs Managed User Acceptance Testing for PeopleSoft and web-based applications including Open Enrollment and Global Compensation Planning and providing for Production Support as per SLA guidelines
Project R&R
• Directly responsible for creating, maintaining, and communicating advanced project plans.
• Scheduled and coordinated planning, cost and estimates of medium to PeopleSoft large implementation and Support projects.
• Manage technical details, timelines and milestones effectively.
• Review and assist in the creation of requirement documents, user acceptance testing document, functional specification documents, technical architecture diagram
• Support for general schedule integrity throughout all phases of schedule development through the life of the project.
• Responsible for end-to-end program planning and coordination of all projects within the HPC program and their inter-dependencies through all phases: Initiation, Planning, Design, Execution, Deployment, Closing.
• Responsible for in-depth project planning, working directly with all internal stakeholders (corporate and field offices) as well as external vendors. This includes working with the project sponsors and key stakeholders to define the scope of the project, the project deliverables, resource requirements, as well as the appropriate project management approach for each project.
• Complete or assume responsibility of quality testing of delivery
• Accountable for all project tasks or deliverables
• Coordinate and manage user acceptance testing, pilot testing and system integration testing
• Manage client expectations and satisfaction
• Managed User Acceptance Testing for PeopleSoft and Java based applications including Open Enrollment and Global Compensation Planning and providing for Production Support as per SLA guidelines
• Coordinated IT functions with on-going strategies, functions, business, technical architectures
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT, HCL PEROT, BANGALORE
07/02 – 08/03
SUMMARY
Conduct system and business study with the End Users and Analysts. Design and code Shell Scripts for running Interfaces to send files to vendor systems. Guided the team members to execute SR's. Plan out discussions on SRs with team members and the Functional Analysts. Created and maintained SQR reports for the interfaces Customized benefits and Payroll Modules. Performed Fit gap analysis for different PS modules. Used Query builder to construct queries for the Functional Team. Worked on process definitions for different SQR reports. Added custom messages thru Message Catalog for different languages. Maintained and implemented Software Configuration in Clear Case. Involved in process documentation for the SDLC cycle.
• Performed system and business study.
• Developed Shell Scripts for running Interfaces.
• Guided team members to execute SR's. Initiated discussions on SRs with team members.
• Created and maintained SQR reports for the interfaces
• Customized benefits and Payroll Modules
• Performed Fit gap analysis for different PS modules.
• Used Query builder to construct queries.
• Worked on process definitions for different SQR reports.
• Added custom messages thru Message Catalog for different languages.
• Maintained and implemented Software Configuration in Clear Case.
• Involved in process documentation for the SDLC cycle.
• Assisted the infra team to Move Customized people objects using Application Designer to different database environments.
EDUCATION XIMB —BANGALORE —MBA
UTKAL UNIVERSITY – BA (ANALYTICAL ECONOMICS)
COMPANY IN HOUSE TRAINING – SALESFORCE, SERVICENOW, AGILE, JIRA
CERTIFICATIONS: Scrum Fundamentals: May 21st, 2020
SAFe 5 Scrum Master: Nov 03, 2022
SKILLS & INTERESTS • Involved in finalizing and directing efforts in various projects within the Organization which resulted in better utilization of efforts and improving performance of the various other Adhoc systems. Built up cross training groups to help Organizations to have more productivity enhancements.
eSignature
Ensigned by: Sunil Kowtal
Date: 17.05.2022
