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Hiba Tabassum

Hyderabad

Summary

Dynamic Project Manager and Business Analyst with a proven track record at APOYAR TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LTD, excelling in Agile methodologies and stakeholder engagement. Expert in requirement gathering, risk assessment, and facilitating cross-functional team collaboration. Increased project delivery efficiency by 30% through strategic planning and effective communication. Skilled in JIRA and fostering team alignment.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Project Manager

APOYAR TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LTD
Hyderabad
08.2024 - Current
  • Collaborated with stakeholders and product owners to gather and refine user stories and requirements
  • Supported the team in breaking down large epics into manageable user stories for better execution
  • Conducted Agile estimation sessions using techniques like story points & planning poker to evaluate task complexity and effort
  • Facilitated sprint planning meetings to prioritize and define deliverables for each sprint based on team capacity and business priorities
  • Managed and maintained the project backlog
  • Monitored sprint progress using tools like JIRA
  • Coordinated daily stand-up meetings to promote team alignment, identify challenges, and adjust workflows as needed
  • Assigned tasks, defined priorities, and monitored progress to ensure timely delivery
  • Conducted regular status meetings with project teams and stakeholders to provide updates and address issues
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams for seamless project execution
  • Identified potential risks, performed risk assessments, and implemented mitigation strategies proactively
  • Ensured resource allocation was optimized for project success and within budget constraints
  • Managed change requests effectively, ensuring they were assessed, documented, and implemented without impacting deadlines
  • Facilitated retrospective meetings at the end of each sprint, identifying areas for process improvement and implementing actionable insights

Customer Success Specialist

APOYAR TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LTD
Hyderabad
08.2023 - 08.2024
  • Created sprint plans and effectively managed the JIRA board for project tracking
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams for seamless project execution
  • Monitored sprint progress and deployment plans
  • Managed and maintained the project backlog
  • Conducted regular status meetings with project teams and stakeholders to provide updates and address issues

Associate Project Manager

APOYAR TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LTD
Hyderabad
02.2023 - 08.2023
  • Developed project plans, including timelines, and resource allocation
  • Coordinated project teams and assigning tasks to team members
  • Communicated with stakeholders to ensure that project requirements are understood and met
  • Conducted regular project status meetings and provided project updates to stakeholders
  • Collaborated with technical teams to provide demos, presentations, and proposals to clients
  • Conducted demos and presentations to prospective clients
  • Negotiated terms and pricing with clients to close deals
  • Maintained accurate records of sales activities and prepared sales reports

Business Analyst

JIVA INFOTECH SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LTD (i95DEV)
Hyderabad
08.2020 - 09.2022
  • Coordinated as a BA for various major projects specialized in the e-commerce industry
  • Contributed to developing Apps varying from marketplace platforms to childcare services following Agile Methodology
  • Devised Request for Proposals for multiple companies
  • Supported the discovery phase of projects by creating Business Requirement Specification Documents customized to the client’s needs
  • Analyzed the needs of the stakeholder by defining the capabilities for a solution to the business solution
  • Performed GAP Analysis by scheduling the brainstorming sessions with the client
  • Involved in analysis and documenting project requirements (including functional requirements and business requirements)
  • Prepared and Reviewed User stories with Client Business users
  • Conducted Sprint Planning
  • Created detailed Use cases and Process flow diagrams for the development team to understand all the Business Scenarios
  • Presented the Sprint /User Stories progress to clients in Daily Stand-up meetings
  • Reviewed Test Cases and Test plans
  • Supported the team for User Acceptance Testing
  • Presented Sprint Demos to Client after completion of development
  • Communicated to the client about the daily progress of development and testing

Education

Master’s - Technology (Embedded Systems & VLSI)

OSMANIA UNIVERSITY
Hyderabad, India
05.2021

Bachelor’s - Engineering (Electronics & Communication)

OSMANIA UNIVERSITY
Hyderabad, India
05.2019

Grade-12 - CBSE

United Arab Emirates
03.2015

Skills

  • Business Analysis
  • Planning and monitoring
  • Requirement Gathering
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Solution assessment and validation
  • Process Mapping
  • Competitor analysis
  • User Stories
  • Conducting Requirement Workshops
  • Functional Requirements Analysis
  • Non-Functional Requirements Analysis
  • Document Preparation
  • Gap Analysis
  • Test planning
  • Quality Assurance
  • UAT
  • Brain Storming
  • Preparing Request for Proposals (RFPs)
  • SDLC methodologies
  • Waterfall
  • Agile
  • Detailed documentation skills
  • Business requirement specifications
  • Software requirement specifications
  • Diagrams
  • Work Flow
  • Process Flow
  • Test Cases
  • Use cases
  • Organization charts
  • Test Plans
  • User Manual Preparation
  • Wireframes Document
  • Project management
  • Sprint Planning
  • Resource Allocation
  • Utilization
  • Estimation Session
  • Sprint Retrospective
  • Daily Standups
  • Sprint Demo
  • Risk Assessment
  • Conflict Resolution
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • Miro
  • LucidChart
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Whimsical
  • Microsoft Office
  • Figma

Certification

  • Professional Scrum Master (PSM-1) - Scrum.org
  • IT Project Management - Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
  • New Product Development - Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
  • Six Sigma White Belt - The Council for Six Sigma Certification
  • Agile Project Management with Microsoft Project - LinkedIn
  • The fundamentals of Digital Marketing - Google
  • Fundamentals of Agile Project Management - Project Management Institute, PMI

References

  • Muddasar Khan, Apoyar Technologies Private Limited, +91-7710029334
  • Mohtasib Mohammed, Jiva Infotech Solutions Pvt Ltd, +91-8806235912
  • Aniruddh Loya, Vrinda Techapps Pvt Ltd, +91-9985739100

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Urdu

Timeline

Project Manager

APOYAR TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LTD
08.2024 - Current

Customer Success Specialist

APOYAR TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LTD
08.2023 - 08.2024

Associate Project Manager

APOYAR TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LTD
02.2023 - 08.2023

Business Analyst

JIVA INFOTECH SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LTD (i95DEV)
08.2020 - 09.2022

Master’s - Technology (Embedded Systems & VLSI)

OSMANIA UNIVERSITY

Bachelor’s - Engineering (Electronics & Communication)

OSMANIA UNIVERSITY

Grade-12 - CBSE

Hiba Tabassum