
Sanna Tauseef
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Poitiers, France
Toptal member since March 16, 2022
Sanna is a Certified Scrum Master with more than five years of experience managing complex web and app development projects. She excels with Agile and Waterfall methodologies and helps organizations shift to the Scrum framework. Sanna has collaborated with multicultural and dispersed teams and enjoys discovering new projects, meeting new people, and assisting clients in succeeding.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Coaching
- Agile Project Management
- Agile Software Development
- Jira
- Kanban
- Miro
- Scrum Master
- Story Mapping
Work Experience
Project Management Consultant
Aqua Vita Creative, LLC
- Conducted an audit of the existing project management practices of the client, including their backlog management, workflow for all work item types, team dynamics, use, and frequency of team meetings.
- Conducted workshops on Agile, Kanban, user story mapping, and value stream mapping.
- Devised an action plan for how the team can adopt Kanban practices to start their Agile journey.
- Helped the organization understand how flow metrics can be recorded and used to address the stability of their processes.
Scrum Master
Spryker Systems
- Supported two teams with adopting Scrum and Agile practices and exploring flow metrics, e.g., cycle time, throughput, and work item age, to enhance their understanding of value delivery.
- Helped both my teams improve their on-time delivery by over 40%.
- Contributed to the Agile Community of Practice with knowledge-sharing sessions and collaborating on coaching material with other scrum masters, such as workshop templates.
Agile Project Manager
NokarOnline
- Supported the startup founders in creating the business plan and forming their MVP strategy and investor deck.
- Served as scrum master and coached the team on scrum practices, prioritizing requirements and encouraging the adoption of collaborative tools like Miro to help improve the remote team engagement.
- Led the agile transformative initiative beyond the development team, such as implementing a Kanban workflow for the digital marketing team.
- Closely managed client expectations to identify risks of scope creep and facilitated problem-solving sessions between the client and the team to ensure buy-in for decisions.
- Supported the client and led demo sessions for potential investors.
Project Delivery Manager
Sayah Consulting
- Led the requirements gathering efforts for projects including a large-scale t-shirt and apparel printing B2B facility to develop an online platform allowing users to customize clothing for on-demand printing.
- Collaborated with clients to define the product roadmap, milestones, and key deliverables.
- Oversaw all aspects of project management, from initiation to planning and project closure.
- Implemented a change control board to mitigate risks arising from change requests.
- Built organizational process assets (OPAs) such as lessons learned repositories, templates for reports, and planning documentation.
- Conducted a coaching workshop for agile project delivery targeting the team and organization to transform the project delivery framework from Waterfall to Scrum.
- Contributed to writing user stories and managing the product backlog.
- Facilitated all scrum ceremonies and actively identified and removed impediments.
Project History
Composable Commerce Platform
https://spryker.com/app-composition-platform/#/Expanded the offering of popular third-party integrations of the company's newest product line of Composable Commerce.
I served as scrum master for two teams working on developing integrations for popular third-party integrations, such as payment gateways, customer engagements, and search optimization tools that can be installed as apps.
This allows our clients to customize their eCommerce business tools with greater flexibility than ever as a no-code solution.
Grocery Delivery Startup
Launched the website and app for an on-demand grocery fulfillment service linking customers to their favorite supermarkets.
Website for People to Design and Sell Custom Apparel
Served as project delivery manager on a complex web application for an international client.
Internal Company Agile Transformation
Led the effort that allowed the team to deliver product increments every two weeks using Scrum, resulting in significantly improved client satisfaction.
It was essential to roll out the new project management framework in a controlled manner to not disrupt the ongoing projects under the waterfall methodology and allow a smooth transition for both the team and clients. By identifying key milestones in project delivery, the team was able to pivot to the new model with greater ease.
Client Portfolio Website Revamping
Led the re-design and implementation of the client's portfolio website by incorporating inquiry forms to store potential leads.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
University of Engineering and Technology - Lahore, Pakistan
Certifications
Professional Scrum Master Level II (PSM II)
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum with Kanban I
Scrum.org
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Skills
Tools
Jira, Trello, Zoom, Miro, Microsoft Project, Slack, Flow
Paradigms
Scrum, Agile, Agile Software Development, Waterfall Delivery, Agile Project Management, Kanban, Agile Delivery
Other
Scrum Master, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PMI, Hybrid Project Management, Story Mapping, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Scrum Coaching, Project Scheduling, Scope Management, Risk Management, Agile Transformation, Waterfall Methodology, Scrumban, Agile Coaching, Process Improvement Project Management, Coaching, Cross-functional Collaboration, Scrum of Scrums, Flow Metrics
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