Hi, I’m
Anupama Kasturi
London,United Kingdom
Summary
With 17+ years of experience in practicing agile ways of working, I am currently an agile consultant with the Enterprise Adaptability & Resilience (EA&R) Consulting Practice at Tata Consultancy Services. I have been a passionate and pragmatic Agile Coach for many customers, having transformed more than 50 agile teams and trained more than 1000 professionals.
I am certified in multiple methodologies namely Scaled Agile for Enterprises (SAFe 6.0), Large Scale Scrum(LeSS), Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD), Scrum and Kanban. With this knowledge I strive to Bring about the right process, structure and culture changes that drive true business agility.
Overview
6
years of professional experience
Work history
HSBC UKLondon
Agile Coach
09.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Accomplished more than 60% improvement in delivery efficiency through transforming 50+ teams onto agile ways of working
- Instilled an agile culture through training and coaching on SAFe, Scrum and Kanban ways of working
- Enabled the adoption of Lean Portfolio Management processes by collaborating with stakeholders to understand the Bank’s change standards and enable its support in agile methods, and the strategic toolset
- Fostered agile leadership by coaching leaders on enterprise agility as Intent -based leadership mindset
C&SI - Enterprise Agility GroupChennai, India
Enterprise Agile Transformation Consultant
10.2019 - 09.2020
Job overview
- Designed 10 key strategic offering assets around Enterprise Agility, that was utilized for many customers
- Trained 100+ professionals on various agile methodologies like Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Disciplined Agile and Scrum along with TCS' Location Independent Agile
- Conducted leadership coaching sessions using #TCSLivingAgile a codified technique for building sustainable agile skills and mindset, in a short span, as short as 3 days, to influence leadership on the culture change required to shift from a traditional to an Agile methodology
- Certified 200+ professionals on Leading SAFe
Tata Consultancy ServicesChennai, India
Product Manager and Agile Coach
10.2017 - 10.2019
Job overview
- Executed 15+ product releases on a monthly cadence, highlighted as a strength in 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Agile Planning Tools report. Formed and coached 10 scrum teams, transforming them into ‘Feature Teams’
- Organised Big Room Planning (a.k.a) PI Planning sessions for monthly releases
- Performed Product Visioning and Road mapping maintaining a high value backlog
- Formed and coached stable, cross-functional feature teams
Education
Pondicherry University
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Pondicherry University
B.Tech from Information Technology
Skills
- Agile Training and Coaching
- Lean Thinking & Continuous Improvement
- Agile Maturity Assessments
- Facilitation -
- Backlog Refinement
- Stand-ups & Reviews
- Big Room Planning
- Design Thinking
- Retrospectives
- Agile Metrics
- Executive Coaching
- Product Centricity
Accomplishments
- Blog: Purpose-driven Product Centricity is the key to Business Agility (link)
- Whitepaper: Adopt Agile, Scale and Transform: Evolve your Agile Transformation Journey (link)
- Whitepaper: Product Centric Delivery paves the way for true Enterprise Agility (link)
- Whitepaper: Five Dimensions of Scaling Agile in Large Enterprises (link)
- Whitepaper: Driving Digital Enterprise Success: Building Agile IT (link)
- Blog: Shared Services in the Agile way! (link)
- Blog: Ditch the Feature Factory (link)
Languages
English
Fluent
Timeline
Agile Coach
HSBC UK
09.2020 - Current
Enterprise Agile Transformation Consultant
C&SI - Enterprise Agility Group
10.2019 - 09.2020
Product Manager and Agile Coach
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2017 - 10.2019
Pondicherry University
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Pondicherry University
B.Tech from Information Technology
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