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Diksha Budhiraja Arora

Dunstable

Summary

A skilled Project Manager, certified in Prince2 Foundation and Practitioner, PSM-I, and ITIL V4, with 16 years of expertise in organizing business operations, stakeholder management, and resource allocation for achieving seamless project operations. Known for leading the procurement of resources and effectively managing their utilization, ensuring optimal project outcomes. Meticulously monitors projects by closely adhering to production schedules,invoicing and budgets, while skillfully managing production teams. Proficient in identifying and resolving problems, providing targeted solutions for project success. Demonstrates exceptional ability in building and maintaining open communication channels among team members, clients, and leadership.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
7
7
Certification

Work History

Project Manager

Sopra Steria
India
08.2022 - 09.2023
  • Managed overseas resource planning projections for Financial years. Develop and initiate projects, encompassing effective management of costs, schedule, and performance
  • Create executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation and drive process improvement
  • Drive team success through shared vision and recognition of quality performance
  • Take the lead in resource planning, including timesheet and invoice process planning, while maintaining a strong customer interface Maintain a risk register for the project, ensuring timely mitigation of identified risks
  • Validate functional and technical specification documents
  • Collaborating closely with business analysts, development teams, and infrastructure specialists to successfully deliver high availability solutions for mission-critical applications.
  • Lead and ensure project compliance with Software Quality Processes and adhere to established timelines
  • Draft requirement and module plans, as well as create and review functional and technical specification documents
  • Foster teamwork, motivate, mentor, and develop subordinates
  • Successfully manage multiple platform-related projects involving JAVA and Microsoft technologies
  • Handling both waterfall and Agile based projects
  • Effectively manage scrum-related activities for development projects and oversee cross-functional teams.
  • Assessed troubleshooting methods, devised innovative solutions, and documented resolutions for inclusion in the knowledge base for support team utilization.
  • Showcased strengths including a cheerful outlook, team-building capabilities, strong business acumen, effective communication and negotiation skills, and strong analytical and critical thinking abilities. Excelled as a collaborator in cross-functional roles.

Project Manager

Tech Mahindra
India
08.2007 - 08.2022
  • Managed internal personnel, contractors, and vendors, overseeing their performance and ensuring effective collaboration
  • Developed, initiated, and implemented projects, overseeing all aspects including costs, schedule, and performance management.
  • Created executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation and drive process improvement.
  • Successfully achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors and development teams and managing their performance.
  • Fostered team success through shared vision and recognition of quality performance.
  • Modified and directed project plans to align with organizational needs, ensuring optimal outcomes.
  • Ensured the successful initiation, planning, execution, control, and completion of projects, employing monitoring, tracking, and analysis of module control metrics.
  • Led resource planning, including timesheet and invoice, e-invoice process planning, while maintaining a strong customer interface.
  • Created functional and technical specification documents, providing clear guidelines for project development..
  • Led and ensured project compliance with software quality processes and met established timelines.
  • Maintained risk registers for projects, actively identifying and addressing potential issues.
  • Ensured closure of non-compliance findings in security audit reports for both assets and technical aspects.
  • Drafted initial charters and module plans, while reviewing functional and technical specification documents.
  • Reviewed and consolidated module status reports, promoting successful knowledge management through re-usage, accuracy, and efficiency.
  • Served as the primary point of contact for the team, liaising with project stakeholders to ensure effective communication..
  • Promoted teamwork, motivation, mentorship, and professional development of subordinates.
  • Managed multiple platform-related projects encompassing JAVA and Microsoft technologies.
  • Proficient in handling both waterfall and Agile based projects
  • Managed scrum-related activities for development projects, ensuring smooth and efficient project execution.

Education

BTech Electronics & Communications -

UP Technical University
01.2007

Skills

Project Management Skills

  • Project Management
  • Project Estimation and Bidding
  • Project Delivery
  • Resource Management
  • Asset Management
  • Project transition management
  • Project planning & development
  • Project Invoicing(Manual, electronic)
  • Agile & Waterfall SDLC Model delivery
  • Customer Management
  • Risk Management
  • Multi-Site Operations (National / International)
  • Functional & Business Requirements
  • Business process re-engineering
  • Change Control Processes Management
  • Test Planning and execution Management

Technical Skills

  • SQL-SERVER-2008,2010
  • 2012,2014,2016
  • C-SHARPNET, ADONET, ASPNET, VBA, XMLSERVICES, COM SERVICES
  • NET Framework
  • JavaScript, HTML, CSS, visual studio 2010,12,15,17,19
  • Scrum, Kanban
  • JIRA

Domains

  • Banking
  • Insurance
  • Ecommerce
  • Food & Processing
  • Govt Defense & Security
  • Transport
  • Intellectual Property,Copyright,Trademark
  • Retail
  • Important Clients

Certification

  • Prince 2 foundation 6th edition
  • Prince 2 practitioner 6th edition
  • PSM-I
  • ITIL V4 Foundation 2021
  • Certified CMMI Associate-2022
  • MCAD
  • MCTS

Timeline

Project Manager

Sopra Steria
08.2022 - 09.2023

Project Manager

Tech Mahindra
08.2007 - 08.2022

BTech Electronics & Communications -

UP Technical University

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