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PROFESSIONAL SCRUM MASTERTel: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE EMAIL AVAILABLEI learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that is not pulling the trigger."Waterfall & Agile, Strategic planning, Process Improvement, Cost Estimation, Dependency & Risk Management, Information Radiator, Continuous Improvement, Agile Coaching, Product Roadmap & Development, Agile Maturity, Change Agent, Human Centered Design6 years of experience, expert in agile and waterfall methodologies known ability to produce high-quality deliverablesSolutions-driven Business Analyst/Scrum Master leading cross-functional teams and driving Business Consulting, Process Innovations, Risk and Compliance, Product Development, Application TechnologyEnd-to-end Project Management including stakeholder engagement, project feasibility, benefits value mapping, team management, risk/change management, delivery reportsAbility to influence, persuade, lead and motivate the team and project sponsors in order to achieve the various goals and objectives of the project, excellent interpersonal skills, capable of developing effective relationships across the department and engaging with the people in effective way to deliver outcomes.Collaborative leader, proven ability to lead and develop teams, who works extremely well in dedicated and matrix team environment and cross functionally.Translated business requirements and/or initiatives into a conceptual solution described through Epics and Stories and application of abstraction to ensure the right level of detail to the key stakeholders.Performed the Scrum Master role managing cross-functional teams, bringing transparency and facilitating events - Sprint Planning, Estimation Workshops, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Review, Fun Retrospectives.Stakeholder EngagementRequirements LifecycleUser Stories and Process MappingProject DocumentationQuality AssuranceProject SchedulingTeam ManagementRisk/Change ManagementProcess improvementBusiness IntelligenceCross Functional SupervisionSprint PlanningEstimation WorkshopsDaily stand-upsSprint ReviewRetrospectiveTechnology SummarySDLC MethodologiesAgile Management ToolsScrum, Agile, Waterfall, KanbanJIRA, Confluence, Miro, Ideaboardz, Story Mapping, Capacity Planning, Skill assessment, Agile Maturity, Risk register, Dependency mapper, Remote collaboration, Fun retrospectivesExperienceAPEX SYSTEMS, COLUMBIA, MD AUGUST 2019 PRESENT SCRUM MASTER/ PROJECT MANAGER ASSISTANTResponsibilities:Worked closely with the Product Owner in defining the product goal & roadmapWorked effectively within the Scrum Team to remove impediments and track them in JiraGuided the team through continual improvement process and best practices.Facilitated scrum master community of practices.Ensured conducive environment which fostered self-organizing and self-managing team.Empowered the Scrum team with regular inspect and adapt opportunitiesEncouraged the Dev team to keep sprint backlog up to dateFacilitated all Scrum Events including the Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Product Backlog Refinement. Workshops with stakeholders.Assisted in defining and deploying the forward order processes and facilitated the continuous improvement of the existing process.Created Epics, Features & Stories for the team in Jira and assisted Product OwnerJIRA admin activities for teams (created boards, workflows, filters, dashboards, reports using JQL..)Planned and tracked sprints closely and helped the team to focus on commitments & deliveryCommunicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to the teams and managementOrganized & facilitate Team and organization Agile maturityFacilitated retrospectives using innovation games techniques and closure of action items on improvementsReflecting and radiating the metrics like burn down chart progress, quality, and velocity continuously to the team and various stakeholdersPrepared various dashboards in Jira which reflects risks, dependencies, impedimentsHelped Product owner with effective management of Features, Epics, Stories and prioritizationEnsured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlogEffectively supporting the Delivery Squad through changes in objectives and re-prioritization of requirements.Applied human centered design (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test, Implement)FIDELITY INVESTMENTS JANUARY 2017 - AUGUST 2019 SCRUM MASTERResponsibilities:Effectively guided scrum and Kanban teamsCreating working agreements, establishing and helping the teams by all means to achieve their Sprint GoalsFacilitated retrospectives using innovation gamesEducated and coached the teams on usage of Jira & Confluence toolsTook ownership to drive through resolutions of issues or blockers, coordinate directly with other development/product teams on inter-dependencies or through scrum-of-scrum ceremonyHelped Product owner with effective management of backlogEnsured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlogEnsured the teams are adhering to the DOR and DOD criteriaOptimized workflow efficiency, lead the ceremonies and ensured smooth deliveryEducated and ensured Agile/Scrum implementation methodology, practices, values and framework are adhered to by team members, while resolving impediments by coordinating and collaborating with cross-functional teamAssist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their workCoordinated with the scrum team in Daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Planning Meetings, Sprint Review Meetings, Sprint Retrospective Meetings and Backlog Grooming meetingsContribute to ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile and Traditional Project ManagementEDUCATIONAssociate degree in art, Brookhaven Community College, Dallas Texas 2014-2016Bachelor Degree of Art in English and French, University of Douala Cameroon 2004-2008CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGSProfessional Scrum Master (PSM)Leadership: Foundational Principal |
