Scrum Master Electric Co

EMMANUEL NKENGLA

CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER

Tel: 630-***-****

Mail: ads441@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Certify Scrum Master Experience in leading and setting up multiple scrum teams with SAFe, Scrum and Kanban Framework. Excellent skills in guiding the work of technical teams and articulating project goals to development teams. Innovative professional with over 10 years of experience in the field of information technology. Servant leader with experience working closely with product owners in product backlog management and continuous delivery of features. Skilled in managing multiple agile teams working together to deliver functional products in a short time frame. I have successfully guided teams to continuously release high quality software on time, while reducing waste by thinking Agile lean. Change Agent with experience in leading organizations in implementing Agile transformation, quality, and process improvement. Strong facilitator, servant leader, skilled communicator, problem-solver, highly organized and functions well in a high-intensity and fast paced environment. Excellent understanding of SDLC and experience working with teams across different phases of the software development life cycle.

Experience

Scrum Master Epic Services Dallas, TX Jan 2021 – Present Served as a scrum master on a distributed and collocated team. Project was based on the development of a web application used for patient management service to enable end users to access data and update patient information. Development was predominantly java based and we implemented engineering practices such as ATDD. Used Jira as our SDLC tool.

• Facilitated scrum events/ceremonies: daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint review and retrospective meetings.

• Developed various Agile Metrics to help my teams become more productive.

• Worked with both PO and cross-functional teams to establish the Definition of Ready and Definition of Done.

• Enhanced transparency between cross-functional teams by encouraging the adaptation of scrum values.

• Facilitated the removal of impediments for the team by targeting issues internally in the team or escalating to the right company personnel.

• Established relationship with Product owner and other stakeholders to engage them into a more open collaboration with our development team.

• Motivated team members to effectively communicate and participate during scrum which led to genuinely capturing blockers, hence improving the done ratio for tasks within sprints.

• Provided all support to the team using a servant leadership style and developed team building events.

• Protected development team from outside distractions so they focus on sprint backlog and project timeline.

• Actively contributed to Scrum of scrums meetings to develop new strategies and roadmaps to enhance agile transformation of the project, product roadmap, project scheduling and release management.

• Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to management and affected teams. • Made sure task boards were being updated to ensure transparency and effective communication. Scrum Master Community 1st Credit Union Oskaloosa, IAD Dec 2018 – Nov 2020 Served as a scrum master in a SAFe environment. Project was based on building the infrastructural system of check deposits from personal checks, electronic checks to business checks

● Facilitated Scrum Events including sprint Planning, Daily Standups, sprint Review, sprint Retrospectives, Backlog refinement, and Release Planning.

● Facilitated communication within the agile team and between the agile team, product owner and stakeholders by focusing on scrum values of openness, honesty, and respect

● Used Jira to monitor and track project progress iteratively, assign stories to iterations, tag defects to stories and split stories to tasks.

● Responsible for resolving impediments for the scrum team and act as a safeguard for the team.

● Defined and deployed new product development processes while facilitating the continuous improvement of existing processes.

● Coached the scrum teams to adopt effective communication and interpersonal skills to improve team performance.

● Worked with Product Owner to define, prioritize Epics, Features and User Stories.

● Led 2 Scrum Teams working with cross functional teams to increase overall team performance.

● Ensured the application of agile methodology to increase effectiveness of software development processes while also using the burndown chart for team progress.

● Provided and ensured that relevant metrics were formulated and were being utilized for the correct purpose.

● Identified risks beforehand, considering the desired completion date and quality.

● Used KPIs to measure success and team performance. Scrum Master Tip Rural Electric Co-op Brooklyn, IA Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

• Create requirement traceability matrix documents, Defect reports, Daily and weekly status reports, and Test summary reports.

• Created extensive test metrics reports and requirements traceability metrics.

• Responsible for creating, executing and automating existing test cases, solving, and figuring out why something is not working as designed

• Analyze test results, identifying and documenting defects

• Ensures adequate product testing, in accordance with established standards and requirements, prior to implementation.

• Identify test data requirements and work with other teams as needed to create and maintain test data

• Execute testing, including documentation of test results and defects

• Assist in defect troubleshooting and resolution

• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of software testing tools

• Create, run, and maintain reports to measure and track testing metrics

• Ensures adequate product testing, in accordance with established standards and requirements, prior to implementation.

• Create manual test cases, automated test scripts and regression test scripts.

• Carried functional and nonfunctional testing.

• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities

• Ensure quality related deliverables meet the acceptance criteria for each User story

• Coordinate with SME, Product owner and Developers for understanding requirements.

• Assign task to the team members and make sure they are meeting the work deadlines. Scrum Master Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, VA June 2016 - Dec 2017 Project is a federal contract supporting the Navy. Served as a scrum master for a team of developers, system and software engineers. Project is a web application computer aided design software used in designing and building ships. I worked closely with a PO to interface business needs. We used TFS as our project management platform. Implemented engineering practices such as ATDD and Paired Programing to reduce bugs and ensure clean codes which enabled the team to meet their deliverables on time.

• Implement scrum framework to facilitate all scrum ceremonies including requirement gathering, application design, backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review and sprint retrospective.

• Enhance transparency between cross-functional teams by encouraging openness during scrum ceremonies, encouraging collaboration on communication tools like Slack, Jabber and conference meetings. This helps team members to self-evaluate, thus boosting overall project delivery timelines and product quality.

• Facilitate the removal of impediments for the team by targeting the issue internally in the team or escalating to the right company personnel.

• Establish good working relationship with Product owner and key business partners to engage them into a more open collaboration with our development team.

• Educate key business partners, PO, and Team members on the benefits of adopting an effective scrum/agile framework to continue to deliver features to end users in a timely manner.

• Motivate team members to effectively communicate and participate during scrum ceremonies (planning, stand ups, reviews, retrospectives), to make sure they are always expressing themselves, which has led to genuinely capturing blockers, hence improving the done ratio for tasks within sprints.

• Provide support to the team using a servant leadership style and developed team building events.

• Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts and maintained focus on sprint backlog and project timelines.

• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress to management and affected teams.

• Make sure task boards are being updated to ensure transparency and effective communication. Scrum Master AdventHealth Hinsdale Hinsdale, IL Jun 2012 – May 2016 Served as a scrum master on a distributed and collocated team for a health care innovations company. Project is a web-based project for the development of a web application used for patient management service. The application enables end users to access data and update patient information. This application is accessible to all health care providers and patients It enables real time access to all patient medical records and interfaces with other functionalities like appointments, pharmacy, and other interdisciplinary health departments. Development is predominantly java based and we implemented engineering practices such as ATDD. We used different agile methodologies like scrum and Kanban to realize the project goals.

• Implemented the scrum framework in facilitating all scrum events/ceremonies including daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint review and retrospective meetings, backlog refinement and design meetings.

• Developed various Agile Metrics to help teams become more productive.

• Worked with both PO and cross-functional teams to establish the Definition of Ready and Definition of Done.

• Enhanced transparency between cross-functional teams by encouraging the adaptation of scrum values.

• Established relationship with Product owner and other stakeholders to engage them into a more open collaboration with our development team.

• Documented team progress and goals and communicated with upper management.

• Motivated team members to effectively communicate and participate during scrum which led to genuinely capturing blockers, hence improving the done ratio for tasks within sprints.

• Provided all support to the team using a servant leadership style and developed team building events.

• Protected development team from outside distractions so they focus on sprint backlog and project timeline.

• Actively contributed to scrum of scrums meetings to develop new strategies and roadmaps to enhance agile transformation of the project, product roadmap, project scheduling and release management.

• Tracked and communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to management and affected teams.

• Made sure task boards were being updated to ensure transparency and effective communication. Scrum Master Medical Health Centers LLC Burr Ridge, IL April 2010 – May 2012

• Successfully converted team from a Waterfall Methodology environment to an Agile Methodology and guide via the Scrum pillars, values, and principles.

• Acted as a Servant Leader to my Scrum Team, by shielding them from outside distractions and helping them with known impediments/roadblocks and enabled my team to work in a safe and friendly environment.

• Facilitated a self-organizing team, cross functional team, and a collaborative team.

• Collaborated with Product Owner via Pre-grooming, to prioritize, gain clarity and known dependencies on PBI.

• Utilize JIRA to maintain product backlog, sprint backlog and create and track user stories, sprint planning, tracking, and managing sprints, created Scrum and Kanban boards, status reports and the burnup and burndown charts.

Education &Certifications

• University of Yaoundé, Cameroon - Bachelor’s Degree

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) – Scrum Alliance

• Certified SAFe Agilist (SA) SAFe 4.6 – Scaled Agile

• Certified SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM) SAFe 4.6 – Scaled Agile Professional Summary

• SDLC Methodologies Agile, and Waterfall.

• Frameworks Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, ATDD, TDD

• Modeling Tools MS Visio, Rational Rose, Star UML, Lucid Chart

• Project Management JIRA, Rally, Version one & MS Project

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