Scrum master

BARBRAH NAKAWALA

Fort Worth, TX Email: ************@*****.*** Cell: 817-***-****

http://www.linkedin.com/in/barbrah-nakawala-013113104

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Over 8+ years’ experience as a Scrum Master in managing multiple, large, complex concurrent and cross-functional Software development using Waterfall (SDLC) Agile/Scrum, DevOps (CI/CD) and SAFe methodology.

Facilitate Backlog grooming, Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Demo, Sprint Retrospective meetings and remove impediments / obstacles faced by team for successful delivery.

Manage project schedule, budget, Confluence, Jira, TFS and Trello applications.

Prioritize and manage business requirements governance and business cases.

Enable, motivate, direct and continually develop a committed, motivated, and high-performing team by setting clear goals/ expectations, tracking progress, ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Management, Tools / Proficiency

Jira, TFS, Confluence, SharePoint, Waterfall (SDLC), Agile/Scrum, SAFe, SaaS, MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Cloud (AWS), DevOps, Jenkins, Azure DevOps

Programming Languages

.NET, PHP, Python, NodeJS, Angular, React

Soft Skills

Project Planning, Project Lifecycle, Task estimate, Escalation Management, Procurement, Risk Management, Team dynamics system

Databases

SQL, MS Access DB, Mongo DB

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

P1 Virtual Civilization Initiative (Oct 2023 – Current)

Scrum Master / Agile Project Manager

I volunteer as a coach and trainer to onboard new members, Facilitate meetings and Sprint planning.

My services have helped contribute to the efficiency and productivity of team members Coaching, onboarding and training members to improve efficiency and productivity.

We support creativity and innovation of game applications within standard product life cycle guidelines.

Environment: Agile/Scrum,, MS Office, Trello, Jira, Discord

Data Struma Dallas, TX (Jan 2021 – Current)

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

facilitating sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.

Mentoring and training scrum team members to efficiently utilize scrum framework and agile methodology.

Lead and drive daily/weekly scrum ceremonies with different stakeholders

Track progress using Jira and Prepare artifacts to report to business / leadership.

Assist product owners with backlog creation, grooming and prioritization and manage expectations

Environment: Agile/Scrum, CRM, SQL Server, Azure Devops, MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project

Capacity Bay Mar 2017- Dec 2020

Scrum Master

Responsibilities

Ensured the Scrum Team adopt and followed Agile methodology and the Scrum framework, supported by coaching, guiding, mentoring and other Scrum Master activities - User Story definition that conform to INVEST principles, Task definition.

Assisted Product Owners in defining and prioritizing product backlog items/measuring benefits against realization and managing Testing.

Involved in preparing the SOW (Statement of Work) and provide inputs in creating it.

Effectively track team’s progress, including burn down, velocity and release forecasting.

Organized and improved agile practices and values which increased the productivity and overall team satisfaction.

Environment: Agile/Scrum, CRM, SQL Server, Azure Devops, MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project, Quality Center, Windows.

DFCU Bank Nov 2015 - Feb 2017

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Core function was project planning and execution at both local and regional level

Managed risk and financial loss during the project lifecycle.

Procurement and Management of relevant sub-contractors

Knowledge of e-learning domain & e-commerce (Order Management and Content Management) modules.

Played the role of Project Manager to prepare the budget for every PI and finalize resources accordingly.

Environment: Agile/Scrum, CRM, SQL Server, Azure Devops, MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project, Quality Center, Windows.

Albayan Media Ltd Jan 2013 - Oct 2015

Project Coordinator

Responsibilities:

Assisted in Project planning and execution

Managed risk and financial loss during the project lifecycle.

Prepared project documents, procurement and Management of relevant sub-contractors

Assisted Project Manager to prepare the budget for every PI and finalize resources accordingly.

Motivated the team to implement continuous improvements and help the team to increase productivity.

Environment: Agile/Scrum,, MS Office, data management

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree in computer science – Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

Certifications

Google Project Management April 2023

Professional scrum Master (PSM) April 2022

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) April 2021

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