TAIWO OSINLARU

Certified Scrum Master

United Kingdom ● +44-772******* ● ad309g@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/taiwo-osinlaru-720971b35

SKILLS

Effective Facilitation Prowess Servant Leadership Conflict Resolution Impediment Remover Friendly Communicator Great Relationship Builder Leading Change Empiricism Approach Patient and Assertive Coach with an Attitude of Empowerment Reporting Team’s Status Great communication skills

Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills Workshops & Coaching Seminars Customer Interaction Risk Mitigation Planning Project Management Forecasting

Project Planning Mentorship Budgeting & Cost Control Analytical and Critical Thinking.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am well-informed and pragmatic enabling various teams to deliver projects consistently on time with well-rounded experience in utilizing the agile mindset to develop projects/programs while transforming from Waterfall to Agile. I constantly strive to challenge, improve and simplify processes and systems solutions through a can-do attitude, driven by team discussion, collaboration and engagement. I aim to bring that balance of idealistic and pragmatic, depending on the challenges we have as an Agile team.

I excel at leading teams to adopt agile principles and frameworks, with the ability to employ problem solving and decision-making skills to quickly deliver solutions to complex problems, this in turn, leads to the formation of self-organizing and cross functional teams. I help to build a safe community and help teams to become self-organized, whilst implementing the pillars and values of Scrum. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows. I'm quick in adapting to challenges, versatile with change, and innovative in creating alternative solutions to challenging matters, thanks to my emotional intelligence

WORK HISTORY

Scrum Master Metro Bank July 2019 - Present

•In charge of working with 3 teams to improve the software for housing and the applicants.

•Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.

•Use metrics, agile principles, and the software development lifecycle to define ways of working within the team.

•Experience of working with JIRA, Kanban, Azure DevOps.

•Liaising with stakeholders and creating successful relationships.

•Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.

•Report on progress, identify issues to be resolved and think creatively to overcome challenges.

•Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.

•Managed implementation of the 3 vital pillars and promoted each one (inspection, adaptation & transparency)

•Guiding the team and organisation on how to best use Scrum and Agile practices and methodologies.

•Facilitating all Scrum ceremonies

•Performing conflict resolution, focusing on Scrum values

•Mentoring the team in self-organisation and cross functionality

•Forecasting deliverables in a Sprint based on empiricism.

•Removing impediments from the Scrum team

•Helping the Development Team arrive at accurate measurable estimates, using a variety of techniques and approaches.

•Providing Sprint burndown metrics

•Helping the Product Owner build/organise/refine the Product Backlog

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Scrum Master, Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

Transport for London

•In charge of working with 3 teams to improve the software for housing and the applicants.

•Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.

•Use metrics, agile principles, and the software development lifecycle to define ways of working within the team.

•Experience of working with JIRA, Kanban, Azure DevOps.

•Liaising with stakeholders and creating successful relationships

•Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.

•Report on progress, identify issues to be resolved and think creatively to overcome challenges.

•Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.

•Managed implementation of the 3 vital pillars and promoted each one (inspection, adaptation & transparency)

Guiding the team and organisation on how to best use Scrum and Agile practices and methodologies.

•Facilitating all Scrum ceremonies

•Performing conflict resolution, focusing on Scrum values

•Mentoring the team in self-organisation and cross functionality

•Forecasting deliverables in a Sprint based on empiricism.

•Removing impediments from the Scrum team

•Helping the Development Team arrive at accurate measurable estimates, using a variety of techniques and approaches.

•Providing Sprint burndown metrics

•Helping the Product Owner build/organise/refine the Product Backlog

Scrum Master Thomas Cook Jan 2013 – Feb 2016

•Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout the life of each sprint.

•Playing a key role in team culture and spirit by influencing the teams to remain motivated and deliver work in an optimal and efficient way within the complex nature of the project, including Techniques, Processes and Tools.

•Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments and hurdles to productivity.

•Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.

•Working with the Product owner to understand and break down the business strategy, process and objectives to accurately prioritize the backlog against business value, and ensure work is aligned with these objectives

•Using Agile tools to provide transparency and communicate on the team's activity/progress using shared reports, tracking, and reporting of backlog progress including clear identification of associated risks, dependencies, or any issues

•Helps the team manage interpersonal conflicts, challenges, and opportunities for growth encouraging an open not biased mind with a focus on the solution than the person/problem. Upon the team’s decision, out-of-team-control situations may be escalated to management where necessary, but only after internal team processes have failed to resolve the issue.

EDUCATION

MSC Aviation Management in Digital Age,

London Metropolitan University

BSc. Public Administration/Sociology,

London Metropolitan University

FRAMEWORK EXPERTISE

•Agile and Waterfall

•Nexus and SAFe

•Kanban and Scrum

•LEAN and XP

CERTIFICATES

•Scrum Master Accredited Certification (SMAC)

•Professional Nexus Practitioner, Scrum Org

•The Project, Programme & Portfolio Management (P30)

•Risk Management

•Microsoft Certified Technician (A+) OCR in Career Planning

•Document Control Management

As a Scrum Master, I am committed to creating a culture of collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement. I strongly believe that an agile mindset can empower teams to deliver high-quality products that meet customer needs and business objectives.

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