Scrum Master Project Manager
Resume:
KELLY NDIFON
Loganville, GA
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Professional summary
I’m a Certified Professional Scrum Master/Project Manager with over 6 years of experience and in-depth knowledge in Agile software development lifecycle (SDLC).As a servant leader, I have trained, coached, and mentoredmultiple cross-functional teams, Managers and Stakeholders to adopt and integrate Agile/Scrum Principles and Practices in their business execution and delivery processes.I have successfully coached and mentored multiple teams to implement Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban and SAFe.I have great experience at managingprojects from start to finish with excellent customer satisfaction. I am highly motivated, self-driven, goal oriented with excellent communication skills. I’m able to drive multiple cross-functional teams in a fast-paced business environment and have them deliver Business value. Some of the tools that I have worked with are Jira, Confluence, Microsoft project, Outlook, Teams SKILLS
Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Waterfall, SDLC, Jira, Confluence, Outlook, Rally, MS Project, IT Quality Assurance, IT Operations, AWS, Data Coud Environment, TDD, ATDD, Unit Testing, Automated Testing, Pair Programming, CI, CD, Risk management, Capacity Planning.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Scrum Master
Company: Morgan Stanley - Alpharetta, GA
Date: 04/2023 - 01/2024
● In charge two cross functional distributed teams.
● Worked closely with Product Owner to develop a product strategy and translate it into execution plans,making sure that the backlog contains relevant and prioritized user stories.
● EnsuredthattheUserStoriesarereadytobeworkedon;meettheDefinition of Ready(DoR) and breakdown Epics into manageabletasks within a sprint.
● Lead all the scrum ceremonies;backlog grooming,sprint planning,daily scrum sprint review,sprint retrospective,making sure that the teams follow them appropriately in accordance with the scrum Principles.
● Coachedteamstoalevelofmaturitywheretheybecameself-organizingand self-managing and shielded them from external interferences so that they could achieve their Sprint goals.
● Ensure collaboration amongst the team members and keep the project on track by making sure thatanyconflictamongtheteammembersisresolved on time.
● ParticipatedinPIplanningsessionsandcollaboratedwithmyteamduringthe Team breakout session to finalize the Team’s PI objectives,review the program backlog,identify,and track dependencies,risk and determine the business direction.
● Representedmyteamsinthescrumofscrummeetingswherewediscussthe progress of various teams.
● Ensured teams met quality standards techniques such as TDD,ATDD, Automated Testing,Continuous Integration (CI),and Continuous Delivery
(CD).
● Use Jira to monitor,track and coordinate the product development process throughthesprintsanddocumentsprintsreportsforappropriatelearningand improvements.
Project Manager/Scrum Master
Company: Caliber Home Loans - Coppell, TX
Date: 11/2019 - 02/2023
● Develop the overall project plan and create high-level plans to guide detailed planning at the component level. This includes management of roadmaps and epics in Jira and working close with Scrum masters on execution of initiatives under the program.
● Develop,maintain,enhance,andsupportacomprehensiveprojectplanthrough the project lifecycle.
● Help define the roadmap and project scope to the teams and make needed decisions to ensure the successful resolution of all issues and made sure that changeswithintheprojectdonotalterordefersignificantlyfromtheagreedupon milestones and major deliverables.
● Identify specific project evolutionary needs and changes and direct the development of appropriate approach and plans to focus on optimizing the success and goal achievement of the project.
● WorkcloselywithProductOwner,makingsurethatthebacklogcontainsrelevant and prioritized user stories.
● Facilitate all the scrum ceremonies and Coach the teams to a level of maturity where they become self-organized and self-managing.
● Ensure the teams fully implemented Agile practices and values in their project execution and delivery process.
● Collaborated with the entire teams to make sure that every release meets the business goals.
● Shielded scrum team from external interference,proactively resolve impediments and dependencies for optimal productivity and success of Agile teams.
● Encourage and promote continuous collaboration among team members by resolving conflicts which may occur among team members in a timely manner.
● RepresentmyteamsduringtheScrumofScrummeetingswherewediscussthe progress of various teams with the Release Train Engineer Project Manager
Company: IBK construction - Snellville, GA
Date: 02/2018 - 09/2019
● Coordinated the planning, executing, monitoring,controlling of the project.
● Lead the project execution teams in establishing project direction, identifying interdependencies, communicating program requirements, tracking progress, making decisions, and resolving conflicts and issues.
● Confer with teams to explain project and individual responsibilities for the functions and phases of projects.
● Direct and coordinate activities concerned with implementation of the project making sure they meet the business objectives.
● Establish and monitor the performance metrics and the goals for project, including process measures, outcomes measures and financial measures.
● Document and present project results through operational reports, and presentations.
● Monitor all project executions, progress, and plan to produce major deliverables, intervening when necessary to review the current state and direct adjustments to the plan and execution.
● Evaluate programs to ensure they meet business goals. EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS:
Bsc, University of Buea -Cameroon West Africa
PSM1
CSM
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