Scrum Master Web Development
Resume:
Tayo Balogun
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Summary
Accomplished servant-leader capable of delivering large-scale software and Web development projects on time by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading, and coaching multiple Scrum teams. Driving the adoption of Agile, removing impediments and fostering self-management. Capable of bringing enthusiasm and awareness to projects, applying judgment to the removal of impediments, keeping teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.
Areas of Expertise
Agile
Agile Training and Workshops
Scrum
Team Empowerment
Kanban
Coaching and Mentoring
SAFe
Conflict Resolution
Career Progression
Morgan Stanley
Scrum Master
05/2021-Present
Responsibilities:
Coordinate all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, and Release Planning.
Working closely with other Scrum Masters on our program team. Partnering to ensure that our ways of working are consistent across the fleet.
Supporting the team and organization as a servant leader and continuously coaching the team on Agile methodology and ensuring all scrum processes are being followed, technical documentation is comprehensive, code reviews are done, as well as E2E testing at the conclusion of each sprint.
Assist in defining and deploying new product development processes and in facilitating the continuous improvement of existing processes.
Liaising between developers and project stakeholders; fostering quality communication between engineering disciplines.
Organizing and managing a well-balanced Sprint cadence for all team members spread across multiple geographical locations and time zones.
Supporting the team and organization as a servant leader and continuously coaching the team on Agile methodology and ensuring all scrum processes are being followed, technical documentation is comprehensive, code reviews are done, including Regression testing.
Ensure team execution and delivery to committed sprint work.
Assisted in resolving both team and organization impediments, Dependencies and Blockers that may hinder Agile team from completing sprint commitments.
Ensuring quality, accuracy, and completeness of each sprint’s result through vigorous verification procedures.
Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects/bugs as evidenced by the on-time delivery.
Used Agile measurable metrics like Sprint burn-down chat, Srint Variability chart, velocity chart, deployment frequency etc to look out for indicators of potential problems, and drive team members to implement solutions to those problems.
Constantly collaborating with other Scrum Masters and Release Train Engineer to find solutions for Cross-Team Dependencies, risks, blockers, and track team progress utilizing Scrum of Scrum meetings (SOS).
BMW
Scrum Master
06/2019-05/2021
Responsibilities:
Led and coached Multiple Scrum teams responsible for developing software products.
Scheduled and facilitated scrum ceremonies; Sprint Planning, Daily stand Up, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospectives and Backlog Refinement.
Day to Day Responsibilities
Facilitating the stand-up meeting, removing impediments, ensuring we have a product backlog, and the product backlog is ready for sprint planning. Working with my Product Owners to ensure the User stories are properly defined with acceptance criteria and adhere to INVEST model then familiarize myself with the product being developed.
Service to the Team
•Coaching the team in self-organization and cross-functionality.
•Removing impediments to the team’s progress to its sprint commitments.
•Facilitating scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.
•Enacting change & continuous improvement to increase the productivity of the team and quality of deliverables.
•Practiced the core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, accountability, and continuous improvement.
•Coaching the team in organizational environments in which scrum is not yet fully adopted and understood.
•Ensure team execution and delivery to committed sprint work.
•Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects/bugs as evidenced by the on-time delivery.
•Monitored the progress and shared metrics with stakeholders via dashboards.
•Tracked and Communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress.
•Built a safe environment where problems can be raised without the fear of being reprimanded.
•Assisted with internal and external communication, promoted transparency among the teams and facilitated team building activities.
Service to the Product Owner
• Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management.
•Creates forum for communicating vision, goals, and Product Backlog items Prioritization with the team.
•Teaching the team to create clear and concise Backlog items.
• Understanding long-term product planning.
Q Squared Solutions, LLC
Scrum Master
11/2016 – 06/2019
Responsibilities:
Worked with product owners and delivery teams to groom stories in advance of each sprint.
Organized and facilitated sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings.
Enacted change and continuous improvement increasing the productivity of Scrum teams by 20% and the quality of deliverables by 25%.
Empowered my teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality.
Protected team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects/bugs as evidenced by the on-time delivery of 33 major initiatives.
Met my set goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours.
Collaborated with the product owner and stakeholders on ways to optimize value.
Maintained and published Agile metrics, regularly reporting to business leadership.
Represented my team’s activity and progress amongst technology services delivery forums.
Active in a community of Scrum Masters, providing training and coaching for other teammates.
Facilitated team representation in Sprint Reviews.
Maintained business relationships with other component teams necessary for product release.
WIPRO LTD
Quality Assurance Analyst
10/2015 – 11/2016
Responsibilities
•Proficiency in Test scenario, creating and updating test cases, test data, executing test cases, logging, and tracking defects in quality center.
•Expertise in various forms of software testing, smoke testing, regression testing, functional testing and nonfunctional testing etc.
•Ensure testing thoroughly and accurately documented following industry standards and utilizing prescribed testing application (ALM).
•Collaborating with the other members of the team to ensure testing is efficiently and effectively covering all possible testing scenarios.
•Performed manual testing to ensure that no defect was introduced into production.
NIPCO Plc, Lagos
Assistant Project Coordinator
04/2012- 06/2014
Responsibilities
Created status report, finance reporting, risk and issue associated with the project.
Assigned tasks to team members using MS project.
Maintained the project and was instrumental in keeping it on schedule and within budget.
Education and Certifications:
B.Tech in Animal Nutrition & Biotechnology Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
SAFe Scrum Master 5.0 (SSM) Scaled Agile
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Scrum Alliance
Professional Scrum Master (PSM1) Scrum.Org
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