Manager Scrum
Resume:
Jim W Booth
MBA, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, CSTE
SCM, SASM, SAFe 5.0
Sandy, Utah 84094
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www.linkedin.com/in/jimwbooth
SAFe 4.6 and 5.0 Certified Advanced Scrum Master, Certified Agile Practitioner (PMI-ACP) with current experience in agile, scrum, Kanban, and other lean methodologies. Experience with leading teams in successfully transitioning to agile from traditional methodologies. Technical project management professional (PMP) experienced in software development, project management, quality assurance and, information technology. Skilled in all aspects of software development, agile project management, software quality assurance, software life cycle processes, systems analysis and design, and software testing. Valuable experience in managing local and remote employees, including offshore employees. Solid expertise with test automation and developing automation frameworks. Scrum enthusiast with proven track record of delivering quality products and services, developing, maintaining and building motivated teams and delighting stakeholders.
Skills
Project Management Professional (PMP #450621)
PMI-ACP Agile Certified Practitioner (#1991960)
Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance (Sept 2013)
Certified Advanced Scrum Master (Aug. 2019)
Certified Scrum Master, Agile Evolution (March 2008)
SAFe 5.0 Scrum Master Certified (2019)
SAFe 5.0 Advanced Scrum Master Certified (2019)
Certified Agile Coach (ICP-ACC) (2019)
Jira, VersionOne, Focal Point, Eclipse, TFS
Certified Software Test Engineer, former CSQE (ASQ)
Windows 10, Office 365, MS Project 2016, SharePoint Professional Experience
Jan 2019 - Present MasterControl Labs Salt Lake City, UT Sr. Scrum Master
Scrum Master using SAFe framework for System Team, Enabler Tools Team, and Performance Testing Team. Led team of scrum masters in developing a Scrum Master’s Rubric establishing standards for hiring of new Scrum Masters and promotion requirements for existing Scrum Masters. Developed presentation on shifting story point sizing using a relative point of 1 to 5 improving story point reliability and consistency across 17 scrum teams. Coached the System Team in examining the correlation between story point size, number of team members working on a story and cycle time as a tool to measure and improve the productivity of the team; resulted in an increased team velocity from 30 to 48 points. October 2018 – Jan 2019 Apex Systems Salt Lake City, UT Contractor - Agile Project Manager, Scrum Master
Scrum Master at Navitar, Salt Lake City, UT. Coaching and acting as Scrum Master for 4 development teams as the organization transitions from a traditional water fall development model to a more agile, scrum methodology. Coaching the development organization’s management needing to brake from a top-down, command and control structure to empowered teams enabling them to become high performing self-directed teams. April 2017 – October 2018 On Semiconductor Lindon, UT Agile Project Manager, Scrum Master, Program Manager
Implemented Scrum processes into Integrated Circuit (IC) Design organization. Trained Design Center engineers in agile processes using scrum and Kanban, including: user stories, sizing/story points, daily stand-ups, demos, retrospectives, sprint planning, backlog grooming, burn-up and burn-down charts. Scrum master for multiple, concurrent projects/programs within the Automotive Systems Group and the Industrial Power Division.
Project manager for multiple IC development projects, including concept, planning, design, fabrication, testing, qualification, and launch phases.
Built open and productive relationships with internal and external business partners, division leadership, and stakeholders.
Lead the initiative to design and deploy a Project Management Portal for the division bring increased functionality, consistency and easy deployment of project team SharePoint sites.
Received Key Contributor award, one of 3 within the division, for releasing a top-10 priority project in just over one year, resulting in $10 million revenue.
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June 2015 – April 2017 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Information and Communications Services
Riverton, UT
Project Manager III
Scrum Master, coached and managed 3 software development teams developing Java, web applications for Church Security and Internal Auditing Departments.
Built open and productive relationships with business partners. Developed business cases and managed annual development budget to support information and communications systems needs for business partners.
Managed, maintained, and reported monthly ICS labor and expense forecast for Church Security, Tabernacle Choir, Internal Auditing, and Deseret Trust.
Drove the initiative and worked with product owners and application technical leads to clearly state business case and justification to maintain technical currency in our business partners’ applications. Managed the initiative to update 3 major mission critical systems for Church Security and Internal Auditing departments to the Church's Java stack and replaced Backbone front end with Angular 2 resulting in performance improvements needed in bandwidth restricted areas of the world. Mar. 2000– March 2015 Ellucian Fairfax, VA
Scrum Master/Senior Project Manager Jan. 2013 – March 2015
Scrum Master. Managed a software development team developing web based applications in an ERP system for universities.
Co-leader, Scrum of Scrums. Conducted weekly organizational interdependencies and coordination meetings for 30+ project teams. Ensured cross-team dependencies and issues between development teams were effectively managed.
Member of Software Development Leadership Team. Provided a leadership role in adopting agile development methodologies across the company, specifically in scrum and Kanban.
Developed techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining measurable process improvements including, resource utilization, cycle time, and defect injection and resolution rates. Helped multiple teams develop a reliable development velocity.
Liaison with stakeholders, defined features and requirements, managed and maintained project and sprint backlogs. Manager Technology Operations Feb. 2011 – Dec. 2012
Managed the company’s Technology Operations Test Center, which included 5 U.S. based and 10 offshore test engineers. Provided specialized software testing services, skills, and tools to the company’s software development teams.
Scrum Master, for performance testing of all software development projects. Implemented a lean methodology and developed standardized templates for performance test planning and requirements definition focused on eliminating waste building in quality and creating knowledge within the performance team.
Managed test automation framework development, systems integration testing, and testing services projects.
Project manager for company-wide systems integration tests and performance testing engagements for all development teams. Developed a Platform as a Service (PAAS) for all development teams to perform project independent integration systems testing.
Provided and administered a set of common tools including private cloud IAAS and PAAS environments, test plan templates and standards, the test management system, performance test generation and analysis tools, and industry standard test automation tools and Selenium test automation framework. Manager Testing Center of Excellence Aug. 2010 – Feb. 2011
Lead the organization’s implementation and execution of quality systems, best practices and skills building for 20 U.S. based and 54 off-shore test analysts and engineers.
Implemented software testing policies and procedures for entire company’s lean/agile software development processes.
Budgeting responsibilities for cost center.
Additional Information
1990 – 2006 University of Phoenix Salt Lake City, UT University Instructor
Member of the faculty at the University of Phoenix from 1990 to 2006 teaching the following courses:
CIS 419 Systems Analysis and Design
CIS 564 Computers and Information Systems – MBA
BSA 400 Business Systems Design
MGT 540 Managing Information – MBA
CMGT 575 Project Management
CSS 415 Introduction to Software Engineering
CSS 553 Software Engineering
TQS 601 Systems Supporting Quality
TQS 603 Leadership for Quality Service
TQM 640 Total Quality Management – An Overview
TQM 642 Managing the Transition to Total Quality Management
TQM 644 Applied Total Quality Management
TQM 650 Quality Management Concepts
TQM 655 Practical Applications of Quality
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Education
Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix.
B.S. Business Administration, University of Phoenix. Professional Affiliations and Certifications
PMP - Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute. January 2007
PMI-ACP, Project Management Institute, Agile Certified Practitioner.
December 2016.
CSM – Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance, September 2013
CSM – Certified Scrum Master, Agile Evolution. March 2008
CSTE - Certified Software Test Engineer, Quality Assurance Institute, Orlando, FL. Certification # 213, 1997.
CSQE - Certified by the American Society for Quality as a Software Quality Engineer. Certification # 1145 – Re-certified December 2002 expired 2009.
PMI-PBA – Professional Business Analyst, PMI (in progress).
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