IDRIS OUATT

Austin, TX

646-***-****

adeamx@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A Certified Scrum Master with experience in SAFe and a result oriented professional with over 12 years of total experience including 4+ years in Finances and 4+ years facilitating Agile practices, in the delivery of enterprise applications through multiple release cycles. Strong ability to lead teams, coach/mentor, develop user stories and establish lightweight software configuration management and release processes to enable organizations to build high-value products quickly and effectively.

CERTIFICATIONS

Professional Scrum Master (PSM) 1

Scrum Master Accredited Certification (SMAC)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies:

Agile, Scrum, XP, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Software Development Lifecycle, Test Driven Development (TDD), Behavioral Driven Development (BDD)

Softwares:

SAP ERP, Oracle SQL, ServiceNow, Lotus Note 7, SAGE ERP 500, APEX

Workflow Tools:

Microsoft Office (Visio, Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access), TFS, Trello, JIRA, Rally, Slack, SharePoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Amazon, Austin, TX

Scrum Master November 2019 – Present

Use my time management and leadership skills to give necessary attention to the two teams I am serving for the scrum events and other important meetings

Lead team in preparation for and participation in the Program Increment planning meeting

Proactively identify and escalate when necessary impediments for prompt resolution

Populate confluence page for each team with information which are applicable for their day to day use and reference materials on progress made

Train team on effective user stories writing and track compliance as part of the DOD

Train new members on the Agile Release Train, Agile mindset, Scrum and SAFe

Provide guidance on team interdependencies and risk resolution using the ROAMing grid where risks are Resolved, Owned, Accepted or Mitigated during Program Implement Planning

Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX

Scrum Master August 2018 – October 2019

Participated in feature-driven and time-driven release planning meetings and provide updates on status report and readiness for my teams towards the release schedules

Attended Scrum of Scrums meeting where I provided update on my teams’ progress and sought support from other teams on features that had interdependencies

Facilitated Scrum ceremonies - Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Review Demo, Retrospective, Backlog grooming session and dependencies meetings

Gave new team members highlight of Program Increment Planning and provided necessary support for them during the PI planning to ensure efficiency

Used the Agile Release Train Kanban board to track the progress of work on the features that each Agile released team was working on

Organized team bonding events such as team lunch & learning sessions, happy hour to create a conducive environment for team members to express their feelings towards one another

Supported the Product Owner in collaboration with the team to prepare for system demonstration at the Agile Release Train level

Used one-on-one sessions and team workshop to resolve conflicts among team members especially during the storming phase in their Agile transition journey

Participated in the Agility Health Assessment for the teams where we identified the present level of the teams in their Agile journey and created improvement plans to get to the desired level

Partners Pharmacy, Cranford, NJ

Scrum Master October 2015 – July 2018

Acted as a Scrum Master for two Agile teams within the Release Train.

Established team level cadence and drive team level ceremonies in alignment with Program level cadences established

Coordinated with the Product Owner in identifying and prioritizing user stories to identify those that would make up the Product Backlog; created and documented acceptance criteria and estimation.

Protected the development team from external interruptions which could affect their productivity and efficiency

Used Rally as ALM tool for management of scrum events and backlogs

Facilitated Backlog grooming sessions where user stories are groomed for clarifications and proper understanding

Escalated impediments identified during Daily Stand-up to the management for immediately intervention

Provided training to the team on tools to identify root causes and develop

Assisted the Development Team with Estimation Techniques

Encouraged the team to develop potentially shippable products, in a series of small, frequently updated versions

Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

Business System Analyst February 2011–September 2015

Researched software systems in order to understand existing functionalities and impact of potential changes

Documented scope of software update requests through research

Captured business requirements and business process management

Translated business requirements to specific and complete functional requirements to be relied upon by designated project team

Collaborated with development team and validate that all necessary requirements have been fulfilled

Ensured adherence to the rules of Scrum, facilitate key meetings, and challenge the teams to innovate

Helped the team with the planning of the Sprints, prioritization of the Sprint Backlog, coordinated the development process, identified and eliminated obstacles that prevent the team from achieving their goals, and ensured crystal clear communication among everyone involved in the project.

Supported the team through servant leadership in bringing them to a self-organized state

Proactively and effectively communicated in various verbal and written formats with internal and external stakeholders on project scope, budget, and schedule status of implementations

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration – Finance and IT Management, May 2015

Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

Master of Science – Business Management, October 2006

University of Cocody, Cote d’Ivoire

Bachelor of Science – Business Management, October 2005

University of Cocody, Cote d’Ivoire

LANGUAGES

English & French

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