Scrum Project

Nebs Alehnwi Atohsoh.

Charlotte Nc *****.

***********@*****.***. Tel: 682-***-****.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Hands-on Certified Scrum Master with experience facilitating the scrum framework in software development projects where I motivate, organize, lead and coach scrum teams across multiple locations. Have worked in the Agile environment for almost 7 years. Accomplished servant-leader capable of delivering large scale software and web development projects on time. Skilled in providing servant leadership-style in fast-paced, deadline driven environments with outstanding oral and written presentation and communication skills. Particularly interested in delivering the highest quality software products on time using Agile software development techniques like scrum. Excel at coaching teams about scrum values and principles.

CORE SKILLS

Coach Agile practices

System Upgrade, Configuration and Process enhancement(CRM Systems).

Encourage team collaboration

Attend meetups to share and learn from other scrum masters.

Facilitate meetings (daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective)

Implement Change Request Tools.

Experience in: ATDD,TDD,Code Refactoring,Pairing,continuous integration/Testing.

Tight grip on Agile Estimating and planning

Waterfall Methodology

Removing impediments

Creating communication channel (team, Product owner, stakeholder)

Servant leader

Agile, CRM, SalesForce implementation.

Tools: Jira, Team Foundation Server (TFS), Microsoft word, PowerPoint, and excel, Microsoft Outlook, MS Project.

Lowe’s Company Inc, Morrisville- 03/2020- Date.

Scrum Master

-Strongly serving and supporting the Product Owner and Development Team.

-Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style and leading by example. This person should personify Scrum and Agile.

- Guiding and Coaching the Scrum Team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values Guiding and Coaching both the Scrum Team and the Development team on how to self-organize

- Guiding and Coaching both the Scrum Team and the Development team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks

- Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization

- Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.

- Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.

- Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.

- Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

- Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information

- Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to refining (aka grooming) and managing the product backlog, release planning and sprint planning

- Coordinating project management activities, resources, equipment and information

- Liaising with operations to identify and define requirements, scope and objectives

- Monitoring project progress and handle any issues that arise

- Acting as the point of contact and communicating project status to all participants

- Using tools to report on project and program status and metrics - Prepare teams for Big Room Planning (BRP/PI), with regards to work load and commitments in the upcoming quarter.

- Assist the RTE in BRP for preparations in calling out potential Ricks and impediments working with external teams with dependencies.

- Prepare metrics report such as Sprint reports, Operational metrics report and screens and components report.

- Lead and facilitate Scrum of Scrum sessions with other Scrum Master to discuss dependencies and possible impediments.

- Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports

INFOSYS, Charlotte - 09/2019- 02-2020

Scrum Master

Facilitated Scrum ceremonies; Iteration planning, Daily scrum, Iteration review, Iteration retrospective

Directed and enhanced organizational initiatives by positively influencing and supporting change management and/or departmental/enterprise initiatives within assigned area(s) of responsibility.

Lead multiple high performing Scrum teams facilitating progress toward delivery goals using agile practices and coordinate information with other non-scrum teams involved in the project.

Worked with development team to improve their intra-team communication and iteration work for improved visibility of current work, open issues, and priorities

Worked with Product Owner to groom backlog and plan releases

Removed roadblocks for successful iterations, which led to the transition of releases on time

Presented lunch and learn introductions to agile and scrum

Participated in the Scrum Master Community and encouraged cross-team sharing of agile and scrum practices.

Facilitated scrum-of-scrum meetings with offshore teams to provide visibility of team's work and coordinated cross-team dependencies.

Worked with Product Owners to prioritized and groomed Product Backlog

Worked with the project team and Product Owners to develop and update Product Roadmap

Conducted working sessions and planning meetings for User Stories Elaboration and Decomposition

Facilitated Sprint Demo and Retrospective Meeting

Tracked daily progress using Burn down Chart metrics

Explain to my team for better understanding and clarification

Collected data from PI planning to come out with a better-quality backlog grooming because of a better understanding of the project and product backlog items

Managed internal and external communication, improved transparency, and communicated information throughout the organization

GENPACT, Richardson, TX - 10/2017 - 08/2019.

Scrum Master (Big Data).

Guided teams and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers

Maintained knowledge on current and emerging developments/trends for assigned area(s) of responsibility, assess the impact, and collaborate with senior management to incorporate new trends and developments in current and future solutions.

Guided the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks

Was responsible for end-to-end management and delivery of a material change for a project of high complexity across multiple departments within a single business unit and end-to-end integration of various work streams in order to deliver the intended project solution.

Managed Project Scope

Worked on enterprise level efforts involving data sourcing, aggregation, analysis and reported with outputs to Leadership.

Assessed the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coached the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that was sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization

Directed and enhanced organizational initiatives by positively influencing and supporting change management and/or departmental/enterprise initiatives within assigned area(s) of responsibility.

Provided subject matter expertise to team members and applicable internal/external stakeholders on complex assignments/projects

Provided direction on complex assignments, projects, and/or initiatives to build and enhance the capability.

Mentored, Coordinated and coached Scrum Teams to Instill Agile Values and Principles.

Tracked and communicated teams progress as well as Sprint release progress. Also facilitated team’s Self organization and growth

Lead multiple high performing Scrum teams facilitating progress toward delivery goals using agile practices and coordinate information with other non-scrum teams involved in the project.

Supported and educated the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.

Provided all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and lead by example.

Lief IT consultants LLC, Silver Spring, MD 06\2014 - 08\2017Scrum Master .

Schedule and facilitate scrum ceremonies; daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint reviews/ demo and retrospective. Followed with good interpersonal relationship and communication skills, both with technical and non-technical audience

Experienced with Atlassian project management tool; Jira. By understanding and tracking the values and commitments of the development team based on their capacity and velocity

Helped balance prioritization of technical features and software delivery by creating a positive and easy communication channel (team, product owner, stakeholders)

Strongly knowledgeable with Agile methodologies and Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.

Properly manage the backlog and aid team in determining suitable commitments for product backlog items and sprints

Understanding the incremental delivery, backlog tracking and the value metrics (burn down chart metrics, average velocity and the tasked definition)

Facilitated discussion and facilitate consist Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation throughout the process in ways that will promote value to the organization

Ensured extrinsic transparency is baked into the culture of the team to facilitate real-time knowledge sharing with the business

Build a trusting environment where the team is comfortable raising issues without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on problem solving

Facilitated evolution of trust and foster collaboration amongst the larger team inclusive of goals, plans, and obstacles thereby growing trust amongst the team, with the business and all other stakeholder.

Lief IT/COMCAST, Austin Tx 02/2013-05/2014

Business Analyst/ Scrum Master.

Provided internal and external communications to improve transparency and accountability.

Participated proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices.

Ensured that the Product Owner prioritizes features for the team so that the team delivers user stories at a consistent pace.

Conducted retrospectives and always pushed the team to follow the best practices.

Primary focus is on driving the tactical day-to-day product delivery process, including removing impediments that kill productivity or block the team’s progress.

Facilitate Scrum events: Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Daily Standups, etc.

Continually refine and evolve Agile processes with a goal of predictable software delivery.

Protect the team from distractions and coordinate with Project Managers to remove impediments.

Collaborated closely with Product Owners to prioritize a shared backlog to ensure agreed upon backlog items are prioritized, developed and released.

Coordinate with other Project & Program managers, engineering, and product leads to identify and manage cross-team dependencies.

Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams by task assignment and follow-up to ensure on-time completion.

Communicate on behalf of the project and/or engineering leads when required.

Develop and monitor metrics to determine the success criteria for delivery.

Certification and Education

-Degree (Marketing Management)2012

-DIPLOMA(CMR) 2009 INSTITUTE OF COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT(ICM)ENGLAND

●PSM● SAFe 4.6● Certified Product Owner •PSU

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