Scrum Master Project Manager

ANNA NGWAFU

******@*****.*** 973-***-**** Sicklerville, NJ 08081

Summary

Professional Scrum Master with over 3 years of experience in project delivery/product development using Agile practices and Scaled Agile Framework to deliver value to the customers and the business. Customer-oriented and works well on small and large project-based assignments while cultivating good relationships with leadership, teams, clients, and vendors. Proactive, motivated, flexible attitude and ability to perform effectively under pressure and meets tight deadlines.

Skills

• Agile Delivery Practices

• Agile framework

• Technology Platform Migration

• Technology Integration Management

• Global Resource Management

• MS(Microsoft Project, Office, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Suite)

• Jira, Confluence, Kanban, Miro, and Monday.com

• Agile best practices

• Scrum processes

• Supervision & leadership

• Backlog management

• Team-building activities

Experience

Lutheran social ministries New Jersey

Scrum Master Contract

03/2019 - Current

• Facilitate various sprint ceremonies as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand up, Sprint review/demo and Sprint retrospective

• Remove impediments/blockers for smooth sprint execution by collaborating with external teams/stakeholders

• Coach scrum team to adopt agile practices and further lead team towards maturity in agile

• Work closely with PO and facilitate backlog refinement and ensure event is time-boxed

• Follow up with action retrospective items by bringing improvement items to product backlog

• Trained and mentored team members on best and most effective ways to use Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.

• Facilitate multiple internal and outside scrum teams, ensuring effective collaboration and communication.

• Lead Agile team in development of data warehouse, business intelligence, data lake and cloud technologies within Agile environment.

• Worked to gather customer requirements, clarify specifications and translate into product backlog.

Ancora Psychiatric Hospital New Jersey

Project Manager Contract

02/2017 - 02/2019

• Focused on project monitoring and management by developing forecasts and tracking expenses.

• Forecasted, scheduled and monitored project timelines, personnel performance and cost efficiency.

• Created project plans with established timelines, assigned to appropriate teams and managed workflow throughout construction.

• Made changes to project scope and cost and implemented most effective change management processes to keep project up-to-date.

• Developed solutions to project risks and issues, meeting quality and timeline goals and objectives.

• Built and established strong partnerships with teams, vendors and contractors.

• Managed contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables.

• Prepared cost estimates for projects of varying sizes.

• Generated and tracked change orders and other contractual modifications affecting budget and schedule.

• Identified needs and coordinated resource allocation to deliver quality standards on time and within budget.

• Furnished project updates to various stakeholders, informing on strategy, adjustments and progress

Laurel Brook Rehab NJ

Unit Manager and Supervisor

05/2015 - 01/2017

• Trained employees on additional job positions to maintain coverage of roles.

• Assigned tasks to associates to fit skill levels and maximize team performance.

• Recruited and hired qualified candidates to fill open positions.

• Accomplished financial objectives by forecasting requirements, scheduling expenditures and preparing annual budgets.

• Completed thorough opening, closing and shift change functions to maintain operational standards each day.

• Created training modules and documentation to train staff.

• Exercised good judgment and decision-making in escalating concerns and resolving issues.

• Led team meetings and one-on-one coaching sessions to continuously improve performance.

• Monitored staff performance and addressed issues.

• Maintained adequate staffing to meet objectives within budget. Education and Training

Capella University Minneapolis, MN

Master of Science in Organizational Leadership

Expected in 12/2022

Capella University Minneapolis, MN

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

05/2020

Certifications

• Professional Scrum Master - Scrum.Org

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