Scrum Master Activity Coordinator

Massa Sherman

Columbia MD, 240-***-**** ***************@*****.*** Phone: 240-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Certified Scrum Master with over 5years of extensive experience delivering mission-critical IT agile management solutions. Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment. Excellent communication (verbal/writing/presentation) skills.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

●Certified Scrum Master (CSM) ● Agile/Scrum Frameworks

●Sprint Planning/Review ● Azure DevOps, WebEx

●Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) ● Tracking tools, Jira and Confluence ●

Project Management ● Good Communication/written skills

Agile Scrum Master

DEW Softech, INC Philadelphia PA 10/2018 - Present

●Planned monitored and guided projects to completion on time, within scope and budget

●Coordinate and collaborate with project owners in backlog management (Jira) and continuous delivery of features.

●Consistently demonstrates intermediate qualities of a servant leader and enables teams to deliver via effective

●Lean-Agile practices. Coordinates with internal and external teams to resolve dependencies, identify and eliminate impediments, and facilitate flow. Places focus on continually improving team dynamics and performance while assisting the team in managing interpersonal conflicts, challenges, and exploiting opportunities for team growth.

●Provides ongoing coaching of Lean-Agile Principles and ensures teams maintain a Lean-Agile Mindset.

●Lead daily team Scrum stand-ups to facilitate work being actioned, identify risks, and remove team impediments.

●Lead Sprint planning, review, and retrospective sessions to provide direction and communicate value to Scrum teams, Product Owners, and project stakeholders.

●Continuously identify opportunities for improvement for implementing Agile tools and best practices.

Support the Scrum team by eliminating outside distractors, removing blockers and impediments, and continually improving Agile processes.

●Track and report on task progress against established milestones for each Sprint. Ensure the Scrum team works in a transparent manner by implementing visual progress tracker.

Sr. Scrum Master

Linwood Center MD 02/2017 – 10/2018

●Ensured that every Product increment meets the Definition of Done to minimize percentage defect leakage into production and technical debt.

●Ensure my team is cross-functional by soliciting for additional resources and training for existing resources.

●Used agile metrics to make informed decisions which increased the productivity of my team by 20%

●Facilitated the Daily Scrum sessions where team members integrate their tasks towards the sprint goal and escalating any impediment, they might have for quick resolution.

Scrum Master

Metro Star Washington DC 10/2015 – 02/2017

●Facilitates the Team Lead weekly Alignment meeting, where we discuss new Intent, Challenges, and Re-prioritizations if needed.

●Train the Product owner to prioritize the product backlog items using the MosCow technique and ensured the backlog is well refined to meet the INVEST criteria

●Collaborate with scrum teams in drafting working agreements and created a checklist for our definition of ready and definition of done

●Supports the Product Owner in the effort to manage the backlog while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope.

Addresses and removes impediments and bottle necks that affect team delivery. ● Partners with stakeholders internally and externally to make effective decisions in solving problems, escalating high priority issues or impediments, calling out risks and monitoring progress while recognizing

and capitalizing on improvement opportunities.

●Coach team members, Product Owners, Product Development Team, other Scrum Masters and PM community

Assistance Program manager 04/2014-10/2015

●Worked with residents to planned daily activity

●Coordinate with the activity coordinator to plan and schedule activity for the residents.

●Education

University Of Maryland Global Campus Bachelor: Of Science 2016-2021

Certification

•Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

•Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)

•SAFe 5.0

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