Scrum Master Product Owner

Halima Yombe

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PROFILE SUMMARY

I am experienced Scrum Master with over 7 years’ experience in driving the implementation and adoption of Agile methodology in various organizations

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Experience leading a variety of projects involving cross-functional teams, across multiple disciplines and lines of business

Extensive experience in coaching and applying Agile mindset in iterative Agile projects

Experience managing projects with technical development, regulatory, privacy and third-party vendors

Conduct and facilitate classroom based Agile Training sessions

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Customer service-oriented individual with exceptional attention to detail.

Dependable, reliable, and hard working.

Ability to work with diverse population.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HEARTLAND ALLIANCE, CHICAGO, IL

Scrum Master Sept. 2018 - Till date

Duties/Responsibilities

Organize and facilitate backlog refinement meetings to assist Product Owner in refining epics, creating short, simple, and clear user story, refining, and maintaining the Product Backlog

Successful Enterprise Agile transformation, adoption, and operationalization for; large CRM implementation program (Salesforce CRM & Salesforce Marketing Cloud which covers: CMP, CMP Database, Customer Central-IBM MDM), Pega workflow development, ETL- Data Consolidation initiative, deployment of Cisco infrastructures project and Marketing Campaigns initiatives.

Work with product owner and Scrum team to define product requirements and set goals

Work closely with Product Owner to continuously refine product backlog to meet business expectation and project vision

Work with product owner, development team and quality assurance team to ensure user stories and acceptance criteria are clearly defined, understood, and implemented successfully

Monitor and Reporting team progress and performance and Sprints status via burn-down/burn-up charts using JIRA.

Manage and negotiate scope, timeline, goals, and deliverables that support business goals

Organize and Facilitate sprint planning, sprint demo, sprint review and sprint retrospective and other Scrum ceremonies.

Organize and facilitate daily Scrum meetings to allow the Scrum Team synchronized their work and discussed issues and impediment

Coach core scrum principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility.

Keep the Scrum Team focused and shielding them from outside influences and distractions.

Identify problems, impediments, dependencies, and other team dysfunctions and facilitate quick resolution.

Nurture high performance and self-organizing teams through servant - leader relationship

First Savings Bank of Hegewisch Calumet City Il

Scrum Master Sept. 2016 - August 2018

Duties/Responsibilities

Ensured adherence to Agile Management Framework and as well documented Agile techniques (User Stories, Burndown techniques, Acceptance Test Driven Development, Continuous testing, etc.) in the mobile and credit scoring projects

Worked in Agile environment and participated in Agile ceremonies - daily stand-up meetings, reviews, Lead the daily stand-up with entire technology team

Coached team members on the agile scum values/principles, how work gets done.

Organized and lead Sprint Reviews / Product Demos and worked successfully on the fundamental relationship with their Product Owner

Identified and facilitated the resolution of any delivery related issues

Supported team members to create and run outstanding applications using the appropriate agile and project management methodology, learning and iterating frequently, and capturing Sprint metrics.

Removed impediments/blockers to the Scrum team for continuous smooth development

Worked with the Product Owner to define the roadmap for products, and work with the Scrum team and other areas of the business to translate this into actionable user stories and sprint-by-sprint plans.

Coordinated with Program members to communicate development standards, CI/CD processes, and quality metrics to the team

Lead the collaborative, dynamic planning process for each sprint, helping Scrum team members to prioritize and self-organize around the work that needs to be completed against their capabilities and capacities

Facilitated the regular team agile meetings such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Ups, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospectives.

Resolved dependencies between internal/external teams, system teams or with other Agile teams

CR Works Hammond Indiana

Project Manager March 2014 - Sept 2016

Duties/Responsibilities

Prepared and maintained the project management deliverables process (project management plan, project work plans and budget, change requests etc.) seeking approval when required

Managed the Quality Assurance-Test and acceptance of all the projects/Programs

Responsible for conducting, facilitating and interpreting impact and risk assessments on projects

EDUCATION

Degree School Date Earned

CSM-Certified Scrum Master with International Scrum Institute

Master’s degree in Accountancy: University of Phoenix 2014

Bachelor's degree in Accountancy: University of Phoenix 2012

Achieved Associate’s in Accountancy: University of Phoenix 2010

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

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