Scrum Master Agile Coach

Location:

Washington, DC

Posted:

January 01, 2023

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Nicolas Ambomu

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Upper Marlboro, Maryland

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

An Accomplished Scrum Master with over +5 of diligent experience in the field of IT, with specialty in Information Management, software development, Healthcare, Insurance and Finance industries. A leader capable of delivering software and projects on time by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and coaching Scrum team. Capable of bringing overwhelming enthusiasm and awareness to projects, applying expert judgment to the removal of impediments, keeping teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments.

·Certified Professional Scrum Master with an in-depth knowledge and experience in software development lifecycle within multiple domains / industries such as Finance, Healthcare, and Insurance.

·Great inside knowledge and experience in Agile Methodologies / Frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe.

·Experience in mentoring and coaching multiple cross-functional Agile Teams and Stakeholders to effectively adopt and implement Agile practices, principles, and values within a fast-paced business environment

·Oversee the design, implementation, and the validation of the product during the project life cycle

·Ensure that the Goals, the Product Domain, and the Scope is understood by everyone on the Agile Teams and help the PO and the Team understand the need of a clear and concise product backlog

·Collaborate with the PO to define the Project schedule to the Teams, coordinate the planning and the delivery processes while focusing on the timely delivery of high-value products for the assigned projects

·Coordinate all the ceremonies and collaborate with the PO in managing the backlog items. Ensure that the user story meets the definition of Ready (DoR)

·Prepare and share the progress report with Upper Management and Stakeholders for effective business decisions when necessary

·Identify, track and coordinate with management any project risk, dependencies, and impediments while monitoring for any deviation from the Scope Plan.

·Coordinate Teams as they implement various Agile testing techniques such as TDD, ATDD, Unit Testing, Regression Testing, Automated Testing, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Pair Programing.

SKILLS

·Agile/Scrum/Kanban/SAFe

·Team leader/Facilitator

·Coaching and Mentoring

·Communication and Planning

·Attention to details

·Backlog Management

·Deadline Driven

·Performance Monitoring

·Risk Assessment

·Conflict Resolution

·Documentation and Report

·Jira/Confluence/Teams/Outlook

WORK EXPERIENCE

Scrum Master February 2019 - Present

Wells Fargo Bank - Virginia

·Responsible for managing and facilitating two cross-functional distributed teams

·Worked in collaboration with the PO to make sure that Requirements gathered from the Business are well defined to the Teams and ensure that the Team understands all that is expected of them

·Facilitated all the Scrum Ceremonies (Backlog grooming/ Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Standup Meeting, Sprint Demo /Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective Meeting), and made sure that the Teams deliver a valuable increment at the end of every Sprint/Iteration

·Coached and encouraged Teams to fully implement Agile Principles and Practices in their method of operations and functionality

·Worked in collaboration with the PO and the Teams to made sure that every of the releases meets the customer’s request

·Kept and update of the Scrum Metrics

·Resolved conflicts amongst Team members and ensured that team members worked in continuous collaboration

·Coached Team members to a level of maturity where they became self-organized and self-managing

·Represented the Teams in scrum of Scrum meeting where we discuss on the work progress of various teams with the Release Train Engineer (RTE), and find resolution to any inter-team dependencies, impediments, and any project risks that may be identified

·Participated in the PI Planning meetings and collaborated with the Team members and POs during the Team Breakout sessions to finalize the Teams’ PI objectives, review the Program Backlog, identify, and track dependencies, estimate team capacity, and participated in the Vote of Confidence

Scrum Master June 2018 – February 2019

Citi Bank – Irving TX (Remote)

·Served as a scrum Master for cross-functional Agile Team.

·Facilitated all the scrum ceremonies and coached the team to effectively implement agile in their work process

·Made sure that the backlog was prioritized, and the User Stories defined to the Team

·Guided the team during the estimation of the user stories and capacity

·Made sure that the user stories are ready to be worked on during the sprint

·Made sure that I shielded my team from any form of external distraction which may hinder them from attaining their sprint goals

·Constantly monitor the User Stories in the backlog to identify dependencies and risk and initiate a risk mitigation plan or risk reduction action plan

·Tracked and reported the team progress using the burn down chart, burn up chart and the velocity chart

·Resolved any conflict that may occur amongst my team members

·Coached the team until it became mature, self-organized and self-managing

·Met quality standard by ensuring that TDD was implemented during each sprint process

Scrum Master Nov. 2017 – June 2018

Ethos Insurance (Remote)

·Responsible for managing and facilitating two cross-functional distributed teams

·Worked in collaboration with the PO to make sure that Requirements gathered from the Business are well defined to the Teams and ensure that the Team understands all that is expected of them

·Coached and encouraged Teams to fully implement Agile Principles and Practices in their method of operations and functionality

·Worked in collaboration with the PO and the Teams to made sure that every of the releases meets the customer’s request

·Kept and update of the Scrum Metrics

·Resolved conflicts amongst Team members and ensured that team members worked in continuous collaboration

·Coached Team members to a level of maturity where they became self-organized and self-managing

Scrum Master May 2017 - Oct 2017

Holy Cross Maryland

·Coached two cross-functional teams and follow up with effective implementation of Agile principles and practice

·Worked with the Agile coach to effectively transition these two teams from water fall to Agile Development methodology

·Worked with the product owner and made sure that the backlog was properly groomed and maintained and aided in determining suitable commitment of the backlog items in the sprints

·Coordinated the scrum events: Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-up, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective Meetings

·Coordinated the story writing sessions with the PO and the Development Team, making sure that Epics are broken down into User Stories that can be completed within a sprint

·Ensure that the User Stories met the Definition of Ready (DoR) and the Definition of Done (DoD)

·Guided in determining the team capacity and velocity and coordinate work breakdown structure and corresponding events

·Ensured that milestones are reached, and deadlines are met throughout the project lifecycle

·Identified and mitigated team risk, dependencies, impediments, and backlog issues on daily basis

·Oversee the development teams’ application of the following techniques in developing and testing of the product increment. TDD, ATDD Continuous integration, Unit Testing, automated testing Pair programing

·Update and communicate Team Metric to upper management and stakeholders

EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor Degree University of Dschang Cameroon

CSM/SAFe

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