PETRONILA MBZIMINANG
603-***-**** adukvz@r.postjobfree.com
Summary
Professional scrum master with over six years of professional experience very passionate about agile with a proven track record of delivering software projects with high performing teams. I have experience working with multiple teams (distributed and co-located) agile teams and leading them to deliver high quality products through constant coaching and application of agile techniques. I am a skilled servant leader with excellent communication skills and a proven ability to handle multiple tasks. I am passionate, result driven, focused, proactive and a highly motivated and results oriented professional with critical thinking and in-depth technical analysis skills.
Skills
Expert in agile methodologies to drive IT initiatives
Proficient in the use of Jira, confluence.
Provide leadership to team using agile
Experience in estimation and prioritization techniques.
Agile planning, meetings, facilitation
Risk mitigation and management
Software development life cycle
Agile development and best practices
Pair programming, user stories, continues integration
Agile frameworks, scrum, Kanban, XP.
Leadership and team building
Agile coaching, meeting facilitation
Excellent problem-solving skills
Experience
Scrum Master 06/2022 to Current
GM Financial Arlington Texas
Oversee the daily operations and Scheduled meetings, workshops and trainings for clients and coaches
Connected with clients worldwide and tracked the different sessions and group activities.
Coordinated a cross-functional Agile development team utilizing the principles and tools of the Scrum Framework
Worked with the team to ensure continuous delivery of high-quality value to the business.
Collaborate with members of the Product, Business, and Engineering Teams to develop and maintain Product Backlogs
Facilitate scrum ceremonies (backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups).
Remove impediments, manage the code development lifecycle, and track velocity using story points and burn-down charts
Effectively track and communicate Sprint and release progress to senior leadership.
Liaised between the product owner, stakeholder, and development team to ensure user stories/acceptance criteria are clearly defined, understood, and implemented successfully
Created self-organizing agile teams, training them in the scrum process and encouraging self-governance
Partnered with product owner by communicating updates and assisted with backlog maintenance.
Improving Program Performance by facilitating Cross-Team Collaboration, building trust with Internal Stakeholders, finishing the PI.
Coached the transformation of the teams from waterfall to agile methodology
Converted the values of self-organization, and cross-functionality, while facilitating scrum ceremonies
Provided visibility to team impediments and risks to senior leadership while working on eliminating them.
06/2017 to 03/2020
Newforma Manchester
Trained and coached teams into using Kanban boards to manage idle time.
Facilitated and coached development team as a servant-leader in implementing Scrum and Agile concepts and principles.
Facilitate the daily standup and other SCRUM ceremonies as needed (Sprint Planning, Sprint Refinement, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective) and other safe related ceremonies. backlog
ed scrum teams under one product backlog to achieve improvements in team velocity and delivery of items. Facilitated all scrum related meetings, Daily Scrum, Sprint planning, Sprint review and Retrospective meetings
Ensured continuous delivery of high-quality increment and continuous improvement though transparency, inspection, and adaptation.
Shadowed the HIPPA compliance and security team during their daily operations
Worked with the lean facilitator in improving theory process flow in the ITS unit.
Assess 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.
Worked with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile Processes in the Organization.
Business Analyst 01/2016 To 03/2017
Pearson Professional Center, Concord NH
Interfaced with business users to develop and update Business Requirement Documents (BRD) and create test scripts
Facilitated business requirements review with development and QA teams
Maintained traceability among business requirements, technical requirements, design, and testing
Gathered client requirements through Requirement Gathering Sessions, document, and validate the needs of the stakeholders
Conducted regular meetings ensuring Project Tracking and control during the Execution Phase
Documented business requirements and enhanced business processes, including business process maps and workflow diagrams
Created and Managed Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) and Technical Design Documents
Education
Bachelor's degree: Business Administration: University of Dschang
Certifications
Professional Scrum Master Scrum.org
SAFe Scrum Master
SSM Certification, Scaled Agile Inc
Certified Scrum master