Scrum Master Construction Manager
Resume:
Brentford Atemkeng
Scrum Master/Project manager
Contact Info:
advmu1@r.postjobfree.com
Objective
Accomplished Servant-leader capable of delivering large-scale software and Web development projects on time and on budget by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading, and coaching multiple Scrum teams. Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, removing impediments, and fostering self-management. Education
● University of Maryland
o Master’s Business
and Organizational
Psychology
o B.Ed. Psychology
● Certified SAFe Scrum
Master 5.0
Experience
June 2021– Present
Scrum Master • Fidelity Investment Boston, MA
● Facilitated daily scrums, sprint reviews, sprint planning, and sprint retrospective meetings.
● Empowered and assured the team is productive and functional.
● Removed barriers or impediments.
● Reported team velocity and sprint progress.
● Developed and motivated team members.
● Worked with Product Owners to prioritize and groomed Product Backlog.
● Agile coach for my team, leading the transformations.
● Led global scrum teams to deliver high-quality software products across multiple releases.
● Collaborated with multiple cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Release Management, User Interface Development, QA, Information Development
● Managed product backlog defined and prioritized user stories.
● Conducted daily scrum meetings.
● Created and presented sprint retrospectives and release burndown reports to Senior Executives
● Conducted technical education sessions for the Support team.
● Tools: Rational Team Concert, Microsoft Projects.
● Worked with the project team and Product Owners to develop and update Product Roadmap
● Facilitated Sprint Planning, and Daily Standup meetings.
● Conducted working sessions and planning meetings for User Stories Elaboration and Decomposition
● Provided training on writing Business and Technical User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, and Agile Engineering
● Facilitated Sprint Demo and Retrospective Meeting
● Tracked daily progress using Burndown Chart metrics.
● Tracked and made visible the Teams' progress, Velocity, Burn down charts and other metrics and Information Radiators on an ongoing basis.
March 2018 – May 2021
Scrum Master • McKesson Healthcare Irving, TX
● Lead the scrum team in using Agile methodology and scrum practices.
● Helping the product owner and development team to achieve customer satisfaction.
● Lead the scrum and development teams in self-organization.
● Remove impediments and coach the scrum team on removing impediments.
● Help the scrum and development teams to identify and fill in blanks in the Agile
● framework
● Resolve conflicts and issues that occur within the team.
● Help the scrum team achieve higher levels of scrum maturity.
● Support the product owner and provide education and vital insights where needed.
● Managed burndown charts and motivated team members to work toward goals.
● Advocate of scrum framework and company vision within organization
● Maintained storyboards, organized charts within JIRA and influenced best practices to the team.
● Held retrospective meetings to guide cross functional teams improving future sprints for success.
● Mediated conflicts, fostering teams and coached individuals improving team dynamics.
● Prioritized product backlog for grooming and sprint planning while product owner was absent.
● Worked with stakeholders and product owners developing release plans.
● Instigated and promoted strict guidelines of QA practices and regression testing.
May 2014 – Feb 2018
Project Analyst • Deloitte Virginia
● Manage project-related paperwork by ensuring all necessary materials are current, properly filed, and stored.
● Track tasks assigned to you and your team and provide updates to your teams on upcoming tasks dues.
● Alert your team when new tasks are assigned to you and your team.
● Join project calls and provide updates where applicable.
● Support the product manager in the field with newly acquired information.
● Collect updates from your construction manager in the field and update tasks in Salesforce.
● Report on specific project milestones, risk, and issues
● Supports Specialists and leadership team with coordination of projects.
● Communicate with all teams involved and drive progress for each project.
● Be able to keep track of 100’s samples of projects on an Excel tracker. Framework & Tools
● Jira
● Scrum
● Kanban
● SAFe
Leadership
Critical Thinking
Task Management
Quality Management
Sense of Humor
Risk Management
Cost management
Communication
References
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