Scrum Master Product Manager

CHIDERA FRANCES ONWUZURIKE

Wolcott Cir, Atlanta, 30340 470-***-**** *****************@*****.***

EXPERIENCE

Avanade Inc.

Scrum Master / Product Owner (March 2022 – January 2023)

Removed team impediments and facilitated Scrum ceremonies while demonstrating servant-leadership practices and championing Agile values.

Act as a change agent by defining and addressing current state pain points using GAP analysis and led continuous improvement of the team to optimize delivery.

Ensure product backlog management and stories prioritization for consistent delivery.

Help team to set up agile metrics/key performance indicators, measure them and identify improvement areas of improvement.

Used Agile Methodology (Scrum) to minimize risk by implementing software development in short time boxes using JIRA

Maintain documentation of teams progress using confluence.

Participate in PI Planning meetings to determine WIP and team dependencies

Scrum Master /Assistant PMO (August 2021 - January 2022)

Identified and managed dependencies with other teams to ensure cross-team coordination.

Assessed current state, identified customer requirements, designed and defined the future state utilizing MIRO and proffered business solution

Identified process gap and proffered the adoption of SAFe methodology across all teams.

Assisted PMO to manage timeline, tasks and scope of the project while providing weekly status reports to key stakeholders.

Established team working agreements, definition of done and facilitated process improvement sessions.

Assisted Product owner to ensure team backlog is prioritized, accurately articulated and detailed.

Scrum Master (June 2021 - August 2021)

Integrated Agile principles and made recommendations that increased team function by 20%.

Facilitated scrum events (Daily Stand Up, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Backlog Refinement, and Retrospectives) ensuring punctuality, attendance, and respect for time box.

Introduced the use of metrics to ensure team was working at high capacity and delivering value

Media Panache

Junior Scrum Master

2017- 2020

Assisted in guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices to realize effective outcomes.

Supported Scrum Master to coach the team on how to self-organize and collaborate, reducing siloed mentality by 20%.

Assisted in preparing reports of metrics and development status of the team which subsequently increased the team’s agile maturity by 10%.

Maintained a Risk log for the team which helped to track and prioritize open risks.

Facilitated discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.

Assisted with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and assisting with corporate transformation.

CERTIFICATION

SAFe 5 Product Owner/Product Manager - (2023)

Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPOI) - (2022)

Professional Scrum Master (PSMI) - (2021)

EDUCATION

University of Lagos

Bachelor of Science, Major: Economics - (2016)

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