Scrum Master Project Manager
Resume:
Darinice Hawkins
Technical Project Manager
Houston, TX 77084
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• 3 years of Scrum master / Project manager experience managing multiple facets / budgets of projects from medium to large scale enterprise organization.
• 3 years dedicated and fair team leader, known for taking initiative to address issues and develop solutions that improve daily operation flow and team effectiveness.
• 3 years Agile (Safe, Scrum & Kanban) project management skills set working with cross functional teams offshore and onshore.
• 3 years familiarity using Jira, Excel, Azure Devops, Splunk, SharePoint, design (Visio), confluence, ServiceNow and Office 365.
Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Work Experience
Project Manager / Scrum Master
IT Techh LLC - Houston, TX
October 2020 to Present
• Organize and facilitate daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Work collaboratively with Product Owners, cross-functional development teams, and Project Managers to support development and software delivery.
• Assist the Product Owner in user story creation/prioritization and product Backlog grooming via emergent requirement elicitation while supporting overall organizational goals.
• Helping the product owner and development team to achieve customer satisfaction.
• Track and report Scrum team velocity and manage Sprint capacity.
• Manage high-level budgeting and time tracking.
• Resolve or escalate blocking impediments as necessary.
• Coordinate dependencies between teams with other Scrum Masters.
• Work with Development managers to manage team capacity.
• Ensure development team is working efficiently towards Sprint goals.
• Coach the development team and stakeholders on how to use Agile/Scrum practices.
• Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility Ensure cross functional coordination (analysts, developers and testers) is occurring early and often.
• Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practice Adapt approach based on cultural shifts and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information. • Created an environment that empowers and energizes team members, with a focus on accountability, adaptability, and collaboration.
Scrum Master
Capital One Bank - Houston, TX
February 2019 to March 2020
• Responsible for working directly with Product owner, Architects, Development leads and SMEs in sprint planning, maintaining product backlog, retrospective meetings and more.
• Lead the scrum team in using Agile methodology and scrum practices for infrastructure & DevOps teams •
Created collaborative environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame or being judged, with an emphasis on problem-solving.
• Managed projects in JIRA and Confluence, Monitor and report on key Agile performance metrics to Scrum of
Scrums and stake holders.
• Analyzed current Agile processes, prioritize areas of improvement, and work alongside key stakeholders to implement the improvements.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Resolved conflicts and issues that occur.
• Helped the scrum team achieve higher levels of scrum maturity.
• Facilitated getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
• Assisted with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
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Communicated risks and issues at the right time to stake holders and create mitigation plans. • Facilitated discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Advocated for the scrum team across the organization and help in delivering projects with scrum framework.
Education
Mass Communications
Texas Southern University - Houston, TX
Skills
• SDLC
• Problem solving
• Agile Project Management
• Servant Leader
• SAFe
• Scrum
• JIRA
• Azure Devops
• Confluence
• Requirements Gathering
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Waterfall
• Application Development
• Business Requirements
• Test Automation
• Program management
• Project management
• Project management methodology
• IT project management
• Technical project management
• Project management lifecycle
• Software project management
Certifications and Licenses
PMP
Certified Scrum Master
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