Scrum Master Business Analyst

Israel Ayanlowo

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Scrum Master Business Analyst Project Manager

Experienced Servant Leader with a successful track record of leading CrossFunctional Scrum Teams and Delivering Value using Agile Frameworks. Proven Ability to Facilitate multiple Teams growing their Scrum Maturity and Ensuring Adherence to Agile Principles and Practices. Skilled in adaptive planning, Stakeholder Engagement and Impediment Removal. Consistently recognized for Facilitating Transparency leading to an over 95% Sprint Goal Success Rate. Adept at Coaching, Training, and Fostering Scrum Team collaboration to achieve Strategic Business Goals. Demonstrated ability to Identify and Resolve Complex Technical and Business Challenges while building enduring Customer Relationships. Manages multiple Stakeholder’s Expectations and Requirements by maintaining constant Communication and adhering to the 4 Agile Values and 12 Agile Principles. Solves Problems With The Scrum Pillars of Transparency, Inspection, and Adaptation. Leads Scrum of Scrums, Resolves Conflicts, Navigates Cross- Functional Dependencies, and removes Impediments using The Scrum Values of Focus, Openness, Respect, Commitment, and Courage. Highly Skilled at all stages of Tuckman’s Phases Of Team Development including Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and if necessary Adjourning. 7 years as a Scrum Master in the Banking, Finance, Energy, Real Estate, and Electricity sectors. SKILLS

Adaptive Planning Continuous Improvement SDLC

Critical Thinking Problem-Solving Microsoft Word

Software Delivery Life Cycle Waterfall FRD, BRD, SRS Agile Values Team Coaching Conflict Resolution

SWOT Analysis Microsoft SharePoint Tableau

Scrum Practices Cross-Functional Teams Agile Principles Microsoft Project Work-In Progress Flow Manager

Risk Mitigation Stakeholder Engagement Team Mentoring Team Empowerment JAD, RTM, UAT Azure DevOps

Backlog Refinement Negotiation Microsoft Excel

Kanban Product Owner Sprint Planning

Scrum Values User Story Estimation Scrum Of Scrums Agile Coaching Microsoft Office Suite Scaled Agile JIRA Team Training Scrum Adoption

Scrum Practices Agile Transformation Servant Leadership Incremental Change Microsoft Visio Microsoft Teams Team Collaboration Relationship Management Process Improvement Microsoft PowerPoint Feedback Loops Gap Identification EDUCATION: Bachelor Of Science in Marketing The Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria CERTIFICATIONS: Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) Scrum.org ITIL 4 Foundation Axelos Limited

Project Management Professional (PMP) Project Management Institute EXPERIENCE:

Blackrock, Inc Sr Scrum Master January 2021 – Present

- Facilitates Scrum Events (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective + The Sprint)

- Responsible for providing day-to-day Team Coordination including Project Goal, Planning, and Delivery

- Streamlined information sharing related to Sprint Progress and Sprint Reports to Senior Leadership

- Proactively Eliminates Barriers + Coaches Team Members on best practices and running Scrum Events

- Promotes the Continuous Improvement of the Scrum Team leading to a Sprint Goal Success Rate of 95%

- Partners with the Development Team to understand Opportunities and Limitations of Implementations

- Educates Departments on Story Mapping, Story Pointing, Definition of Ready, and Definition of Done

-Works with Product Owners to align Scrum Teams with the Product Vision down to the Sprint Goals

- Work with Senior Leadership to Prioritize Stories in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment

- Identifies and Implements ways to strengthen Scrum Teams and departments through Scrum Concepts

- Establishes partnerships with key leadership to ensure consensus across both Business and IT

- Leads organizational Road mapping to drive increased return on investment and greater Scrum Adoption

- Analyzes overall Program, Project and User Needs to determine functional requirements for Dev Team

- Analyzes all Requirements for completeness, feasibility, linkage and interdependency, test-ability JP Morgan Chase Scrum Master October 2018 – December 2020

- Led 3 Cross-Functional Scrum Teams to iteratively deliver complex products, services, and software

- Responsible for Coaching and Supporting Scrum Teams in the timely delivery of Stories, Features, and Epics

- Drove Values Streams delivering on time and encourages Lean Thinking in all daily activities

- Presented Sprint Reports to Senior Management with Metrics + KPIs of each Department + Scrum Team

- As an Agile Coach deploys TDD, CI/CD + XP Behaviors to Deliver Stories that pass Quality Assurance

- Pro-actively Managed Risks, Issues, Bugs, and Dependencies; identifying them and mitigating them

- Ensured Scrum Team and Stakeholders understand Agile and Scrum and how it benefits them

- Formed strong partnerships with other Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Leaders to ensure alignment

- Helped multiple Scrum Teams internalize the fundamentals of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean

- Ensures all Scrum Events take place and are Positive, Productive, and within the Timebox Allocated

- Coaches on "Why" Agile Works, not just "How" it works, promoting an Agile Mindset

- Led sessions to gather User Stories, Prioritize The Backlog, and present Stakeholder Demos

- As an Agile Coach educates other Scrum Masters on Scrum, Kanban, and the SAFe Framework

- Coaches Teams and Advises Leadership on best Scrum Processes, Procedures, Values, and Interactions

- Works with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization

- Coordinate Deliverables, Tasks, and Dependency Navigation across multiple Scrum Teams and Departments Superior Energy Business Analyst / Project Manager (Scrum Master) May 2016 – September 2018

- Manage Project Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Resources, Communications, and Project Risk

- Managed Complex Projects that meet demanding time restraints and exceed all Stakeholder expectations

- Responsible for Scope Identification, creation of the Project Execution Plan (PEP), and Business Case

- Supported Scrum Teams delivering Sprint Goals + Iterative Delivery of solutions that deliver Business Value

- Responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating Agile Teams and their Scrum Masters

- Manage resources for each assigned Project to Ensure that the Project remains on schedule

- Worked closely with executives, business unit leaders + Product Owners as an expert on Agile Philosophy

- Responsible for Project Close Out including Invoicing, Handovers, and after-action Reviews

- Maintained awareness of changing environmental conditions and the impact on Strategic Objectives

- Led Meetings with Software Development Team Managers responsible for upgrading software

- Took primary responsibility for relationships with Business Stakeholders across Scrum Teams to Better Plan

- Microsoft SharePoint Subject Matter Expert on the storage, organization, share + access documentation

- Promoted, Demonstrated + Lived the 4 Agile Values and 12 Agile Principles as an example to Scrum Team

- Analyzed requirements for various reports and dashboards using the Tableau desktop server

- Oversees all Tasks assigned to the Scrum Team are performed speedily and without Technical Debt

- Collaborated with The Business to collect information on Business Processes + User Requirements

- Actively worked with Product Owners to manage Product Backlog and Sprint Activities

- Facilitate and participate in Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions for improved communication

- Supports Transparency by ensuring Scrum Team’s Artifacts are Visible to Stakeholders

- Documented Project Artifacts including BRD, FRD, Test Cases, and Test Plans

- Generates and Analyzes Metrics to track Scrum Team Progress and assist in removing Blockers

- Used Microsoft Project to track project milestones, Deliverables, and Resource Responsibilities

- Leads and Deliver Product Increments that drive better customer experiences and Business outcomes

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