Scrum Master Software Development

JESSICA OKOBA

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PROFILE

Experienced Scrum Master with work experience in agile best practices and in-depth knowledge of adopting agile methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Managing Agile Processes, Project Co-ordination, and Business Process Management. Strong analytical, Communication, Self-management & Problem-solving skills in traversing through different stages and phases of the project and strong ability to build relationships with Stakeholders and deliver Business Value.

CORE COMPETENCIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Strong Experience in encouraging self-management in an organization and demonstrating expertise of successful work with cross-functional teams by coaching, motivating, and facilitating the adoption and implementation of agile methodologies with the sole purpose of being agile and delivering business value in iterations.

5+ year’s industry experience as Scrum Master with Servant Leadership serving and guiding multiple cross functional teams while coaching them in Agile practices and providing tools and techniques to create a positive mindset.

3+ year’s industry experience as Project Co-Ordinator maintaining project documentation, such as plans and reports, assigning tasks and controlling schedules.

Excellent track record of communicating efficiently and effectively with all major stakeholders.

Demonstrated ability to adapt to different cultures and build cohesive teams of talents to build client focused solutions and deliver best class service.

Consulting within the Retail Commerce and Financial industries supporting the implementation of small, medium, and large Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) programs utilizing Waterfall, Agile, or Hybrid methodologies.

Excellent communication and analytical skills to translate complex issues in easily understandable terms in a timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques toward providing project status report to various stakeholder groups.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TD Bank, Toronto

April 2022- present

Senior Scrum Master

Coach and guide my current teams in self-organization and adoption of scrum values

Protect the development team from all distractions and interferences while also removing identified impediments

Facilitate, participate and manage the outputs of all agile ceremonies including daily standups meetings, sprint review, sprint retrospective, sprint planning, backlog refinement sessions in accordance with Agile practices.

Worked closely with Product Owners to ensure product backlog was properly maintained and effectively prioritized to deliver maximum value to customers

Coached teams on how to write valuable user stories which resulted in an increase in business value delivery in 3 months

Build a trusting safe and judgment free environment that enables collaboration and problem solving

Manage and resolve conflicts by focusing on scrum values of openness, respect, focus, courage and commitment.

Tracked key metrics through effective communication, work cumulative flow, burn down and burn up charts, velocity, defect summary report and made sure team progress radiated to product owners and stakeholders.

Lead project teams comprised of subject matter experts, technical specialists, and other support staff to produce deliverables in accordance with strategic plan, operating budget, capital planning procedures and agency guidance.

Gynospecs Limited

November 2017 – March 2022 Scrum Master

Engaging with Product Owner, Business Stakeholders, and delivery team to understand Business needs and identify appropriate solutions.

Attended and facilitated regular status meetings, Daily Stand-ups meetings, Sprint Planning meeting, Sprint review meetings and Retrospective meetings with project team to drive task assignments to completion and to improve overall project process

Encouraging team knowledge sharing and collaboration through design sessions, programming pairing, code reviews, around knowledge silos to reduce risks.

Participated in Kanban- Agile transformation, coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in use of Agile framework and encourage them to have Agile mindset

Tracking key metrics through effective communication, work cumulative flow, burn down, and burn up charts, velocity, quality, efficiency, productivity defect summary report and making sure team progress radiates to product owners and stakeholders to optimize business value.

Utilized information radiators such as Scrum and kanban boards, score cards, and utilization reports to foster communication amongst stakeholders.

Process Management and Improvement by championing on -going process improvement initiatives to implement best agile practices

Providing guidelines for inspection, adaptation, and transparency across departments to obtain desired business value.

Motivating team to practice core agile principles of collaboration, prioritizing adequately to deliver value, team accountability and visibility to ensure that goals are met.

Supported and educated Product Managers on backlog grooming, refinement and maintaining product backlog.

Worked with team to identify impediments and assist team with removing roadblocks in timely cost-effective manner to ensure successful sprint- based deliveries, shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process.

Blackburn Legal

January 2016- November 2017

Project Coordinator

Worked effectively and closely with project managers to co-ordinate, document, track and monitor project progress and status using advanced working knowledge in applications such as Excel and Microsoft Word

Preparing presentations to update senior management on the project’s progress and showcase the project’s value

Facilitated process improvement using Tools and Methodologies by leading projects in all aspects of the business and working with colleagues and functional leaders in accomplishing project goals

Assisting and supporting the project manager.

Hosted daily team meetings and provided daily updates to the project management team to assist in the coordination of 6 project team member/ team activities to meet the project schedule

Attended internal project meetings and client facing (or conference call) meetings to provide status on the project.

Performed business requirements and design concepts with models such as gap analysis, use cases, prototypes

Actively communicated and collaborated with stakeholders to develop business requirement documents.

SKILLS

MS Office Tools: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project) Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office

Testing/Defect Tracking Tools: Jira, Confluence, Version One, Rally Azure Devops, Kanban, Trello, Lucid Chart, ServiceNow, GitHub, Miro, Mural

Methodology and Standards: Agile (Scrum), Lean, Iterative, Kanban

Processes Improvement: Scrum Values

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES

LLB. Law Babcock University, 2014

BL Law Bachelor of Law, 2015

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) (2022)

Certified SAFe 6 Scrum Master (2022)

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