FRANCK ANDERSON ANOH
Project Manager/ Scrum Master
**********@*****.*** 405-***-**** Oklahoma, OK 73071
Summary
Accomplished leader serving multiple Agile teams driving change. Agile methodology enabler with extensive experience supporting and mentoring Agile teams working software. Servant leader, capable of delivering large scale software development projects on time and budget by effectively mastering the project management tool in use. Skilled in driving organization wide Agile adoption such as facilitating time boxed Scrum ceremonies, process and workflow designing, fostering self-management and removing impediments. Support to project manager in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Requirements gathering, Elicitation and documentation, waterfall and Agile Methodologies and distributed (Remote) and co-located Teams; closely monitor through metrics and reports, KPIs in use to stay Lean through Software development life cycle and thus promote relentless improvement. Great at developing strategies to manage dependencies at large-scale and stay aligned in program execution. With exceptional leadership style, promote an environment of fluid communication smooth collaboration and bring the scrum teams to become self-organized and managed while delivering value incrementally.
Skills
Agile project management
SAFe, Kanban, Scrum
IT Governance in Scrum
DevOps, SDLC, CI/CD
Confluence
Rally
JIRA
Backlog Management
Project Team Coordination
Conflict Resolution
PI Planning
Performance Monitoring
Deliverable Tracking
Team Leadership
Experience
Tox Integrated Inc. State of Oklahoma
OKC, OK
Project Manager/ Scrum Master
07/2020 - Current
Support the teams using traditional methods in transitioning to an agile framework that fits their scope; this to ensure that the teams can effectively use the agile framework to effectively use the agile framework for a better outcome; It also helps to ensure that the teams are able to use the correct tools, processes and techniques needed to complete the objectives.
Enable and Support co-located Agile teams both Scrum and Kanban to use story mapping to prioritize and sequence work to be achieved into MVPs; identify all user stories and tasks that need to be completed to deliver the MVP and allows for the planning of sprints and tasks in an organized and efficient way. But also helps to identify any potential bottlenecks or risks that may exist in the project and thus plan on their execution in sprints.
Review of Quarterly roadmap objectives to ensure they’re up to date and relevant to the organization’s goals and objectives. This helps to ensure that all teams at different level are on the same page and that objectives are being completed in a timely and efficient manner.
Track Agile metrics reporting to identify patterns and area of improvements such as inefficient workflows, identify bottlenecks in the development process and develop strategies to address them; help measure the success of sprints and objectives.
Facilitated the adoption of Scrum, SAFe and agile principles to help organization transition to an Agile mindset which brought about an increase in transparency, stakeholder engagement and team's productivity.
Led the ART team through the process of understanding the Agile principles and implementing it Created an environment of transparency and trust through effective communication Support to the Product Owner to constantly keep a healthy products backlog and promote goals visibility for the development team.
Ensured alignment and smooth collaboration with team involved in shared goals.
Developed agile-based SDLC documentation supporting standards, tools, and best practices thru a Product Life cycle ingestion in Jira to facilitate dev team keep focus on the tasks linked to develop each step and deliver value and quality expected.
Kept the scrum team focused by ensuring they are not adversely impacted by outside influences (e.g., work requests that are not part of the team's backlog)
Lead problem solving and coordination effort between various business units while working closely with the IT project manager to create, maintain product backlog and define user stories according to business values.
Tox Integrated Inc. State of Oklahoma
OKC, OK
SAFe Scrum Master
09/2015 - 07/2020
Assisted the RTE with PI planning and release planning activities and managed the team using scaled agile framework to deliver critical, time sensitive and artifacts required to support the program.
Consistently worked to identify project risks, initiate risk mitigation and implement risk reduction action plans.
Managed multiple internal and outside scrum teams, ensuring effective collaboration and communication.
Worked with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
Lead Agile team in development of data warehouse, business intelligence, and cloud technologies within Agile environment.
Work with project owners and end users to prioritize features development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
Conduct application review meetings with end-users to document and gather business needs and translate into functional requirement documents.
Coach and mentor team members, stakeholders, and leadership on benefits of Agile and Scrum
Evaluated projects for issues, alleviating problems, and distractions to meeting team goals.
Delegated tasks to each team member, regularly assessing workloads to complete tasks on time and within project parameters.
Defined workflows and processes in fast-paced, Agile environment and distributed models through whiteboarding and mind-mapping.
Lead Scrum ceremonies and Agile development meetings for multiple concurrent projects.
IMVU Redwood, CA
Scrum Master/Business Analyst
02/2012 - 08/2015
Train and mentor team members on best and most effective ways to use CI/CD and Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.
Evaluate projects for issues, alleviating problems, and distractions to meeting team goals.
Document new features and strategies as well as user stories and criteria for acceptance.
Consistently worked to identify project risks, initiate risk mitigation and implement risk reduction action plans.
Managed multiple internal and outside scrum teams, ensuring effective collaboration and communication.
Worked with project owners and end users to prioritize feature development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
Assess team metrics and worked to drive improvements and innovate new approaches.
Lead Agile team in development of data warehouse, business intelligence, data lake and cloud technologies within Agile environment.
Work with project owners and end users to prioritize features development and enhancements based on critical paths and business needs.
Train and mentor team members on best and most effective ways to use CI/CD and Scrum processes to improve efficiency and reduce production times.
Document new features and strategies as well as user stories and criteria for acceptance.
Conduct application review meetings with end-users to document and gather business needs and translate into functional requirement documents.
Coach and mentor team members, stakeholders, and leadership on benefits of Agile and Scrum
Evaluated projects for issues, alleviating problems, and distractions to meeting team goals.
Delegated tasks to each team member, regularly assessing workloads to complete tasks on time and within project parameters.
Defined workflows and processes in fast-paced, Agile environment and distributed models through whiteboarding and mind-mapping.
Lead Scrum ceremonies and Agile development meetings for multiple concurrent projects.
CVS Pharmacy Woonsocket, RI
Business Analyst
12/2012 - 02/2015
Analyze data models and derive logical conclusions.
Develop innovative solutions for operational and strategic changes, and budget and forecasting to ensure costs do not exceed the limit
Communicated as necessary with internal and external stakeholders on urgent/important features, bugs and architectural or product flow changes.
User stories refinement, documentation, and management
Communicate proposed solutions to stakeholders based on analysis undertaken
Administered Kanban principles as a Scrum Master that reduced the cycle time by 20% and increased the team's throughput in less than 10 weeks.
Supported and coached 2 Product Owners with respect to grooming and maintaining healthy product backlogs.
Steer the company implementation and adaptation of JIRA which reduced the time to create and manage tickets by an average of 2 days.
Navigate from road map to plan, influencing sequencing, resolving dependencies, identifying, and mitigating risk.
Utilized team feedback and agile metrics from Tableau Report to Display the Jira Align - Data integrity Dashboard to identify discrepancy and work with the team to fix the discrepancy to continuously improve.
Education and Training
Project Management Institute PMI
PMP in pursuing
University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences
Master’s in human relations, Dec 2012
University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences
Certificate in Human Resource Diversity and Development, Dec 2012
Price College of Business Sociology
BBA in Human Resources Management, and Marketing, August 2009
Certifications
Certified SAFe Scrum Master(4.0, 5.1)
Certified Agile project Management Delivery
Certified Scrum Master