Scrum Master Project Management

CHIDI CHRISTOPHER EBILIEKWE, PSM*

857-***-**** ************@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/christopherebiliekwe/

Current Location: Boston MA

Professional Summary

An experienced Professional Scrum Master with over 5 years background and 7 years in Project management. Fully committed to serving, guiding and coaching scrum teams towards being self-managed and cross functional in its efforts to deliver incremental value to stakeholders and Customers in a timely manner. Dedicated Scrum professional specialized in leading high-performing and quality driven teams from product development through successful product launches.

Certification:

Professional Scrum Master 1 (Scrum.org)

Core Competencies:

SDLC/Agile/Scrum Framework

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Servant Leadership and Mentoring

Team building and Coaching

Effective facilitator

Effective Communication and people-interaction Skills

Problem/Conflict Resolution

JIRA

Project Management

Cross-functional Team Building.

Professional Experience

CYBERSTRIKE GROUP, VA 04/23 --- 04/25

Scrum Master

Facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos

Track and communicate team velocity in Burn down charts and sprint/release progress

Empower the team to self-organize

Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions.

Co-ordinate with Stakeholders and product owner for meeting sprint objectives •

Build positive working relationship between stakeholders and project managers.

Maintain accurate source of project records for project approvals.

Maintain and establish data quality, completeness, and monthly metrics for leadership review.

Co-ordinate multiple project review meetings across different project milestones.

Enable process standards and best practices for effective project execution.

Articulate business user needs to software development teams - user stories.

Conduct Daily Stand up, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective meetings.

Manage timely communication between various internal and external stakeholders.

Help team inspect and adapt process.

Communicate timely functional /technical/managerial feedback to Development team.

Prepare development status reports and timely communication to various account stakeholders.

Proactive identification & escalation of risks to stakeholders.

Stakeholder appreciated for managing and contributing to project from different angles - Process

VIVSOFT TECHNOLOGIES 01/20 --- 04/23

Scrum Master

Worked with product owner to prioritize and groom user Stories in the Product Backlog in preparation of the sprint planning.

Coached scrum teams on how to scale agile to enterprise level; team to program and portfolio levels using Scaled Agile Framework.

Worked with development team to decompose the User Stories into tasks and assign hours to the tasks.

Facilitated sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinements for 2-week sprint cycles emphasizing on continual improvement.

Ensures the team is practicing the core agile principles of self-direction, collaboration, business prioritization, team accountability, and transparency, toward the consistent delivery of working product.

Facilitated weekly backlog grooming sessions with the team, ensuring work items are estimated and 'ready-for-work' per the product owners’ priorities.

Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity.

ORANGE GROUP, NGR

Jnr. Project Manager 02/18 – 12/20

Tracking project progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads with the help of MS Project

Planning, organizing and directing projects to optimize processes, systems and to enable business objectives

Developing methods and tools for requirement definition, process and workflow design and data modeling

Developing best practices, techniques, and tools for project planning, execution, project management, ongoing milestone/deliverable tracking, communication, and key performance metrics

ORANGE GROUP, NGR

Snr. Project Coordinator 12/16 – 02/18

Tracking project progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads with the help of MS Project

Planning, organizing and directing projects to optimize processes, systems and to enable business objectives

Developing methods and tools for requirement definition, process and workflow design and data modeling

Developing best practices, techniques, and tools for project planning, execution, project management, ongoing milestone/deliverable tracking, communication, and key performance metrics

Develop project plans and budgets, works with users to understand complex problems and focuses on bringing issues to resolution, escalating as necessary to meet timelines.

Create and deliver presentations to senior level management on project goals and plans, including progress reports and score card

ORANGE GROUP, NGR

Project Coordinator 02/14 – 05/16

Provides oversight for the development and maintenance of quality programs, systems, processes and procedures that ensure compliance with policies and that the

Performance and quality of services conform to established standards and agency guidelines.

Provides expertise and guidance in interpreting policies, regulatory and/or governmental regulations, and agency guidelines to assure compliance.

Assisted the PM in Keeping Track of the Project Budget in an excel spreadsheet

Reported to managers the development of the project.

Tracked Project milestones, Schedule and Deliverables

Managed changes and ensure effective communication among project team member.

Education:

BSc. Estate Management – University of Lagos.

Skills & Abilities: Zoom Virtual Platform MS Project JIRA Confluence SAFe MS Office

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