Derrick Blackman

• Managed multiple scrum teams while coordinating multiple program level initiatives.

• Updated stakeholders on project and program status, risks, and dependencies on a weekly basis.

• Responsible for escalating risks/issues that impacted program delivery.

• Coached scrum teams and program managers on Scrum processes and Agile Values and Principles.

• Coordinated dependency resolution within the scrum team as well as with external service teams and partners.

• Collaborated with engineering, QE, and Product to create project and program level delivery plans to drive execution.

• Led multiple Scrum Teams to deliver the full SXM Application rebuild and redesign.

• Managed multiple scrum teams while coordinating multiple program level initiatives.

• Reported project and program status to stakeholders in a weekly leadership meeting.

• Coached scrum teams and the organization on Agile Values and Principles.

• Coordinated and aligned front-end and back-end teams for program level initiatives.

• Removed impediments to value delivery.

• Delivered SiriusXM Podcast initiative ahead of a large scale marketing push.

• Defined, owned, and managed Scrum practices and techniques for multiple scrum teams.

• Helped establish and improve product discovery and delivery techniques.

• Coordinated delivery between 4 scrum teams working in the same code base.

• Introduced techniques such as planning poker, definitions of ready and done, and relative estimation.

• Managed financial burn reports, yearly projections, and staffing.

• Defined, owned, and managed Scrum practices and techniques for the Bleacher Report Live Project.

• Managed 2 teams of 6 developers and 3 quality analysts.

• Coached scrum teams and the organization on Agile values and principles.

• Created organizations agile assessment template to evaluate a scrum teams' maturity and to identify areas for improvement.

• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies (daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint demos, Retrospectives) and other agile meetings (backlog grooming, program increment planning).

• Practiced various scrum games and techniques such as planning poker, sailboat retros, program increment planning, affinity mapping, story mapping, definition of ready, definition of done, and relative estimation.

• Coached product management on backlog prioritization techniques.

• Removed impediments.

• Utilized various agile reports such as burndown charts, control charts, cumulative flow diagrams, and velocity reports.

• Managed financial burn reports, yearly projections, and staffing.

• Evaluated projects for issues, alleviating problems and distractions that could have prevented the team from meeting its goals.

• Managed 2 teams of 10 developers, 2 quality analysts, and 1 business analyst.

• Managed multiple internal and external scrum teams while ensuring effective collaboration and communication.

• Trained and mentored team members on effective ways to use Scrum processes.

• Developed a streamline task system to provide more effective workflows for both peers and management staff.

• Promoted the company in maintaining a work environment focused on quality, communication, collaboration, integration, and teamwork.

• Created and maintained project plans for multiple projects.

• Facilitated daily stand-up.

• Represented scrum team in weekly scrum of scrum meetings.

• Maintained communication with the product owner and various stakeholders.