Hajaratu Savage

Led teams in the successful delivery of small, medium, and large projects. Managed all aspects of project planning, coordination, and management, including cost, schedule, and contract compliance. Built and maintained strong relationships with clients and stakeholders. Drive the adoption of Agile practices across the organization to deliver software products in a faster and efficient manner.

• Led and facilitated all scrum events and working sessions for the enhancement and bug fixes projects, ensuring effective collaboration and alignment within the team.
• Collaborated with the product owner for requirements gathering and prioritization of the backlog, ensuring that the team delivered high-value features and resolved critical issues.
• Created Rally dashboards to provide transparency to stakeholders and required teams, enhancing visibility into project progress, key metrics, and upcoming priorities.
• Prepared and delivered weekly reports to provide project status updates, highlight achievements, address challenges, and outline upcoming priorities.
• Coached a start-up team to instill an agile mindset, fostering a collaborative and productive working environment.
• Utilized Rally and Confluence to support the team's workflow, enhance communication, and ensure transparency in project management and collaboration.
  

• Assistant to a Sr Scrum Master
• Worked with Scrum team to test and certify application features before deploying to production.
• Produced business requirements, master story list, sprint planning and design documents.
• Performed critical analysis on information consolidated from multiple sources, identified and resolved conflicts, and broke down high-level information into detailed workable requirements.
• Guided team in removal of all process impediments
• Assisted with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and disseminate valuable information
• Served as liaison between product owners and team to ensure that all targets and requirements are met
• Facilitated and monitor Scrum process from initiation through delivery
• Coordinated activities across scrum teams and ensured team records are maintained in system of record
• Leveraged data to measure and monitor progress (burndown charts, etc.)
• Tracked and communicated team progress as well as sprint or release progress to program
• Review and confirm appropriate resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.

• Creating project plans, setting timelines, and scheduling project activities.
• Facilitating communication among team members, stakeholders, and other relevant parties. This includes sending regular updates, organizing meetings, and ensuring that everyone is informed about project progress.
• Maintaining project documentation, including meeting minutes, project plans, status reports, and other relevant records.
• Coordinating with various teams and departments to ensure that necessary resources are available for the project, including personnel, equipment, and materials.
• Identifying potential risks to the project and developing plans to mitigate these risks.
• Monitoring project costs and expenses, and ensuring that the project stays within budget.
• Monitoring project deliverables to ensure that they meet quality standards and align with project requirements.
• Generating regular progress reports for project stakeholders and management.
• Providing administrative support to project teams, including organizing travel, coordinating meetings, and handling other logistical tasks.
• Identifying and addressing issues that arise during the course of the project.