Experienced Professional Scrum Master adept in agile and waterfall methodologies. Drives successful delivery of high-quality outcomes through strategic project management and agile coaching. Demonstrates strong leadership skills in managing cross-functional teams, excelling in stakeholder management, risk management, and strategic planning. Committed to fostering process innovations and enhancing product development within dynamic business consulting environments.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SCRUM MASTER
Total Quality Logistics
02.2022 - Current
Responsibilities:
Worked closely with the Product Owner in defining the product goal & roadmap
Worked effectively within the Scrum Team to remove impediments and track them in Jira
Guided the team through continual improvement process and best practices
Facilitated scrum master community of practices
Ensured conducive environment which fostered self-organizing and self-managing team
Empowered the Scrum team with regular inspect and adapt opportunities
Encouraged the Dev team to keep sprint backlog up to date
Facilitated all Scrum Events including the Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, Product Backlog Refinement
Workshops with stakeholders
Assisted in defining and deploying the forward order processes and facilitated the continuous improvement of the existing process
Created Epics, Features & Stories for the team in Jira and assisted Product Owner
JIRA admin activities for teams (created boards, workflows, filters, dashboards, reports using JQL...)
Planned and tracked sprints closely and helped the team to focus on commitments & delivery
Communicated team velocity and sprint/release progress to the teams and management
Organized & facilitate Team and organization Agile maturity
Facilitated retrospectives using innovation games techniques and closure of action items on improvements
Reflecting and radiating the metrics like burn down chart progress, quality, and velocity continuously to the team and various stakeholders
Prepared various dashboards in Jira which reflects risks, dependencies, impediments
Helped Product owner with effective management of Features, Epics, Stories and prioritization
Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlog
Effectively supporting the Delivery Squad through changes in objectives and re-prioritization of requirements
Applied human centered design (Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test, Implement)Led agile transformation initiatives by implementing Scrum framework, facilitating ceremonies, and establishing metrics-driven progress tracking through JIRA dashboards
SCRUM MASTER / PROJECT MANAGER
Depository Trust and Clearing Company (DTCC)
03.2020 - 11.2021
Responsibilities:
Effectively guided scrum and Kanban teams
Creating working agreements, establishing and helping the teams by all means to achieve their Sprint Goals
Facilitated retrospectives using innovation games
Educated and coached the teams on usage of Jira & Confluence tools
Took ownership to drive through resolutions of issues or blockers, coordinate directly with other development/product teams on inter-dependencies or through scrum-of-scrum ceremony
Helped Product owner with effective management of backlog
Ensured INVEST criteria is met for all the user stories in backlog
Ensured the teams are adhering to the DOR and DOD criteria
Optimized workflow efficiency, lead the ceremonies and ensured smooth delivery
Educated and ensured Agile/Scrum implementation methodology, practices, values and framework are adhered to by team members, while resolving impediments by coordinating and collaborating with cross-functional team
Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work
Coordinated with the scrum team in Daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Planning Meetings, Sprint Review Meetings, Sprint Retrospective Meetings and Backlog Grooming meetings
Contribute to ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile and Traditional Project Management
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