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OLUGBENGA ANFELA

Upper Marlboro,MD

Summary

Results-driven Scrum Master/Business Analyst with over a decade of proven expertise in guiding cross-functional teams to success. Equipped with extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Project Management, Product Management, and Product Ownership, I have consistently facilitated the delivery of high-quality products and solutions in dynamic environments. My multifaceted skill set enables me to effectively bridge the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives while maximizing value delivery. A collaborative leader and problem-solver, I thrive in fast-paced settings, driving continuous improvement and fostering a culture of innovation. With a strong dedication to Agile principles and a track record of driving results, I am poised to contribute effectively to the success of any organization.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SCRUM MASTER/Business Analyst

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
02.2022 - 03.2024
  • Worked closely with Product Owners to refine and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs.
  • Organized meetings between stakeholders from different departments to discuss potential solutions or strategies.
  • Ensure that the outputs of PI planning, including PI objectives, team PI plans, and program backlog priorities, are documented, communicated, and understood by all relevant stakeholders.
  • Established and tracked key Agile metrics such as velocity, cycle time, and burn-down charts, providing team performance and progress visibility.
  • Coordinate with Agile teams and stakeholders to follow up on action items and decisions made during PI planning, ensuring that plans are executed effectively and adjustments are made as necessary.
  • Created dashboards using various tools, such as JIRA, Confluence, and Trello, to track project progress and milestones.
  • Enforced scrum values such as transparency, respect, commitment, courage, focus, openness and inspection.
  • Conducted demos of completed work at the end of each sprint cycle.
  • Worked closely with senior management and other stakeholders during strategic planning sessions for upcoming releases.
  • Participated in feature design discussions, offering insights from an Agile perspective when necessary.
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospectives, and Reviews.
  • Acted as a servant leader to the development team by removing impediments and resolving conflicts.
  • Coached stakeholders on their roles in the Scrum process and how to best support the team's success.
  • Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.
  • Monitored the progress of sprints, providing stakeholders with visibility into project status.
  • Assisted with release planning and coordinated efforts between multiple teams working on related projects.
  • Guided Product Owners regarding Agile principles and best practices for managing product backlogs.
  • Tracked metrics related to sprint performance and identified areas of improvement for future sprints.
  • Developed training materials to educate stakeholders about agile methodologies.
  • Supported the development team in understanding user stories, acceptance criteria and definition of done.

Senior Business Analyst/Scrum Master

Dovina Technologies
06.2013 - 01.2022
  • Developed business process models to identify and document customer requirements.
  • Analyzed existing systems and processes, identified gaps and recommended improvements.
  • Assist Agile teams in estimating capacity and velocity for the upcoming PI, helping them balance workload and commitments while considering team capacity and availability.
  • Conducted stakeholder interviews to understand user needs and preferences.
  • Created data flows to illustrate the flow of information between various stakeholders.
  • Performed root cause analysis to determine underlying issues in complex problems.
  • Developed detailed project plans outlining tasks, deadlines and resources needed for successful implementation of projects.
  • Ensure that PI planning activities comply with SAFe principles and guidelines, promoting consistency and alignment with the SAFe framework across the organization.
  • Designed use case scenarios to demonstrate how users interact with the system or application.
  • Conducted gap analysis between current state processes and desired future state processes.
  • Monitored project progress using metrics such as timeline, budget, resources utilization.
  • Gathered performance metrics from different sources including surveys, focus groups.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to define features, integrations and partnerships.
  • Identified and analyzed user requirements, procedures and processes to develop optimization strategies.
  • Enforced scrum values such as transparency, respect, commitment, courage, focus, openness and inspection.
  • Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Trello, to track project progress and milestones.
  • Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospectives and Reviews.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Human Resources Management

Atlantic International University
Honolulu, HI
04-2013

Skills

  • Resource Allocation
  • Sprint Planning
  • Agile Best Practices
  • Project Management
  • Risk Identification
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Meeting facilitation
  • Customer requirements analysis
  • Customer interaction
  • Scrum processes
  • Presentation Skills
  • Leading scrum meetings
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Backlog management
  • Software Development Lifecycle

Certification

  • SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
  • Certified Agile Coach (CAC)
  • Certified Project Manager (CPM)
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
  • SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)

Timeline

SCRUM MASTER/Business Analyst

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
02.2022 - 03.2024

Senior Business Analyst/Scrum Master

Dovina Technologies
06.2013 - 01.2022

Bachelor of Science - Human Resources Management

Atlantic International University

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