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Demonstrate and encourage an Agile mindset while coaching the team on Agile principles and best practicesPlan and facilitate team ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint demo, and retrospectivesCoach and support the Product Owner to effectively manage the backlog and maximize business value Shield the team from outside distractions and interferencesHelp manage risks, raise impediments, and facilitate their resolutionLead team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniquesRepresent the team at the Scrum-of-Scrum (SoS), collaborate with the RTE and other Scum Masters to ensure execution alignment within the programParticipate in Scrum Master Communities of Practices (CoP) to learn from and share experiences and apply learnings to improve team performance and grow within the roleActively champion Prudential’s migration to the New Way of Working (NWoW)

Mclean, Virginia, United States

Prioritized the workstreams and activities in accordance with the objective and goals of the cybersecurity modernization and risk management efforts programsSupported a portfolio of significant projects (including cyber supply chain, vulnerability management, DevSecOps, and others) across the enterpriseFacilitated Daily Standup meetings, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint retrospective, and other scrum ceremoniesEngaged directly with partners to identify initiatives and develop business casesDeveloped resolutions to mitigate risk, resolve issues, ensure on budget, on scope and on time completion of achievementsAdhered to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirementsRegularly interacted with management on matters concerning several functional areas, divisions, and/or customersChanged the thinking of, gained acceptance from others in sensitive situations without damage to business relationship

Culpeper, Virginia, United States

Facilitated daily scrum meetings, sprint planning meetings, planning poker sessions, sprint reviews and retrospective meetingsFacilitated scrum ceremonies simultaneously between two agile teams implementing SAFe and helped my RTE plan PI, Scrum of Scrum (S0S) meetings, coordinate inspect and adapt (INA) .Coached scrum teams in utilizing agile best practices with project developmentCoach and mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Developers with regards to the application of Agile practicesWorked on projects with the goal to enable, align, and coordinate IT activities for mergers and acquisitions, such as integration of systems (like SAP, Siebel and MS Dynamics), master data management and on-boarding of new bank customersWorked with other scrum masters and RTE to create high performance teams, manage dependencies, identify risks from inject work, and integrate workWorked with product owners to prioritized , refine and validate user stories to maximizeInvestigated and corrected project issues, radiating/escalating major issues to program and delivery managers when need beAssisted my teams in capacity planning, story estimation, and led retro discussions with opportunities for improvementsDocumented and tracked project issues , risks and concerns, with the mindset of resolving the in a timely manner.• Worked on addressing business issues & identifying opportunities in the context of the requirementsTracked project metrics to assess project progress while managing risks and impediments, stakeholder communication plans, vendors, and other outsourced resources

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Coordinated daily stand ups, sprint planning and all other scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, bug triage meetings, product discovery sessions, etc)Proactively managed sprint-level risks, inter-team dependencies issues and assumptions, ensuring they were identified , mitigated or escalated when necessaryWorked effectively with product management and team members to clarify project needs and plan delivery of major product changes and future versions of the productDeveloped and followed agile project management plan (Agile Ceremonies). Facilitated build requirements log (product backlog) with cost estimates and priorityEnsured all agile concepts and principles were adhered to by scrum team and business stakeholdersWorked with other scrum masters to Coordinate and synchronize project plans, activities, and dependencies of parallel projects, making sure work was continuously in syncFostered a climate of collaboration between the teams, client executives and delivery managers

Herndon, Virginia, United States