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Reisterstown, Md, Us

Collaborating, facilitating, leading, and coaching 2 Scrum teams while improving transparency by generating information radiators for the teams.Partnering with the Product Owner offering coaching and guidance during Backlog refinement meetings and Sprint planning.Facilitating all Scrum ceremonies; Daily scrum, Sprint Planning, Backlog refinements, Sprint reviews, and Retrospectives.Empowering teams to self-organize, introducing collaboration techniques, and driving team cohesion. Participating in the scrum of scrum meetings with the program manager, Product Owner, and other scrum masters.Participating in discovery sessions, interviews, document reviews, and plan setup.Proactively identifies impediments and appropriately resolving/escalating if necessary to Program Management and network of peers and other formal channels.Protecting teams from over-commitment and blocking distractions and outside influences to enable the team to focus on committed objectives.Assisting in prioritization of bugs/defects with PO to meet business objectives and schedules.

San Francisco Bay Area

Coordinated and participated in weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level sizing (Story Points) for backlog items.Facilitated Scrum and Kanban daily standups as well as other agile ceremonies.Driving and motivating the adoption of scrum rules, removing impediments, fostering self-management, and empowering my teams.Acted as a servant leader for the team providing continuous coaching to team members as needed.Determined the team capacity (velocity) from historical data. Performed Work Breakdown structure analysis (user stories) and corresponding activities (tasks).Improved team velocity by incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions.Coached team to complete tasks successfully and on time while removing impediments and blockersMonitored project progress, communicating impact and completion rates to predefined distributions.Identified and mitigated team risks and impediments (Blocking Issues, Critical Defects) on daily basis.Agile mentor/coach to other Scrum Masters.Providing visibility into delivery goals, transparency of the process, commitments, and progress.

Kwara, Nigeria

Coach project team members in agile values, principles, and practices.Manages and facilitates releases and production deploymentsFacilities long-term planning for the teamAssists team in managing dependencies on other teams (internal or external)Promote agile practices where agile has not yet been fully adopted and understood across the organization.Ensure accuracy of priority, content, and status of all story cards are managed and maintained.Stay in constant contact with other key personnel including but not limited to Project Management and Product Owners to ensure the highest priority items remain the primary focusShield the project team from unnecessary distractions and interferences

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Master Of Science - Ms, Data Analysis