Scrum Master/Project Manager Resume Addison, TX - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Dynamic, hands - on Scrum Master with experience leading large enterprise software development projects that meet demanding time restraints and exceed all expectations.
Possesses demonstrated ability to motivate, organize, lead and coach Scrum teams across multiple locations, with a track record of leading complex projects while delivering on time, under budget and above expectations.
Ability to lead many projects at once while working within strict deadlines and maintaining professionalism.
Skilled in providing effective leadership in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments, with outstanding oral and written presentation and communication skills.
Promoted to positions of increasing responsibility because of strong servant leadership skills, teamwork, service and overall performance.
Excels at turning individuals into teams that work efficiently and exceed expectations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Addison, TX

Scrum Master/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Proficiently facilitated all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, and Release Planning.
Managed 4 Scrum Teams, introduced & taught Scrum, test case management & product backlog management.
Provided expertise in development estimation and planning; Coordinated and participated in weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for backlog items.
Assisted team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, sizing and task definition and participated proactively in developing team standards, tools and best practices reducing development time by 30%.
Removed impediments and protected team members from interruptions to maximize productivity.
Worked closely with Product Owners, coordinating product backlog grooming and story estimation.
Implemented Issues Tracking in Rally & TFS to effectively track blockers against user stories.
Coordinated and partnered with other Scrum Masters on our program team ensuring that our ways of working are consistent across teams.
Worked with Senior Management, Business & Release Management to understand the vision of the product, prioritize and develop software release planning.
Monitored the development progress throughout each sprint to ensure project was within scope and budget.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Scrum Master/ Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Collaborated with members of the Product and Business Teams to maintain Product Backlogs.
Kept in constant communication with project management peers in sharing and adoption of PM standards /best practices.
Effectively tracked and reported of all relevant team performance metrics to ensure organizational transparency, including project and release status.
Coordinated all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, and Release Planning
Enabled Agile team to increase its throughput by 15% through use of swarming around features and high collaboration approaches such as paired programming.
Managed the software release process and ensured all phases were planned, through collaboration with architects & leads, product owners, infrastructure support, QA, and outside teams
Remove obstacles for developers and testers and empower the team to make system and process improvements captured in sprint retrospective meetings.
Communicated sprint progress to senior management through 'Burndown Charts'. Monitored the Quality through metrics and mentored team through project management processes.

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

Guided, coached and assisted the team in Scrum / Agile principles and driving process improvement.
Supported the product owner with grooming and maintaining product backlog.
Proactively identified impediments and appropriately resolved using network of peers (Scrum of Scrums) and formal channels.
Ensured using Scrum, complete team achievement of all documentation, tracking and reporting metrics and ensured delivery timelines.
Scrum Master for 15 products, completed an average of 10% under budget.
Coordinate with Development and QA teams to ensure final production release meets requirements
Provided strong mentorship to team members and focused on continuous improvement.
Removed team impediments on a daily basis to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and deliverables.