SUMMARY

• Over 7+ years of experienced Scrum Master wif a proven track record of delivering high - quality software, on-time and wifin budget.
• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in several Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies such as Waterfall, SCRUM and Scaled Agile (OSAM)
• Adept at facilitating Scrum Processes and conducting ceremonies (Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective)
• Proficiency in using issue tracking and agile management tools such as JIRA and TFS to document user stories, conduct sprint planning, track sprint progress and monitor the team’s statistics
• Coached multiple agile teams, of different maturity, at the same time leading to successful sprints
• Calculated team velocity using a capacity sheet for teams dat are new to agile methodology
• Strong implementation knowledge of prioritizing (assisting product owner) well-groomed user stories by using techniques like MoSCoW
• Enforced time boxing and facilitated estimation of user stories in Sprint Planning Sessions by using estimation techniques like Planning Poker, T-Shirt Sizing, and Fibonacci Series.
• Conducted User story writing workshop and emphasized the importance of INVEST criteria for each user story to the stakeholders who are new to scrum process and principles
• Adept at being a servant leader and resolving different types of impediments faced by development teams
• Expert at guiding and training teams to follow scrum methodology by adhering to agile values and principle.
• Collaborated in preparing Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scenarios for different types of testing such as System Integration Testing (SIT), Regression Testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) .
• Supported QA team in designing and developing Test cases, Test plan and test execution during sys testing
• Organized product demo sessions for the internal and external stakeholders at the end of each sprint
• Exceptional communicational skills in handling off-shore teams dat are spread across the globe
• Creative and aggressive self-starter attitude wif integrative thinking skills, capable of forming and maintaining positive and productive working relationships wif internal and external stakeholders

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Database Management: SQL SERVER 2008

Defect Management Tools: JIRA, TFS

Development Methodologies: Water fall, Agile Scrum Waterfall-Scrum Hybrid

Testing Tools: HP,QC

Operating System: Windows (Server 2003 R2, XP, Vista, 7,10)

Programming Language: SQL

User Adminstration: Active Directory

Utilities: Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook) Concur Expense Management, Fax2mail.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Ohio

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Working wif product owner in the refinement of the product backlog. Used Jira to maintain product backlog, User stories and bugs.
• Interact wif business partners to understand requirements and processes.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology
• Organizing and conducting all scrum ceremonies; Daily Stand up meetings, Sprint Planning meetings, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Communicate impediments and facilitate resolutions.
• Facilitate impediment resolution in a timely manner.
• Facilitating usage of Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Pair programming for code development.
• Coordinating wif QA team to determine and develop Test Plans, Test Cases and Unit Testing based on testing requirements.
• Working wif Product Owner to make sure backlog items are properly defined prior to acceptance into a sprint.
• Effectively track team’s progress, including burn down, velocity and release forecasting.
• Work wif Scrum Masters across four sites to prepare for and facilitate potentially shippable increment planning sessions.
• Contribute to product roadmap planning, project scheduling and release management
• Helping in release planning, dependency management and status reporting based on the information in Jira.
• Produce and maintain scrum artifacts to help communicate team achievements, deliverables, and timelines.
• Support the Product Owner and Development Team Lead in backlog management.
• Expertly promote continuous improvement and help teams increase productivity and foster innovation.

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Utilize abilities and skills of individuals and foster a feedback culture to support team building and development.
• Coached the Scrum team and helped in identifying solutions to issues raised during sprint retrospectives.
• Facilitated open discussions, difficult discussions, effective decision making, and the smooth operation and interaction throughout the teams
• Provide effective defect tracking and management to ensure highest quality software.
• Design and implement test suites dat exercise and validate product functionality in the most efficient way.
• Proactively collaborated wif other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches across the organization.
• Supported the product owner wif grooming and maintaining product backlog and working wif the team.
• Enforced time boxing for all the ceremonies (Sprint planning meeting, daily standup meeting, sprint review meeting, sprint retrospective meeting) during the sprint by keeping the team focused on the tasks for dat specific meeting
• Helped team to solve problems rather TEMPthan provide solutions.
• Excellent Documentation, Communication and collaboration skills.
• Advocated for quality and the customer experience to ensure customer satisfaction and gain referrals.
• Collaborated wif QA peers on test case reviews and continuously improved test approach and design.
• Proactively communicated any risks, design and quality issues, or increases in scope/time required to ensure projects remained on track.

Confidential

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Proficiently organize and facilitate daily scrum, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning.
• Collaborate closely wif product owner on backlog grooming to keep product backlog relevant and prioritized, ensuring acceptance criteria are agreed upon and stories are ready for sizing.
• Built relationship wif Product owner and other stake holders to facilitate team interactions wif them.
• Assisted wif internal and external communication to improve transparency and radiate information clearly which made sure dat all team members have the information they need to eliminate any surprises.
• Contributed in drafting user stories to the product backlog items by ensuring dat every story meets INVEST criteria. Participated regularly in backlog grooming meetings to slice the larger user stories into smaller stories and to estimate the sprint backlog items using planning poker technique.
• Organized and facilitatedScrum-of-Scrumwif other teams in organization, in order to pinpoint any cross-team dependencies and manage intra-team tasks.
• Perform the role of Scrum Master for one or more teams.
• Facilitated getting work done wifout coercion, assigning, or dictating the work..
• Identify and remove organization and team impediments to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• Train new team members and transition teams to agile framework wif Scrum to enhance team skill levels.
• Monitor and manage dependencies on other teams and external projects to ensure potential issues are resolved.
• Participate in iteration planning to create acceptance criteria and tests dat define “done” for developed features.