Scrum Master

Job description

As Scrum master you will be the guardian of Scrum Team, someone that resolves impediments and have influence over the scrum processes.

 

Everything from coaching team about agile scrum, facilitating the scrum ceremonies, releasing potentially shippable software. You must execute the backlog in consultation by product owner/manager, making sure that deliverables are on time with production quality. You need to be involved in team conflict resolution and must have excellent communication skills. You must be actively involved in technical matters thus finding out the gaps and ensuring product owner involvement in business decision and description of the functional flow.

 

 

 

The Scrum Master will be responsible for: 

 

·  Certified SCRUM MASTER
·  Strong Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.
·  Good Fundamentals on Agile Methodology is mandatory.
·  CSM [Certified Scrum Master]/ Any Agile Certifications is strongly preferred
·  Exposure for Tools like JIRA ,Jama, Confluence is preferred.
·  Mentorship skills to coach team how to follow agile scrum, which really works.
·  Understand the basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
·  Good Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burn down metrics, velocity, user stories etc.
·  Knowledge of other Agile approaches, like: Kanban, Crystal, FDD, XP, etc.
·  Knowledge about other methodologies other than Agile-Scrum
·  Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand your team needs.

You should have knowledge about :

·  Agile techniques like: User Stories, Continuous Integration, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
·  Ability to take and understand your commitment to deliver the product on time.
·  Know about the value of metrics and incremental delivery.
·  Successfully execute a project to agreed schedule, budget and scope using Agile methodology
·  Perform the relevant Agile processes and the supporting processes e.g. scope, time, cost, issue, risk, resource, communication, stakeholder management
·  Plan the project based on defined need - results in detailed scope/budget/schedule baseline
·  Monitor and control the work to ensure that the project remains on track and in control
·  Close the project to formalize acceptance of the project result and release project resources
·  Interface and communicate with project team, management and stakeholders
·  Manage project work and resources to enable successful and timely completion of the project
·  Delivery of projects aligned to overall business and technology strategies and architectures
·  Work within defined governance processes
·  Manage external contracts and suppliers where required
·  Manage to the objectives and plan by thorough risk, issue and change management across both business and IT parts of the project
·  Ensures that quality project standards are met as prescribed by IT Services through the effective implementation or use of approved processes, methodologies and deliverables
·  Exhibits Lean-Agile Leadership - Helps the team embrace SAFe Core Values, adopt and apply SAFe Principles and implement SAFe practices.
·  Understand the priority of the requirements from business and work with /guide the team to estimate in story points(establish normalize estimates) and commit based on the known average velocity/capacity of the team
·  Work with the Product Owner/Business team in effective Pre-PI Planning
·  Prepare Internal Team Milestones with dates (for eg: Coding complete and code checked in, User Guide/Release notes inputs complete, demo with PO/Business team etc) and ensure they are in line with the PI Milestone dates.
·  Risks/Issues are documented, addressed and escalated as appropriate.
·  Organize and facilitate Scrum Ceremonies during every PI (Ensures that the Scrum processes agreed are followed.)
·  Note: Sprint Planning, Daily stand-ups, Sprint Backlog refinements, Sprint reviews, Sprint Demos, Sprint retrospectives
·  Facilitates the team’s progress toward team goals - Plan and track the team's progress regularly. Report any impediments/dependencies, risks and issues on delivery commitments as early as possible. The Scrum Master ensures that the team is fully functional and productive. Works towards improving the productivity of the development team in any way possible.
·  Helps coordinate inter-team cooperation and helps team operate well on the Agile Release Train - Collaborates actively with other Scrum masters (Meta Scrum/Scrum of scrums)
·  Discussing any dependencies
·  Share team updates
·  Adopting and sharing any best practices
·  Communicate any change requests, its analysis and the solution proposal from the team.
·  Provide all needed support to the Scrum Team using a servant leadership style (by using persuasion rather than authority) and leading by example.
·  Guide & coach (by asking powerful questions that are thought provoking) the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and values. Goal: Happy stakeholders/Fostering Self Organization- Issues should be removed by the team wherever possible. Makes the development team aware of the Scrum values.
·  Supports the team rules - Guide and coach the Scrum Team regularly on applying the Agile mindset/ best practices/ rules to their work processes. Drives Agile behaviour in teams & ensures that the team is fully functional, productive and valuable. The Scrum Master is responsible for reinforcing them.
·  Facilitate discussion and decision-making on identifying gaps and how to fill them appropriately.
·  Fosters team collaboration and helps in resolving conflicts
·  Supports the PO- Support/Discuss with the Product Owners, especially with the objective to refine and manage the respective product backlog. (Goal: Improve the Product Owners effectiveness by helping maintain the Product Backlog and ensures User Stories are detailed enough)
·  Leads team efforts in relentless improvement- Identify and propose areas for improvement and issues affecting effectiveness that the Teams themselves might not be aware of.
·  Eliminates Impediments - Remove impediments (road blocks) for the development team (or guide the team to remove dependencies/impediments where appropriate) by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.

 

Attributes

·  Thrives on Responsibility - to maximize the throughput of the team, assumes no authority, Showcases Leadership and guidance to team
·  Humble – Willing to do whatever is necessary to help the team achieve its goal, leads by example to recognize the value in all team members
·  Collaborative – Ensures a collaborative culture exists within the team, if not, create such an environment for team to have open and honest conversations.
·  Committed – To following Scrum ceremonies, cadence, addressing impediments, supporting team in meeting the commitments
·  Influential – Should know to exert influence without resorting to being dictatorial; Active participation in spreading Agile mindset within the business unit / organization through coaching, trainings, leading CoEs/CoPs across the company
·  Knowledgeable – Have technical known-how (enough to effectively lead the team), product and market understanding or other specialized knowledge to help the team pursue its goal.
·  Manages external interfaces as needed

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:

 

·  Monitors and manages one or more Automation Platform projects through agreed scope, time and costs
·  Proactively identify risks and issues on projects - leading team to develop risk management and issues management plans
·  Anticipates problems before they occur; defines the problem or risk; identifies possible causes; works with team to identify solutions; selects and implements most appropriate solution
·  Develop and manage plans to address project strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
·  Analytical skills and problem solving skills needed to manage multiple factors on a project simultaneously

 

 

 

Knowledge and Skill Requirements: 

 

·  Experience of managing IT projects and personal accountability for delivering to time and cost for small projects
·  Expertise in Project Management and Agile methodology, tools and templates (includes project planning, schedule development, scope management and cost management) and drive such projects in Automation space – RPA, Conversational Intelligence and AI engaging Architecture, InfoSec, Product Manager, Configuration, Automation Engineers, Cloud and Virtualization teams.
·  Knowledge of SAFe will be an advantage
·  Track record of customer focus, based on openness, trust and delivering on promises
·  Experience across packaged and bespoke systems and infrastructure
·  Skills to manage one or more smaller projects simultaneously
·  IT background with experience across the systems development life cycle with experience in all project phases
·  Knowledge and use of industry-standard project methods, tools and techniques e.g. RAIDs, budget, communication
·  Strong team working skills across client, supplier and geographically dispersed virtual teams
·  Strong communication and inter-personal skills including negotiation
·  Excellent written and verbal communication skills - must be able to communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing
·  Demonstrates commitment to IT methodologies, processes and standards for project management

 

Job Requirements

 

Education and Certifications

 

·  BTech / MCA / MBA
·  CSM and PMI - ACP certified

Experience

·  12 plus years of IT experience and minimum 2 years of experience as Scrum Master