10 Months contract with top tier company within the Financial Services / Investment sector for an expert Scrum Master highly skilled in Agile frameworks.
Purpose of the role:The primary purpose of the Scrum Master role is to ensure that the Scrum / Agile framework is properly implemented and followed by the Scrum team, thereby maximizing the team's productivity and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality products. The Scrum Master acts as a facilitator, coach, and servant leader, focusing on promoting Agile principles and removing obstacles that impede the team's progress.
Support Scrum/Development Teams - Coaching the team members in self-management and cross-functionality
- Helping the Scrum Team focus on creating high-value Increments that meet the Definition of Done
- Causing the removal of impediments to the Scrum Teams progress
- Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the time-box.
Product Owner Support and Coaching - Helping to find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management
- Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items
- Helping to establish empirical product planning for a complex environment
- Facilitating stakeholder collaboration as requested or needed
Organisational Support - Coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption
- Planning and advising Scrum implementations within the organization
- Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work
- Removing barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams
- Help influence and maintain desired organisational culture
- Ability to identify levers that will maximise Agile adoption effectiveness and improvement
Project Manager Support and Coaching - Assist Project Manager in Agile planning
- Assist Project Manager in Agile rituals
- Assist Project Manager in Agile execution approach
- Setting up actionable metrics that will provide insights into delivery
Understanding Technical Concepts - Test driven development
- Continuous integration
- Continuous delivery
- Agile testing
- Splitting user stories
- Agile retrospective games
Facilitation of Scrum Events - Release planning
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Scrums
- Backlog Refinement
- Sprint Reviews
- Team Retrospectives
Contact me at the details listed below.
Thank you,
Theresa Steenkamp
Key Account Manager - Network Contracting Solutions
tsteenkamp at networkcontracting c.o.z.a
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