RICEFW Technologies Inc
Location
Johnston, IA | United States
Job description
Please Note: As of July 22, 2021, our team will require that all candidate submissions include a LinkedIn profile. Please do not submit any candidates that do not have a LinkedIn."
NA has a client that is seeking a Scrum Master in Johnston, RI. Key Tasks:
* Facilitates their teams through all agile events such as iteration planning, reviews and retrospectives, and program increment (PI) planning * Creates working agreements, definition of ready, and definition of done
* Follows agile chapter guidelines such as the definition of an established team, elements of team excellence and PI planning guidance
* Helps the teams forecast their work, review performance, and take necessary action to align it with the forecast
* Assists product owners and teams in aligning product roadmaps and PI plans, product backlogs, and sprint backlogs
* Builds awareness of, and supports agile chapter guidelines for work items
* Uses tools such as Feature Kanban to manage feature lifecycle and drive backlog management; Ensures that the backlog meets exit criteria for each stage
* Guides the teams in meeting the criteria where necessary
* Participates with their teams to identify, analyze, and resolve impediments, risks, and dependencies
* Collaborates with team members to discuss dependencies with producing teams, and confirm that there is a plan for their fulfillment
* Facilitates teams in identifying, analyzing, and determining how to address risks (resolve/own/accept/mitigate)
* Escalates unaddressed impediments, risks, and dependencies
* Ensures that all team members are knowledgeable about their product s users, the business process and context, high level technical architecture, and the agile framework used by the team
* Works with team members and external stakeholders to improve where needed
* Fosters an environment where team members feel safe and appreciated, and are working at a sustainable pace
* Uses the concepts of servant leadership in supporting their teams
* Celebrates instances of effective teamwork and collaboration
* Set up and configure agile tools in support of teams; Follows established practices
Required Skills : * Experienced in implementing metrics to gauge team performance (e.g., burn-up, burndown, lead/cycle times, velocity trends, cumulative flow diagrams) * Experience with agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban; Familiarity with a scaled agile environment and PI planning. Able to customize agile frameworks/practices to the needs of the team, while not compromising on agile principles * Experience with agile metrics such as burn-up, burn-down, lead/cycle time, velocity charts, cumulative flow diagrams in a team setting * Possess an agile mindset, and familiarity with the values and principles of the agile manifesto * Excellent oral and written communication skills * Proficiency in problem solving skills such as active listening, analysis, synthesis, root-cause determination, what-if thinking, decision making * Build relationships and network with other product and shared services teams in support of dependency management and impediment removal * Desire to learn; Brings high energy and positive outlook * Ability to review and follow agile chapter guidance (e.g., definition of established, elements of team excellence, PI planning guidance) * Ability to co-create and co-deliver training content * Ability to facilitate and coach teamsJob tags
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