Scrum Master

The scope of the proposed services will include the following:-
• Facilitation of Scrum Master
o Daily Scrum Meetings
o Sprint Planning Meetings
o Sprint Review Meetings
o Sprint Retrospective Meetings

 

• Maintain Team Dynamics
o Coaching team members (e.g., with one-on-one coaching)
o Mediating through impediments & conflicts
o Identifying outstanding project and product decisions impacting team delivery
o Fostering the assigned team’s self-organization
o Supporting Team, Project and Organization goals with project leaders and product owner(s)
o Giving feedback to the team
o Encouraging the use of Agile Practices within the development teams

 

o Recognizing team productivity issues & fostering continuous improvement methods to resolve the issues.
• Help in product related activities
o Helping teams and vendors with the release planning
o Being familiar with the team (i.e., the product)

 

• Supporting the big picture
o Bringing people together who should talk to each other
o Keeping in touch with every stakeholder regularly

Helping the team report to management
o Helping to further the Agile community within the organization
o Being a contact person for everyone on the team and their stakeholders regarding Agile
o Giving learning opportunities to people in the organization (e.g., talks or workshops) and letting them learn important Agile concepts (e.g., technical debt)
o Facilitating change

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory:
• Five (5) years minimum experience working in the Scrum Master role
• Familiarity with JIRA
• Agile software development (Scrum Methodology)

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory:
• Experience preparing presentations for project stakeholders
• Experience facilitating team building activities