Scrum Master

• Act as Scrum Master for one or multiple teams, providing a learning environment to maximize team efficiency and overall business value,
• Facilitate all Scrum-related rituals and ceremonies (Daily Stand Up, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, etc.) while maintaining all Scrum artifacts (Iteration backlog, Program Increment , etc.),
• Challenge, coach, and guide the organization using Agile and lean principles, experimenting with processes and tools that encourage continuous improvement,
• Facilitate the team’s progress toward team goals, continuously engaged in challenging the old norms of development to improve performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, and velocity,
• Focus the team on daily and Iteration Goals in the context of current Program Increment (PI) Objectives,
• Collect metrics to provide teams and the organization with relevant feedback on velocity, quality, and overall impact of our efforts,
• Support the Product Owner in their efforts to manage the backlog and guide the team while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope,
• Eliminate impediments by actively addressing issues so that the team can remain focused on achieving the objectives of the Iteration. Escalate when blocking issues are beyond the team’s authority or may require support from other teams,
• Foster a collaborative environment for a high-performing team through coaching and leading with servant leadership behaviors,
• Communicate with management and outside stakeholders, protecting the team from scope expansion and items out of their control,
• Represent the team in the Scrum of Scrums (SoS) meeting, passing along information from that meeting back to the team. Coordinate with the System Team, User Experience, Architecture, and Shared Services Teams,
• Facilitate preparation and readiness for ART events, assisting the team in preparation for ART activities, including PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt.

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