Scrum Master Location: Appleton WI
Length: 12 Months Contract *ScrumMaster* The ScrumMaster is a coach and facilitator, leading the conversation between the Development Team and the Product Owner. The ScrumMaster doesn't manage the team that produces the work; instead,he/she supports the Product Owner, coaches the team, and ensures that Scrum rituals are enacted. The ScrumMaster has a good understanding of the Scrum framework, its implementation, and the maximization of its benefits. The ScrumMaster has the ability to coach others in Scrum’s nuances.In supporting the Product Owner, the ScrumMaster helps, coaches, and provides a consultancy role,looking at the project from all angles. The ScrumMaster facilitates the interactions between the Product Owner and the Development Team to optimize how they achieve the goals as well as continually adapting and prioritizing the Backlog.The ScrumMaster is a servant leader who enables the Development Team. The ScrumMaster facilitates the Daily Standup and is responsible for removing any obstacles encountered by the team. The ScrumMaster steers the development through issues, resolves any problems that are blocking development, and involves those with the needed skills and experience. When there is noise from within the business, the ScrumMaster with help from the Product Owner protects the team from that noise. Finally, as a project progresses, the product evolves. User feedback is a key element in the continuous learning that is essential for crafting a good, solid, usable product. The ScrumMaster helps the Development Team by facilitating reviews and planning sessions. This is different than “managing” the Development Team: they are responsible for managing themselves. The ScrumMaster is there as support, to provide input when required, facilitate and coach; not managing or control the project or the Development Team. *Responsibilities* ?? Represents the team to management and management to the team ?? Works closely with the Product Owner to ensure a healthy, groomed Product Backlog for the team ?? Is responsible for enacting Scrum values and practices ?? Schedules and facilitates the Daily Standup meetings ?? Removes roadblocks and obstacles so the team can focus on work ?? Shields the team from external interferences ?? Enables close cooperation across all roles and functions ?? Facilitates team member specialization and generalization of tasks ?? Schedules Sprint Reviews/Demo at the end of each sprint with the Product Owner ?? Schedules and facilitates Sprint and Release Planning meetings ?? Is not the project manager but a facilitative, servant leader and a Scrum process coach ?? Monitors Sprint tasks to ensure success but does not create or assign tasks (the team creates and assigns tasks) ?? Regularly and physically meets with the team members (colocation if possible) * Qualifications:* 1. Knowledge of the software development life cycle 2. Knowledge of and Scrum experience 3. Excellent communication skills in English in written and spoken form 4. Demonstrated experience as a leader of large initiatives or manager of a team. Examples include: ?? Project Manager on large business and IT initiatives. ?? Portfolio Manager for a group of projects to deliver large business changes. ?? Manager of a workgroup with employee performance and budget accountabilities. ?? Leader of large and complex CI initiatives. *Personal Skills:* 1. Servant Leader – Must be able to garner respect from his/her team and be willing to get their hands dirty to get the job done 2. Communicative and social – Must be able to communicate well with teams 3. Facilitative – Must be able to lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team 4. Assertive – Must be able to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority, and make the tough calls on team practices and direction. 5. Aware of Situations – Must be the first to notice differences and issues as they arise and elevate them to the Product Owner and Team as well as other stakeholder as needed. 6. Enthusiastic – Must be high-energy providing liveliness to team interactions 7. Continual improvement - Must continually be growing one's craft; learning new tools and techniques to manage oneself and a team 8. Conflict resolution - Must be able to facilitate discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches 9. Attitude of empowerment - Must be able to lead a team to self-organization 10. Attitude of transparency – Must desire to bring disclosure and transparency to the business about development and grow business trust through cooperate solutioning *Other Key Skills:* 1. Understand basic fundamentals of iterative development 2. Understand other processes and methodologies and can speak intelligently about them and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/enterprise 3. Understand the value of commitments made by a development team to deliver. 4. Understand incremental delivery and the value of metrics 5. Understand task definition 6. Familiarity with common Agile development practices, tools, and processes. Thanks & Regards, Rani Adari Sr. IT Recruiter Tech Tammina 203 Elden Street Herndon, VA-20170 Call: 703-880-4992 Fax: 703-991-5532 [email protected] www.tammina.com GTalk:raniadarii -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SAP ABAP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sap-abap. 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