*Position – Project Manager* *Location – Chicago, IL* *Duration – 3-6 months* *Client – Healthcare Analytics*
Provide all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example Facilitate all scrum ceremonies (Sprint Review, Sprint Planning, Backlog refinement, Daily Standups, Sprint Retrospective) Mentor Product Owners on INVEST principles of User Story Writing Support and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog Guide the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices/principles Assess the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization (Shu Ha Ri) Guide the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment. Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information Reconcile FTE and contractor invoices Required Skills Scrum Master certificate 3+ years’ experience being a Scrum Master for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory Knowledge of Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs Ability to multi-task effectively across several projects and assignments Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, empowerment, and increasing transparency Passion for continual process improvement Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work. Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution Desired Skills Experience with Rally Experience with Safe Continuous Attention to Technical excellence through knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc Previous experience as a team lead Excellent communication and mentoring skill Thanks! Viren Yadav -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "US_IT.Groups" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to us_itgroups+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to us_itgroups@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/us_itgroups. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
