Scrum Master

Sr Scrum Master / Agile CoachQualification:Science / Engineering GraduateResponsibility:Framework Customization:Assessment:

• Implement the Assessment recommendations.

• Participate on the maturity assessment.

• Implement agile practices for one team suggested by the coach / agile coe.

• • Understand the overall product roadmap as articulated by agile coach/product owner and translate roadmap into team specific release planning and sprint planning.

• • Identify the training programs for the team members.

• coach and mentor team members to develop agile capabilities, selforganization etc.

• explain benefits and scrum principles to the product owner and team.

• Guide development of technical artifacts that can be used for future reference.

• • Facilitate retrospection at the end of each sprint.

• filter the learning for the next sprint.

• identify best practices and ensure that they are implemented.

• document the learning / outcome of retrospection notes.

• • Maintain oversight on the work of the scrum team under purview.

• • Collate metrics to track progress and provide status updates to relevant stakeholders.

• • Resolve any issues that may arise.

• escalate critical issues to relevant stakeholders for resolution.

• • Guide Agile team in coming up with a size based on the requirements / features gathered.

• • Guide the team to break the tasks and assign hours into tasks.

• • Review estimates created by the team and provide feedback/ inputs.

• • Facilitate all interactions that the team has with the Product Owner to gather and prioritize the requirements.

• review documented requirements as shared by the Product Owner.

• • Help the team write the requirement as an user story.

• • Review the backlog and provide necessary input.

• • Facilitate meetings to ensure efficiency.

• protect the team from external influences.

• • Guide the teams towards improving the scrum way of working including ensuring cross term coordination.

• facilitate daily standup meetings, sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos.

• • Support the Product Owner at client and Cognizant to keep the backlog, communicate updates, communicate impediments and maintain release plan(s).

• review scenarios, product features etc.

• • Drive and support the team by removing impediments.

• liaise between the team (inclusive of developers, testers) and other practices to ensure focus on each release.

• identify dependencies and ensure no delays in accomplishing sprint goals.

• • Track metrics and leverage scrum artefacts (eg backlogs, burn down charts etc) to communicate progress to customer sponsors.

• • Remove interferences to ensure team is working efficiently (for specific accounts / projects).

• act as a bridge for distributed scrum.

• track the velocity.

• • Draft the release management plan.

• work with the product owner to ensure that the release plan is revised post every sprint.

• review estimates and task board to ensure that the same is updated.

• provide inputs for release planning activities.

• • Identify and suggest testing processes and tools to the team.

• • Review the suggestions made by team members and develop efficient testing processes.

• • At the end of each sprint, track metrics (eg velocity, code quality, defect density across all phases, code review metrics, testing metrics) for each sprint, report the same to the management.

• • Review and share observations on bug status, closure.

• review the defect management plan and review the corrective steps as taken by the team.

• • Facilitate the conversation so that the team identifies and takes corrective actions.

• ? Collaborate with Project Managers to set up Knowledge Management processes and practices.

• ? Nominate team members to conduct audits on the same and emphasize knowledge sharing across the engagement.

• drive creation of knowledge assets from the engagements.

• • Engage with team (the scrum team being managed by the role).

• create training plans for the team.

• provide coaching to team members and develop their capability.

• • Set stretch targets and track performance against the same periodically.

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