Manager - Projects
Cognizant
Sr Scrum Master / Agile Coach
Qualification:
Science / Engineering Graduate
Responsibility:
Agile Implementation:
- Implement agile practices for one team suggested by the coach / agile coe.
- Identify the training programs for the team members.
- Coach and mentor team members to develop agile capabilities self-organization 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- Provide coaching to team members and develop their capability.
- Set stretch targets and track performance against the same periodically.
Must Have Skills
Scrum Master
Science / Engineering Graduate

Posted: 2021-01-05 Expires: 2021-02-03