Ife Agboola

Scrum Master December 2022 - Present

Book4Time, Canada

Work with the Product Owner to align teams with the product vision, sprint goals, and other necessary information
Facilitate groups of 5-10 and coach multiple teams across the products
Conduct all Scrum Ceremonies
Create an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions
Champion continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity
Communicate organizational impediments to leadership and help clear impediments for the team
Collaborate in the creation and maintenance of the product backlog
Bring ideas from professional facilitation, coaching, conflict management, mediation and so on to help the team become a high-performance team
Provide periodic team performance reporting toward product outcomes

Scrum Master March 2020 – July 2022

Served as Scrum Master for multiple agile development teams, creating web-based quality Improvement and evaluation System for Insurance, Health, and Investment Services
Worked to improve the processes and quality of teamwork by implementing test-driven development, ensuring that software conformed to architectural standards, and participating in design and implementation reviews
Implemented a cross functional working environment across BA/PO/UX/Architecture/QA.
Defined and developed an approach to reporting of agile metrics and measurements specific for each team i.e., Established predictable team velocity and story estimation.
Trained and coached Product Owners, Business Analysts and Developers on better ways of Story creation of Epics/Features/User Stories and how to use best agile practice to refine and prioritize product backlog
Facilitated scrum ceremonies and working sessions to identify resolutions to impediments. This helped to improve team overall output and foster common ground for tracking project status
Acted as a liaison to assist the team in managing dependencies between the team and third parties, release managers, or between the team and other agile teams
Ran the scrum ceremony in line with agile values (Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, Retrospective, Sprint Review)
Facilitated the formation and norming of scrum teams, established working agreements, definition of ready and definition of done in a view to ensure agreement and alignment with team and project goals.

Project Manager April 2015 – February 2020

Managed and supervised the execution of customer experience and brand management project plans within the company
Conducted stakeholder analysis, impact analysis and risk mitigation to ensure smooth flow of project implementation
Planned and reviewed project outcomes with business developers & account managers
Worked with team leads to ensure deliverables were met
Utilized project management tools for tracking of project updates
Monitored CAPEX and OPEX for budget management and resource allocation
Developed project scope of work and other pertinent documents needed for project use
Ensured profitability of project by implementing cost control to track man hours viz-a-viz timeline deliverables

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