Scrum Manager - Johannesburg
Salary Negotiable
Johannesburg, Gauteng
Johannesburg,
Gauteng
more than 14 days ago
27-02-2017 4:01:02 PM
27-03-2017 4:01:02 PM
Our client is currently seeking to recruit a Scrum Manager.
Output/Core Tasks:- Lead SDLC Methodology Center
- Collaborate with partners to transition the operating model to Agile
- Implement/ (Ensure) processes, practices, and tools allow for multiple paths of delivery. I.e., create simplified, consistent, reusable, efficient and flexible methodologies
- Recommend improvements and drive alignment across the Agile projects
- Serve as a Coach and Mentor within the organization
- Coach and mentor the organization to facilitate adoption and maturity
- Facilitation for the delivery teams that utilise Scrum as their development methodology.
- Resolving any impediments that might obstruct the delivery of the product.
- Ensuring that the Agile / Scrum principles are implemented correctly in the project
- Organize regular sessions to train the team in using backlog management tools effectively.
- Facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings
- Ensure that all the requirements from all stakeholders captured in the Product Backlog.
- Support and educate the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
- Facilitate better expression of requirements as independent, negotiable, valuable, estimable, small, and testable user stories.
- Ensure that the product backlog is easily accessible to all the people concerned.
- Help maintain the release plans and update the product / release burndown charts to actually completed and new ones added allow early discovery of scope / schedule drift.
- Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
- Take responsibility for managing dependencies between the team and third parties and / or other scrum teams.
- Ensure that the Sprint taskboard reflect what the team is actually doing.
- Ensure that the product backlog is of manageable size.
- Track and communicate team key metrics such as time taken to deliver work products (velocity) and sprint / release progress.
- Ensure the development teams are practicing the agile principles
- Facilitate SCRUM events (Daily stand up, Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives, Backlog estimation)
- SCRUM Coaching
- Generate Scrum artefacts (Velocity and Burndown charts)
- Maintain Team Dynamics
- Foster team self-management and self-organisation
Role Requirements: Qualifications:
- Grade 12
- Tertiary qualification
Experience & Knowledge:
- 3 – 5 years relevant experience
- Project Management certification (added advantage)
- Scrum Master Certification (added advantage)
- Agile technical project management of multiple software releases
- Work across multiple technical teams to develop solutions software training
Competencies:
- Analyzing
- Coaching and Mentoring of network teams
- Facilitation
- Conflict Management
- Collaboration
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Send a detailed copy of your CV.
Should you not be contacted within 7 days, please consider your application as unsuccessful.