Scrum Master

The Scrum Master is responsible for promoting and supporting Scrum and Agile. The Scrum Master does this by helping everyone understand Scrum / Agile theory, practices, rules, and values., * Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team as well as possible.

• Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management.

• Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items.

• Understanding product planning in an empirical environment.

• Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value;

• Understanding and practicing agility.

• Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.

• Assisting the product organization refine the user stories to make sure they are constructed with all the required information.

• Coaching the Development Team in self-organization and cross-functionality.

• Helping the Development Team to create high-value products.

• Removing impediments to the Development Team’s progress.

• Facilitating all team meetings, including the Daily Stand-up / Scrum, Grooming Session, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review / Demo, and Sprint Retrospective.

• Leading and coaching the organization in its Scrum adoption.

• Planning Scrum implementations within the organization.

• Helping employees and stakeholders understand and enact Scrum and empirical product development.

• Causing change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team.

• Working with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.

• Significant experience in an Information Technology / Software Development organization.

• Significant experience with Agile development processes.

• Experience doing release planning and milestone planning (based on the velocity).