The Scrum Master is the architect of the Agile squad. He is in charge of the animation and the constant improvement of the Agile practices within the squad. He is accountable for the ceremonies activities and to remove the squad impediments.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
- Plan, animate and do a follow up of all the Agile ceremonies of the squad (Dailys, Sprint plannings, backlog refinements, reviews, etc.)
- Ensure an effective collaboration with all the squad members and especially to the IT PO
- Monitor the KPIs of the squad
Contributing Responsibilities
- Accountable for the Agile spirit and ceremonies of the squad
- Accountable to support the squad and remove impediments for the squad members
- Accountable to support the IT PO in the squad organization and daily activities
Technical & Behavioral Competencies Be autonomous on the role (Senior to expert level) and motivated on the daily tasks
Be an active member of the squad.
Have a proper communication with the Business (English language) and willing to animate the team.
Handling the main squad activities:
- Agile Ceremonies :
o Daily StandUp
o Sprint Planning
- Make sure that the team do not exceed their velocity
- Make sure that the Team understand what needs to be done (Sprint Goals)
o Backlog refinement
- Facilitate the review of the user stories of the Product Backlog in order to prepare for the upcoming sprints.
o Sprint Retro
- Handle the Retro (Retro format) to get the Teams feedback
o Sprint Review
- Check before the Sprint Review that the Team respected their commitment
- Discuss with the team the demo that they want to do, it must be clear and precise
- Share a Report at the end of the ceremony with all Scrum Master & IT PO of the Data Tribe
JIRA (Squad backlog):
- Making sure that the JIRAs are assigned to the Team members to know who is working on what.
- Making sure that the JIRAs status is updated.
- Making sure that the fixed version with the release date is specified in our JIRAs.
o Make sure to update the Release Calendar with the RTA, RTPP and RTP information.
- Making sure that the Team input their time in Triskell every month.
- Making sure that the Team monitors the availability of the asset and flows part of the perimeter.
- Making sure that there is a clear vision of all requests coming via:
o Mailbox
o Backlog: Bugs in production and UAT needs to be handled quickly. When a new request is created, it is added into the backlog.
- Compute and publish the main Agile indicators of the squad (Velocity, Predictability, etc..) for each sprint
- Service-Now (incidents and supports requests) :
o Do the follow-up with the Team to check if all requests are taking care of.
o MyAccess: Monitor the User Access requests that we receive in order to make sure that the team are tackling them.
o Making sure to open Incidents to unblock certain situations when they occur.
- Transversal activities :
o Assist and support in transversal meetings.
o Support in Asset Reviews when needed.
o Making sure that the Team is on track with the Sprint priorities that was defined by The IT PO during the Sprint Planning.
o Making sure to raise the flag is the Team have a blocking point that will lead to debts and do all your best to solve it.
- Making sure that Team members keep the squad documentations up to date
Specific Qualifications (if required)
Skills Referential
Behavioural Skills :
Active listening
Adaptability
Organizational skills
Ability to deliver / Results driven
Transversal Skills:
Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training
Ability to develop and adapt a process
Ability to inspire others & generate people's commitment
Ability to set up relevant performance indicators
Choose an item.
Education Level:
Master Degree or equivalent
Experience Level
At least 5 years