MANKA BANYONG
Bowie
Summary
Experience Certified Scrum Master with over 10 years experience in the coaching, educating and mentoring newly formed as well as high-performance Agile teams on various agile frameworks such as Scrum, Scaled Agile and Kanban. Promoting visibility into progression of committed products using tools (Jira, Azure DevOps) and metrics (Velocity, Burndown chart and Dashboards). Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines. Streamlined cross-functional dependencies and interactions between agile teams, resulting in a minimum of 15% increase in Velocity and decrease in project delays. Improved team efficiency and optimized performance by increasing average team and per person velocity by over 11%. Collaborated with product team on requirements gathering, scope development and writing business valued stories with the teams.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Scrum Master
Evinex/ Ivanti
2023.05 - Current
- Drive cross-functional collaboration with dev teams across digital to deliver high-value business and customer improvement opportunities
- Streamlined project delivery by conducting daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and review and retrospective meetings for multiple projects simultaneously.
- Guided multiple work streams simultaneously through the transition from Waterfall to Agile development
- Maintain an efficient, value-driving product team velocity
- Improve team health and velocity by driving process improvements and retrospective action items to resolution
- Communicate regular updates on timelines, status, and dependencies to digital leadership
- Protect team from over-commitment and manage backlog by factoring team capacity opportunities and engage necessary expertise to facilitate
- Perform JIRA administration activities for the team(s) such as Opening and closing
- Help to identify, remove, and/or escalate impediments, risks, and dependencies
- Track team performance and progress using KPIs (burn down, dashboards and velocity charts) to report team status to the Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Management weekly or after each sprint.
Sr Scrum Master
Fidelity Investments
2021.03 - 2023.05
- Facilitated Scrum Ceremonies Including (Refinements, Planning, Stand-up, Demo and Retro)
- Capacity planning and allocation for team member for Sprints and PI Planning
- Drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout the life of each sprint
- Identified dependencies and coordinated with product owner, development team members, and stakeholders to minimize blockers
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases
- Provided extensive guidance on Agile scrum processes and methodologies to highly effective teams with goals of improving quality and productivity
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress
- Conducted team and organization workshops on identified area of improvements in Agile implementation to promote Agile maturity
- Initiated process changes for teams by incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions which allowed them to improve their velocity by 30%.
- Reduced time-to-market with efficient backlog management and prioritization of tasks based on business objectives.
- Resolved impediments to team progress by proactively identifying issues and facilitating effective solutions.
Sr Scrum Master
USAA
2019.03 - 2021.03
Scrum Master
Dept of Veterans Affairs
2016.09 - 2019.03
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives
- Managed and motivated project teams to promote collaboration and keep members on-task and productive
- Promoted transparency on the progress of the work using metrics such as burn down chart, Dashboards and Sprint reports
- Works with team on ensuring that User Stories meet Definition of Ready prior to the start of the new sprint and DONE at the end of each sprint
- Shielded scrum team from external interference for optimal productivity and success of Agile process
- Tracked and managed product backlog, burn down metrics, velocity, and task breakdown
- Coached teams on Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
Scrum Master
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
2013.12 - 2016.09
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement
- Contributed in the formation of the sprint goals which are established during sprint planning
- Worked with team on resolving the daily impediments to eliminate the possibility of tech-debt
- Represented the team in various project related meetings to obtain information on project changes which would affect the current and future projects which the team may be working on
- Facilitated Risk Management process through early identification during the sprint planning process
- Increased team collaboration, transparency and productivity to ensure the delivery of quality releasable products
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems
- Shield team from off distractions including additional workload handed through improper channels
- Mentor existing resources and new hires on how to develop iteratively
- Lead one or more Agile teams concurrently and be able to balance conflicting priorities and know when to escalate problems.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of Buea
Cameroon07.2002
Skills
- Agile Methodology
- ATDD
- Scrum Coaching
- Leadership
- JIRA
- Azure DevOps
- BDD
- Release Management
- Agile Transformation
- SAFE
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Release planning
- Agile Coaching
- Product Backlog Management
- Scrum Framework Expertise
- Retrospective Analysis
- Agile Best Practices
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Professional Scrum Master (PSMI)
- SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
Personal Information
Title: SR SCRUM MASTER
Timeline
Sr. Scrum Master
Evinex/ Ivanti
2023.05 - Current
Sr Scrum Master
Fidelity Investments
2021.03 - 2023.05
Sr Scrum Master
USAA
2019.03 - 2021.03
Scrum Master
Dept of Veterans Affairs
2016.09 - 2019.03
Scrum Master
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
2013.12 - 2016.09
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of Buea
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Professional Scrum Master (PSMI)
- SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM)
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