SCRUM MASTER RESPONSIBILITIES
- Organize and facilitate Agile activities and ceremonies including daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, and product backlog refinement sessions.
- Ensure that all meetings are positive, productive, stay on topic, and are kept within the timebox.
- Collaborate closely with the product owner to manage the backlog.
- Effectively manage user story estimation and forecasting.
- Champion and facilitate adoption of Agile standards, tools, and best practices.
- Coach team on established IT and corporate standards (e.g., security, quality, and architecture) to minimize operational and reputational risk.
- Proactively identify and resolve impediments to team progress.
- Report risks and issues
- Communicate with leaders across the organization to ensure transparency into delivery progress, challenges, and risks.
- Utilize team feedback and metrics (e.g., quality, delivery, cadence, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and work with team to continuously improve.
- Coach the team to improve collaboration and self-management, promoting healthy interactions both within the team and with external stakeholders.
- Represent the team at broader planning and coordination sessions (e.g., Scrum of Scrums).
- Support the team in using agile planning and development tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence, Rally).
- Experiment with new practices and frameworks to improve team outcomes.
- Actively participate in learning opportunities such as communities of practice or conferences to improve skills and better support the team.
- Contribute to the advancement and improvement of agile practices within the organization.
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This is a contract position