Yewande Ogunbanjo

An exuberant certified Scrum Master and Agile evangelistwith over 4 years agile experience, who thrives in fast paced & complex environments that require innovative thinking andadvanced abilities within the agile environment. Result driven, team motivating, and interpersonal skilled with the ability to remove impediments and/or blockers from teams to achieve set goals and business objectives. Experience gained through various industries within software development, in environments such as IT, Finance and the Public sector. Wellversed and experienced in working with software such as apps and web pages, and highly skilled in liaising with stakeholdersboth internal and external teams and suppliers.

Scrum Master, ASOS, February 2022 to Date

• Facilitating all scrum ceremonies such as the sprint planning, daily scrum/standups, sprint review, backlog refinement and sprint review.

• Supported multiple teams both onshore and offshore.

• Coaching the team on writing good user stories that meets the INVEST criteria.

• Working closely with the product owner on the product backlog refinement, prioritising backlog items, estimating work and capacity.

• Supporting in cost Modal flows (Updating timesheets).

• Employed and updated Jira boards to ensure smooth flow of work.

• Risk identification and monitoring, managing dependencies on other scrum teams.

• Setting up both virtual and face to face workshops on Agile.

• Creating parking Lot meetings for when Stand-Up over-runs its 15-min timebox.

• Supporting with releases: Aligning with release dates, facilitating release meetings, ensuring there are rollback plans in place.

• Coaching, mentoring, and encouraging the team to self-organised.

• Helped the team to increase their velocity by 15% over 4 sprints and reduced which led to fast delivery of high-quality products.

• Communicating with stakeholders to ensure delivery of high-quality products to customers.

• Serving as the first point of contact on impediment removal and escalations.

• Working closely with team to identify and act on opportunities for improvement through retrospective meetings.

• Supported the team deliver an increase in user’s shopping experience by 65% by the end of Q3.

• Working with the team on creating high-value Increments that meets the Definition of Done.

• Reporting on the team's performance using Burndown charts, Burn up charts, team's velocity.

• Advocating for diversity and inclusion, building a safe environment where issues can be raised, and everyone can speak freely without fear of discrimination orintimidation.

Scrum Master, Halifax Bank, March 2021 to February 2022

• Responsible for supporting Scrum Teams throughout the Agile Methodology Software Development Lifecycle.

• Lead and supported cross-functional team to be self-organized and Agile matured.

• Used Agile methodology to Coach Product Owner.

• Acting as a servant leader across 2 scrum teams.

• Worked on launching a new financial product to help customers with the cost-of-living crisis and reduce overdraft spending by 50%.

• Mentoring, coaching, and giving presentations on Agilepractices.

• Working closely with product owner and the Dev team to achieve timely deliverables.

• Facilitating all scrum ceremonies such as the sprint planning, daily scrum/standups, sprint review, backlog refinement and sprint review.

• Ensuring the team plans for upcoming sprints with well prioritised backlog, fully defined user stories, acceptance criteria and DOD.

• Using metrics such as cumulative flow chart to forecast bottle necks, raising and discussing with the team and conceptualising mitigation plans.

• Tracking teams progress related to release plans, milestones, product roadmaps and deliverables.

• Used Capacity planning as a tool for effective sprint planning session.

• Identifying and removing impediments, inspect and adapt to ensure continuous improvement.

• Working with the product owner on the product backlog grooming and sprint goal.

• Empowering and motivating the team to success by adapting the values of Scrum (Commitment, Focus, Openness, Respect and Courage).

Agile Delivery Manager, Network Rail, November 2019 to February 2021

• Leading and facilitating end-to-end implementation projects for product upgrades within FinancialMessaging.

• Supporting and coaching product owners on maximising value through effective user stories that meet the INVEST Criteria and also coaching product owners on backlog prioritisation.

• Initially engaged in coaching and leading teams from a WAgile environment and promoting a more refined and efficient Scrum Culture.

• Subsequently leading multiple scrum teams of cross-functional developers in 4 geographical locations globally with up to 30 Developers.

• Enhanced and improved knowledge of multiple project delivery methodologies (SDLC, Product Life cycle, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid).

• Created a leaner, streamlined Agile framework. Implemented initiatives that ensured effective planning including facilitation of backlog refinement sessions, resulting in increased velocity per sprint and positive review outcomes by sprint end.

• Reviewed and audited existing Agile practices; inspected and presented updated Scrum roles, rules, events, and artifacts to the teams involved.

• Protecting Scrum teams from external interference and removing impediments to allow for optimal performance.

• Mentored, educated and re-focussed teams and the wider group on how to achieve better success in using Agile.

• Proactively managing complex project stakeholders in a global environment across multiple interna functions and locations including offshore resources.

Data Control Manager - June 2016 to September 2019

• Details available on request

BA Hons, Advertising & Marketing Communications, University of Greenwich: Second Class Honours; Upper division