Nadji Grizzle

Scrum Master Project Manager @Booz Allen Hamilton

Led and coached Agile development teams in a healthcare-focused environment, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. • Facilitated all Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint/release planning, retrospectives, and demos, ensuring teams were aligned and motivated to meet sprint goals. • Collaborated closely with Product Owners to assist in user story creation, backlog grooming, and prioritization, ensuring alignment with organizational goals in the healthcare domain. • Managed team velocity and sprint capacity, tracking progress and reporting on key metrics to ensure high-quality software delivery. • Removed impediments, resolved issues, and escalated blockers as necessary to ensure that the team could focus on achieving sprint objectives. • Coordinated dependencies across teams and aligned efforts with other Scrum Masters and development managers to maintain synchronization across projects. • Championed Agile practices, providing coaching to development teams and stakeholders to enhance collaboration, accountability, and adaptability. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Market System Integrator (MSI) Contract August 2022–Present • Organized and facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming, within a healthcare-focused environment. • Worked directly with Product Owners to help define, prioritize, and groom the backlog, ensuring tasks were aligned with the program\'s long-term strategic goals. • Led efforts to track and report key Agile metrics, including team velocity, sprint capacity, and impediment resolution, to ensure timely delivery of high-quality deliverables. • Led the removal of blockers and escalated critical issues to senior management, ensuring smooth sprint execution.