Tahir S

About Tahir S

Waterfall & Agile, Process Improvement, Dependency & Risk Management, Information…

Experience

1. Sr Scrum Master

   Elevance Health

   Jul 2022 — Present

   Create, maintain, and organize backlog of features, epics, stories, and tasks in JIRA. Provide coaching, guidance and coordination with other RTE’s working within the same platform Identify and remove impediments to team success, and ensure teams have everything needed to build and deliver value to the customer Coordinate all Scrum Ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Demos, Story Grooming, and Release Planning Lead and mentor three scrum teams of approximately 8 members each to transition from prior methodology to Agile, meeting and exceeding all institutional and department expectations Proficient in creating and maintaining dashboards and queries that make information visible for decision making Help guide the Scrum Team on how to use Scrum and/or other agile methodologies and patterns to deliver high-quality products and services to customers. Begin to navigate through different coaching stances deliberately (coaching, mentoring, teaching, facilitating) while growing the agile skills and mindset of team members. Support an environment that empowers and energizes team members, with a focus on accountability, adaptability, and collaboration. Fosters and ensures readiness for events with pre-and post PI planning Help teams to a high-performing level by nurturing self-organization and team cohesion within the Agile umbrella. Co-facilitate and support all Scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective. Support PI Planning, System Demos and Inspect and Adapt sessions. Co-mentor the Product Owner in user story creation, prioritization and Product Backlog Refinement while ensuring the team focuses on technical needs, including improvements to testing and deployment processes. Regularly utilizes data and team metrics to demonstrate team capacity, predictability, & maturity Help make work visible and ensure impediments are removed.