Deborah O Adebayo
Summary
Certified Agile Scrum Master with 7 years of diversified experience in Agile Software Development with dynamic, hands-on management of software development projects that meet demanding time restraints. Experiences ranges across healthcare, finance, maintenance, application support, business process management and automation.
Vast experience in leading Agile projects that involved various phases of the project – Estimates, Resource Planning, Staffing, Forecasting, Finance Management, People Management, Risk & Issue Management, Project Status reporting to leadership/client. I have consistently driven successful project outcomes by applying Agile principles and methodologies.
Have the ability to quickly comprehend complex subjects and guide products through the complete requirements, release, and support lifecycle.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Scrum Master
TOTTAY Group Inc.
04.2020 - Current
- Facilitates regularly recurring scrum-of-scrums.
- Guide a team and organization using Agile/Scrum best practices, methodologies and values.
- Assess the Scrum maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
- Lead sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Remove impediments or guide a team to remove impediments
Facilitate completion of work assignments, assigning, or dictating work assignments - Facilitate discussion, decision making, team building and conflict resolution
- Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information; supporting product managers to maximize return on investment (ROI) and meet the organization's objectives
- Support and educating the Product Owner, to include, but not limited to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
- Engage in agile delivery utilizing best agile methodology (i.e. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, etc.)
- Provide support to a team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example
Scrum Master
CBI Health Centre
12.2018 - 04.2020
- Managed each project's scope and timeline
- Coordinated sprints, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups
- Coached team members in Agile frameworks
- Facilitated internal communication and effective collaboration
- The point of contact for communications with various project stakeholders
- Worked closely with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
- Resolved conflicts and remove obstacles that occur
- Helped teams implement desired changes effectively
- Created and Managed JIRA Board /Confluence
- Ensured and communicated deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
- Helped build a productive environment where team members 'own' the product and enjoy working on it.
- Published weekly reports with the Stakeholders as per the defined templates and practices
- Wrote, updated and maintained project documentation.
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
Scrum Master
TJX Winners
06.2016 - 12.2018
- Lead and enforce the agile transformation across the organization, ensuring consistent use of agile methodologies and practices;
- Train and coach Scrum Masters and teams on agile practices, principles, and values to achieve high performance and productivity;
- Facilitate agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives;
- Ensure cross-functional collaboration, communication, and alignment between teams, stakeholders, and business units;
- Monitor and track team progress, impediments, and dependencies, and take proactive measures to resolve them;
- Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance team performance, efficiency, and quality;
- Partner with Product Owners to prioritize and manage the product backlog, ensuring that it aligns with the company's strategic goals;
- Work closely with the leadership team to develop and implement agile strategies that drive business growth and improve customer satisfaction.
Education
Associate of Science - Health And Human Services Management
Academy of Learning College
Calgary, AB09.2018
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
University of Lagos
Lagos, NG06.2000
Skills
- Systems Thinking
- Material Resource Management
- Researching and Compiling Data
- Development Team Trainings
- Presentation Skills
- Quality Deliverables
- Team Engagement
- Atlassian JIRA
- Sprint Planning
- Lead Teams
- Scrum Processes
- Organizational Structure
- Planning Meetings
- Effective Customer Communication
- Business Intelligence Data Modeling
- Manage Schedules
- Change Management Process
- Project Management
- Total Quality Management
- Agile Best Practices
Certification
PSM I - Professional Scrum Master I
Timeline
Scrum Master
TOTTAY Group Inc.
04.2020 - Current
Scrum Master
CBI Health Centre
12.2018 - 04.2020
Scrum Master
TJX Winners
06.2016 - 12.2018
Associate of Science - Health And Human Services Management
Academy of Learning College
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
University of Lagos
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