Scrum Master at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

The primary functions of this role are:

• To be a servant-leader for the scrum teams that does anything possible to help the team perform at their highest level.
• To help form self-managed teams that is motivated, predictable, transparent and consistently delivers quality work and continually inspects and adapts to improve and maximize throughput whilst upholding the agile values, principles and practices.
• To facilitate the removal of impediments teams face when developing solutions and implements agile best practices within the teams.
• To help the development teams, business and management develop a culture of collaboration

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Implement the Software Test Life Cycle:

• Act as Scrum Master for multiple scrum teams with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work.
• Facilitate scrum events and ensure that they are focused and productive (Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives and Backlog Refinement).
• Help facilitate Product Planning Workshops and Release Planning Sessions.
• Assist the Product Owner in prioritization and scheduling of work, to meet delivery time frames.
• Ensure backlog is in good standing by having regular re-occurring backlog refinement sessions.
• Ensure that all the team members understand their role and fulfil them to the best of their ability.
• Guide/coach/mentor the development team to take on the responsibilities of the process and ownership of the product – lead the team to a self-organized state.
• Build a high performing team, focusing on improving team dynamics and performance, help the team manage interpersonal conflicts, challenges, and opportunities for growth.
• Protect the team from interruptions and distractions to maximize productivity and create flow of work.
• Identify and facilitate the resolution of identified impediments.
• Help the team make achievable sprint commitments with the use of velocity data and team availability.
• Help the team members communicate, co-ordinate and meet their delivery goals.
• Ensure the team / stakeholders adhere to Definition of Ready (DoR) / Definition of Done (DoD).
• Highlight risks and dysfunctions where the DoR / DoD is not met.
• Ensure the team uses the standardized reference story for estimating.
• Ensure understanding of the Agile principles and Scrum process, across teams and stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to the Agile principles and Scrum process and help resolve any deviations.
• Raise issues that are putting delivery at risk as soon as they arise.
• Help facilitate delivery solutions and manage expectations.
• Responsible to produce the following artefacts (Weekly Sprint Reports, Release projection / Burndown) to create visibility and transparency of the progress and status of the systems delivery.
• Continually grow and share Agile knowledge.

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Drives Results
• Values Driven
• Optimistic
• Learns on the Fly
• Resilient
• Instils Trust
• People Savvy
• Drives Results
• Problem Solver
• Leadership Skills
• Manages complexity
• Balances Stakeholders

Education and Experience

Education

• Matric
• Certified Scrum Master/Scrum Practitioner

Knowledge

• Proficient with Jira / Confluence
• Agile Methodology
• Knowledge of SDLC and STLC