Applications Development Analyst

1) Serve as the Scrum Master 2) Facilitating Scrum ceremonies (Refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives, removing impediments as needed, stand-ups, stakeholder meetings, etc.); 3) Coaching Agile/Scrum practices and ensuring correct use of Scrum process; 4) Training teams to self-manage and self-organize; 5) Ensuring the team works closely with product owner on backlog refinement for backlog priority; 6) Resolving impediments in a timely manner; 7) Resolving team conflicts and shielding the team from distractions; 8) Identifying cross?team dependencies; 9) Coordinating and assisting the team to create clear and concise epics/stories and sizing/tasking; 10) Monitoring, tracking, and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress; 11) Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization; 12) Coaching the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization; 13) Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution; 14) Assisting with internal and external communication, improve transparency, and radiate information to ensure that a team?s progress and successes are highly visible to all stakeholders; 15) Supporting and educating the Product Owners, especially with respect to refining and managing the product backlog; 16) Managing Scrum task board for teams; 17) Managing Scrum artifacts, including burn downs and burn-ups; 18) Ensuring story points are effectively managed and measured; and 19) Attending Agile planning sessions with Agile program teams and assisting delivery team with estimating and accepting stories.