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Agile Coach | Agile Project Management | Quality Management | Product Owner
St. Stefan ob Stainz, Österreich
Weltweit
B.Sc.Skills
Agile MethodologieAgile FührungAgiles TestenChange ManagementCertified Scrum Product OwnerLean ProzesseScrumTest ManagementCertified Scrum MasterKanbanCoaching und MentoringExtreme Programming
Was mich auszeichnet
Meine Grundsätze
- Langjährige Erfahrung als Agile Coach und Scrum Master in Projekt- und Produktorganisationen
- Unterschiedliche Unternehmensgrößen - Corporate sowie Startup
- Trainer, Mentor, Coach für alle Hierarchieebenen - von C-Level bis Interns, wenn nötig auch rubber duck
- Identifikation, Empowerment und Enablement von High Potentials
- "Zurück auf Spur"-Bringen von herausfordernden Projekten
- Erfahrung als QA in einem skalierten agilen Setup und somit Einblick in die Dev Team Welt
- Lateral Lead ("Agile Domain Lead") des Scrm Master Department einer großen Organisation (>20 SMs)
Meine Grundsätze
- Gelebte Transparenz und Kommunikation auf Augenhöhe über alle Hierarchieebenen
- Ergebnisse zählen, nicht die Anzahl der Meetings
- Klare Vision und Strategische Ausrichtung
- Stetige Weiterentwicklung, eine "agile Transformation" ist nie abgeschlossen, auch persönlich
Erfahrung
Berufserfahrung5 - 10 Jahre
Freelancer seit2023
Sprachen
DeutschMutterspracheEnglischverhandlungssicher
Projekthistorie
- Orchestrated executive-level collaboration to strategize and execute a comprehensive reorganization of the development division.
- Facilitated a strategic workforce realignment, optimizing talent distribution through a data-driven skills assessment, thereby achieving a leaner, more focused organizational structure.
- Conceived and implemented a holistic change management framework, complete with a legally compliant timeline and multi-tiered communication strategy.
- Pioneered the establishment of streamlined organizational architectures, effectively dismantling silos and introducing efficient line-management systems.
- Formulated customized severance packages, incorporating unique provisions for expatriates and employees with familial or age-related considerations.
- Spearheaded role definition and capacity building, offering targeted mentorship and developmental programs for new and ascending managerial personnel.
- Fostered team cohesiveness and organizational alignment through strategic team-building initiatives across newly formed units and hierarchical layers.
- Provided consultative coaching to leadership and staff, aiding in their seamless transition and role integration within the restructured organization.
- Designed and delivered expansive Agile training programs, encompassing methodologies such as Lean, XP, Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, and scaling frameworks like SAFe, LeSS, Nexus, and Spotify.
- Provided training, coaching, and consulting to C-suite, Vice Presidents, and Heads of Departments, guiding them in the implementation and customization of agile methodologies in software development for a large-scale product organization.
- Incorporated machine learning R&D structures (Kanban, Spikes) to sustain effective innovation.
- Served as an internal advisor for people development, helping streamline the skill sets, mindset, and communication styles from Heads of Departments to the C-suite.
- Led and delivered comprehensive product management training, including areas such as strategy, vision, purpose, roadmap, prioritization, planning, execution, service, and support.
- Enhanced inter-departmental communication and transparency, particularly within the product organization, ensuring alignment from vision to delivery.
- Cultivated an environment that encouraged self-managing teams, maintaining a keen focus on clear business objectives and milestones without compromising on team autonomy.
- In the capacity of an Agile Domain Lead, performed PO-like tasks for all IBM iX Scrum Masters. Prioritized organization-wide initiatives, including the streamlining of onboarding for new members, establishing a level-based career path, and developing clear role descriptions.
- Established clear processes for cross-domain collaboration and transparent initiative management, eliminating redundant work across the organization.
- Led the analysis and implementation of scalable project management strategies, leveraging methodologies such as SAFe, LeSS, Nexus, and S@S for teams of 2 or more.
- Championed organization-wide changes, maintaining a balance between persistence and pragmatism.
- Implemented a sustainable scaling framework at the team level, involving all stakeholders from customers to the development team. Fostered fast feedback cycles enabling continuous Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA).
- Performed standard Scrum Master duties including facilitating and moderating events, tracking and driving action items, and swiftly resolving impediments by leveraging organization-wide relationships.
- Developed and delivered numerous trainings for IBM iX employees, covering topics such as: Quality Assurance in Agile Teams, Excelling in Sprint Reviews, and Understanding Agile Projects at IBM iX for newcomers.
- Orchestrated Agile processes for 2-3 distributed teams across three locations in a high-velocity, project-centric milieu.
- Cultivated high-performance squads, sustaining a psychologically safe work ecosystem even amid a pandemic-induced full remote-work paradigm.
- Leveraged pragmatic, solution-focused engagements with stakeholders to forge synergistic teams.
- Exercised trust-centric lateral leadership and delivered specialized Agile coaching to clients, fortifying their Agile maturity.
- Championed a culture of technical rigor, advocating Test-Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI), pair programming, and automated testing frameworks right from sprint zero.
- Employed adaptive stances tailored to the competencies of teams or individuals:
- Trainer: Demystified story-point estimation through experiential learning via planning poker sessions.
- Coach: Facilitated introspective dialogues with Product Owners to assess sprint deliverables, aiding in the formulation of actionable strategies for future sprints.
- Mentor: Galvanized teams to devise QA methodologies that eschew traditional waterfall processes, thereby enhancing Agile fluidity.
IBM iX, Wels
- Scrum Master for 2 remote teams (3 locations) in a fast paced, project based environment
- Building high-performant teams while maintaining a healthy work-environment, even in
pandemic times with 100% home-office policy
- Pragmatic and solution oriented collaboration with stakeholders while forming a team
- Trust-based lateral leadership within teams and professional agile coaching of clients
- Strong focus on quality and technical excellence by empowering teams to use TDD, CI, pair
programming, and test automation starting with sprint 0
- Taking the right stance depending on the skill (of the team or individual) e.g.:
o As a Trainer: By explaining the idea of story-point based estimation by hands-on
experience doing planning poker
o As a Coach: By reflecting with the PO on sprint output and supporting the establishment
of a plan for upcoming sprints
o As a Mentor: By inspiring the team to find a suitable QA approach to avoid waterfall-like
processes within the team
- Scrum Master for 2 remote teams (3 locations) in a fast paced, project based environment
- Building high-performant teams while maintaining a healthy work-environment, even in
pandemic times with 100% home-office policy
- Pragmatic and solution oriented collaboration with stakeholders while forming a team
- Trust-based lateral leadership within teams and professional agile coaching of clients
- Strong focus on quality and technical excellence by empowering teams to use TDD, CI, pair
programming, and test automation starting with sprint 0
- Taking the right stance depending on the skill (of the team or individual) e.g.:
o As a Trainer: By explaining the idea of story-point based estimation by hands-on
experience doing planning poker
o As a Coach: By reflecting with the PO on sprint output and supporting the establishment
of a plan for upcoming sprints
o As a Mentor: By inspiring the team to find a suitable QA approach to avoid waterfall-like
processes within the team
Zertifikate
A-CSM
Scrum Alliance2020
CSPO
Scrum Alliance2019
CSM
Scrum Alliance2018
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level
ISTQB2018
Black Box Software Testing Foundations Course 101 AN
BBST2017