Michael R.-Scrum Master and Agile Coach
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Scrum Master and Agile Coach
ITZ-Bund
- Advising management
- Process analysis and modeling
- Introduction of Kanban
- Preparation and delivery of presentations and workshops
- Vendor coordination/interface management
- Team and individual coaching
- Facilitation and support of agile events
Managing Director
Fairbridge GmbH
- Strategy planning and vision
- Financial management
- Market analysis, sales
- Product and service development
Project Manager, Product Owner, Agile Coach, Scrum Master
DB Netz AG
- Leading the project as Project Manager
- Designing and supporting the transition from the project structure to a permanent team in SAFe
- Taking on the responsibilities of a Product Owner in SAFe
- Agile Coach and knowledge transfer to new Product Owners
- Preparing the transition to SAP S/4 HANA
- Advancing and optimizing Scrum events
- Agile Requirements: Story Mapping
- Facilitating and supporting agile events
- Documentation of Scrum events
- Team and individual coaching
Agile Coach
Telefónica
- Coaching management
- Introduction of agile work
- SAFe scaling
- Preparation and delivery of workshops
- Workshops on SAFe
- Implementing an agile way of working at Telefonica and transferring knowledge to internal employees
- Agile Requirements: Creation of Lean Business Cases, Personas and Story Maps
- Vendor coordination/interface management
- Formation of the agile management team
- Coaching Product Owners
- Coaching stakeholders
- Team and individual coaching
- Facilitating and supporting agile events
Responsible for strategic portfolio and release planning, Release Manager, Requirements Engineer, Product Owner
Dataport, Phoenix
- Requirements Engineering; impact analyses and documentation
- Coordination of agile processes with external suppliers and internal partners
- Preparation and delivery of presentations and workshops
- Developing a vision for the overall project
- Presenting a medium-term high-level plan on a roadmap
- Creating quarterly planning
- Developing a secure office solution using Agile Security Practices
- Monitoring planning
- Stakeholder management
- Workshops on Design Thinking and product vision
Agile Coach, Scrum Master
Vector Informatik GmbH
- Preparation and delivery of presentations and workshops
- Delivery of workshops and training on Scrum, agile working, Kanban, Design Thinking, Project Management, and agile estimation
- Team and individual coaching
Agile Coach, Product Owner
Sick AG
- Agile transformation of an interdisciplinary hardware and software development team for human-robot collaboration
- Setting up and introducing Scrum and Kanban for embedded systems and electronics development
- Coaching and facilitation of SAFe workshops for agile product development
- Standardization of agile ways of working and handover to teams for independent use
- Removing organizational impediments and mediating between hardware and software teams
- Coaching managers and Product Owners toward an agile mindset
- Advising and actively supporting the development of an adapted Scrum process
- Setting up various Kanban boards at management and team level
- Design Thinking
- Agile Requirements: Developing personas
- Agile Requirements: Leading Lean Business Case workshops
- Optimizing development processes
- Advising and actively supporting scaling in the project environment
- Monitoring and controlling external factors influencing the Kanban team
- Facilitating and supporting agile events
- Workshops on Scrum and Kanban
- Communication with stakeholders
- Coaching stakeholders
- Team and individual coaching
Agile Coach, Product Owner
metricminds
- Agile coaching for a hardware and software development team in the field of VR healthcare
- Workshops and training for interdisciplinary teams (software developers, UX, medical technology, hardware)
- Introducing Scrum and Kanban for hardware integration
- Developing agile methods for embedded software and sensor technology
- Creating a project plan
- Leading a developer team
- Coordinating the various project partners
- Developing the app design using techniques such as Design Thinking
- Creating a roadmap and milestone plan for the overall project
- Creating IT concepts
- Workshops on Scrum and Kanban
Product Owner / Head of Game Development / Production Director / Change Manager
Travian
- Identifying the need for change
- Designing and implementing a strategy for change
- Stakeholder analysis and management
- Developing and implementing a communication strategy
- Training and coaching for teams and individuals
- Defining new business processes
- Establishing an agile company culture
Scrum Master, Agile Coach
Wizard 101
- Leading a development team
- Creating the localization and German version of the program
- Requirements management
- Creating functional specifications
- Developing web-based applications, a webshop, and apps
- Monitoring and controlling external factors influencing the Kanban team
Lecturer, Agile Coach
Games Academy
- Preparing and delivering presentations and workshops
- Teaching, production, and project management related to agile software development
- Supporting student teams with their project work
- Design Thinking
- Educational support
- Team and individual coaching
- Leading student projects
Product Owner, Agile Coach
Crysis 2
- Leading an AAA IT development team
- Setting up development using scaled Scrum (Scrum of Scrums); LeSS-like approach
- Creating and maintaining the Product Backlog as Product Owner
- Improving processes, capacity planning, and pipelines to support/enable large-scale agile projects
- Introducing Scrumban and coordinating multiple development teams working agile in parallel
- Requirements management
- Creating technical concepts
- Agile testing (TDD)
- Backlog management
Product Owner, Agile Coach
CryEngine 3
- Scrum Master in the Engine Demo Team
- Setting up the team in Scrum
- Monitoring and controlling external factors affecting the Kanban team
- Conflict management
- Team coaching
- Backlog management
Industry experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Education, Government and Administration, Professional Services, Manufacturing, and Transportation.
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Experienced in Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development, Strategy, Finance, and Sales.
Summary
Senior Agile Coach and Change Manager with over 25 years of experience in agile transformation projects for software and hardware development. Specialized in introducing & scaling agile methods in interdisciplinary product development teams (software, hardware, electronics). Extensive experience in SAFe, Scrum, Kanban and Lean Management, as well as facilitating workshops & coaching cross-functional teams. Expert in process standardization & agile scaling strategies.
Excellent communication skills and quick comprehension. Empathetic, solution-oriented and strong in strategic thinking.
Skills
Several Years Of Expertise In The Gaming Industry Enable Me To Support Teams In Integrating The Industry'S Unique Dynamics, Customer Focus And Culture Of Innovation Into Their Agile Practices And Thus Achieve Optimal Results.
- Many Years Of Experience Coaching Teams During The Transition To Agile Ways Of Working
- Experienced Project Manager, Responsible For Leading Large Teams And Managing Budgets
- Expert In Various Agile Project And Product Management Approaches, Including Scrum, Kanban And Lean Management
- Specialist In Agile Scaling Methods And Their Successful Implementation
- Experience As Product Owner And Requirements Manager
- Training Of Teams, Scrum Masters And Product Owners
- Experience With Design Thinking
- Implementation And Use Of Kpi Models
- Consulting On Impediments And Continuous Process Improvement
- Experienced In Managing Small And Large Projects Across Multiple Teams
- Successful Management Of International Teams
- Experienced In Conflict Mediation
- Extensive Experience With Facilitation Techniques
- Proficient In Using Tools Such As Jira And Confluence For Efficient Collaboration
Languages
Education
Games Academy
Game Producing · Germany
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Michael is based in Goslar, Germany and prefers 100% remote projects.
Michael speaks the following languages: German (Elementary).
Michael has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Michael has worked in at least 11 different roles and for 13 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Michael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Michael would be well-suited for roles such as: Scrum Master and Agile Coach, Managing Director, Project Manager, Product Owner, Agile Coach, Scrum Master.
Michael's most recent position is Scrum Master and Agile Coach at ITZ-Bund.
In recent years, Michael has worked for ITZ-Bund, Fairbridge GmbH, DB Netz AG, Telefónica, Dataport, and Phoenix.
Michael is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Education, and Government and Administration. Michael also has some experience in Professional Services, Manufacturing, and Healthcare.
Michael is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Product Development. Michael also has some experience in Strategy, Finance, and Sales.
Michael has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Government and Administration, and Professional Services.
Michael has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Information Technology, and Finance.
Michael holds a Bachelor in Game Producing from Games Academy.
Michael has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: NLP Practitioner, Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist, and Product Owner.
The availability of Michael needs to be confirmed.
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