Release Train EngineerAgile Coach Expert

VDart Inc

Job Location:

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 24 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Have 8 years of IT and 5 years of relevant exp. as a Release train
Create empowered self-organizing high-performing teams by serving as the teams servant leader
Mentor the team and the Product Owner on Scrum and Agile best practices
Continuously improve team productivity and facilitate completion of work
Educate the team Product Owner and stakeholders on the business value of engineering practices and promote the use of engineering practices to provide faster delivery better quality and fewer defects
In collaboration with the team and Product Owner regularly assess the Agile maturity of the team identify improvement opportunities and implement the improvements at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and the organization
Coach the team on the value and methods of developing cross-functional skills
2. Facilitate planning
a. Coach the Product Owner on creating and maintaining a continuously prioritized Product Backlog of stories with clear acceptance criteria and high-level estimates
b. In collaboration with the team facilitate the creation of team agreements which minimally include a Definition of Done (DOD) and a Definition of Ready (DOR)
c. Facilitate regular Release train Planning workshops
d. Ensure updates to the plan are communicated to stakeholders
3. Facilitate delivery
a. In collaboration with the team identify and mitigate risks issues and dependencies internal and external to the team
b. Remove impediments that prevent the team from delivering work and continuously improving
c. Facilitate sprint execution including elaborate planning sessions sprint planning preparation sessions sprint planning daily stand-ups sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives. Team coaching on:
I. Creating small stories with thin slices of end-to-end functionality
ii. The value and use of relative estimation
iii. Executing Design/Build/Test activities daily
iv. Testing early and often during each sprint
v. Incorporating engineering practices
vi. Completing committed stories in the sprint

Have 8 years of IT and 5 years of relevant exp. as a Release train Create empowered self-organizing high-performing teams by serving as the teams servant leader Mentor the team and the Product Owner on Scrum and Agile best practices Continuously improve team productivity and facilitate com...

Have 8 years of IT and 5 years of relevant exp. as a Release train
Create empowered self-organizing high-performing teams by serving as the teams servant leader
Mentor the team and the Product Owner on Scrum and Agile best practices
Continuously improve team productivity and facilitate completion of work
Educate the team Product Owner and stakeholders on the business value of engineering practices and promote the use of engineering practices to provide faster delivery better quality and fewer defects
In collaboration with the team and Product Owner regularly assess the Agile maturity of the team identify improvement opportunities and implement the improvements at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and the organization
Coach the team on the value and methods of developing cross-functional skills
2. Facilitate planning
a. Coach the Product Owner on creating and maintaining a continuously prioritized Product Backlog of stories with clear acceptance criteria and high-level estimates
b. In collaboration with the team facilitate the creation of team agreements which minimally include a Definition of Done (DOD) and a Definition of Ready (DOR)
c. Facilitate regular Release train Planning workshops
d. Ensure updates to the plan are communicated to stakeholders
3. Facilitate delivery
a. In collaboration with the team identify and mitigate risks issues and dependencies internal and external to the team
b. Remove impediments that prevent the team from delivering work and continuously improving
c. Facilitate sprint execution including elaborate planning sessions sprint planning preparation sessions sprint planning daily stand-ups sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives. Team coaching on:
I. Creating small stories with thin slices of end-to-end functionality
ii. The value and use of relative estimation
iii. Executing Design/Build/Test activities daily
iv. Testing early and often during each sprint
v. Incorporating engineering practices
vi. Completing committed stories in the sprint