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With the increased and widespread adoption of Agile and Scrum frameworks there has been a boom in demand for Scrum Masters. As organisations look to accelerate their product delivery timeframes, Scrum Masters who can enhance collaboration and increase efficiency and productivity are needed more than ever.
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Project Delivery Specialist
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ERP Project Manager
VIC - Melbourne CBD |
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Business Analyst (BI projects)
VIC - Melbourne CBD $700 plus superannuation |
Your Scrum Master job questions, answered
- Agile Certified Practitioner
- Certified Agile Essentials accreditation
- SAFe Scaled Agilist
- Certified Enterprise Coach
- Certified Product Owner
- Lead their team in Agile ceremonies, practices, principles, and behaviours
- Establish an effective working environment by setting specific targets, prioritising workflow and clearing obstacles
- Help team achieve targets and deliverables by being an effective mentor, coach, behavioural role model and direct line of support
- Address team dynamics, allowing the team to focus on delivering across project iterations or “sprints” by minimising interruptions and distractions
- Use metrics to plan and refine delivery schedules, also known as “backlog grooming”, with the aim of sustaining high performance
- Provide Agile support to product owners and product managers
- Exceptional stakeholder and relationship management
- Knowledge
Extensive knowledge of Scrum is essential. Any additional Agile or Lean framework knowledge will also be an asset. Employers expect Scrum Masters to understand the Scrum theory, roles, and events. This includes sprint planning, increment and review. In addition, the Scrum Master is expected to be proficient in prioritising both the Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog.
- Leadership
Outstanding facilitation and coaching are regarded as key leadership skills required to deliver the desired outcome. An effective coach can unlock the full potential of a Scrum team member and maximise the performance of that individual. A Scrum Master is known as a servant leader as they empower team members to solve their own problems. Being able to facilitate provides a Scrum Master with additional time to collaborate with other key stakeholders.
- Relationship Management
Those with experience in driving cross-functional team collaboration will be well positioned for a role as a Scrum Master. Employers are specifically looking for persons who can serve as an effective link between business and delivery teams. This further emphasises the need to have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Information Technology – The Scrum framework was first conceived as a Software Development Agile delivery methodology.
A good Scrum Master on a software development project is an invaluable asset as they solve a myriad of problems while allowing skilled developers and other technical resources to carry out their responsibilities such as writing code and testing new features.
- Manufacturing – Production errors can be extremely costly to investigate and rectify. Having a Scrum Master involved in the production process can help identify problems much earlier in the supply chain.
This helps mitigate errors, streamline processes and improve commercial success. As a result, we have seen an increase in the amount of Scrum Master jobs in the manufacturing industry.
- Financial Institutions – These organisations are constantly working to drive their competitive standing in the market. By releasing products and services via Scrum they increase their speed to market to achieve greater commercial success.
Whether it be banking, trading or insurance, these institutions have long been heavily reliant on technology and are often at the forefront of new technology being developed across the country such as Machine Learning, Automation and Artificial Intelligence.
A Certified Scrum Master with technical skills in this vertical will be in a very strong position.
- Marketing – Scrum is increasingly popular among marketing and digital agencies. The biggest driver for this is the expanding nature of traditional and digital marketing and a growing reliance on technology for product development. This has resulted in an increase in the number of specialist teams within a marketing department.
Consequently, it has created a requirement for cross-functional teams and amplified the threat of potential backlog. The presence of a Scrum Master enables a smoother operation and a stronger competitive offering to clients.
- Public Sector – The public sector features across the board in IT roles and the Scrum Master is no exception, often working within Scaled Agile environments. Technology has been marked as a priority throughout the public sector with organisations across all levels looking to update their systems and digitise their services.
- Project Management Tools: MS Project, Jira, Confluence
- Communication Platforms: Email, Slack, Teams, Zoom, Google Meets etc
- Other: Programming languages
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