Michael Udeogba
Scrum Master at SAGE UK SERVICES LIMITED- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Professional Scrum Product Owner™ I (PSPO I)
Scrum.orgJul, 2019- Oct, 2024 -
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
ICSA
Experience
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SAGE UK SERVICES LIMITED
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United Kingdom
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1 - 100 Employee
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Scrum Master
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Dec 2021 - Present
Major Responsibilities; I am overseeing the provision of coaching to the product owner to ensure arrangement of product backlog items to meet investment principles. Owner of JIRA platform and access management; I perform as a buffer for teams to decrease distractions to delivery and interference from externals. I collaborate cross-functionally with all Agile team members including Business Analysts, Testers, and Product Owners to confirm delivery and agreement of all activities within an iterative framework. I am managing senior stakeholder engagement and enable product backlog refinement process, estimation, and ordering. Key Deliverables; • Supported teams in achieving sprint goals by reducing impediments / blockers. • Met Sprint targets by 98% by restructuring Burndown charts to reflect amount of extra work. • Mentored development teams and product owners by consistent reporting on sprint activities to senior management.
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Transport for London
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Scrum Master/Agile Delivery Manager
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Oct 2020 - Dec 2021
Documented User Stories using Jira for full traceability and management. Managed Backlog by completing stories / work items for development and writing acceptance criteria. Assessed and mitigated risks and issues relating to project by executing an active role in BAT process, test script preparation, and implementation. • Defined and established scrum framework within existing team on Policy Management upgrade and data migration projects • Promote a culture of innovation focused on Agile principles and work with Programme level PMO to provide a strategic overview of all portfolio projects • Support the Product Manager and team of Product Owners in grooming the Product Backlog • Currently scaling Agile methodology to the wider programme using SAFe principles • Facilitate sprint ceremonies, ensuring project backlogs, user stories, and tasks are captured and updated correctly and that the teams are prepared for sprint demos • Liaise with Alignment Teams and Product Owners to develop and evolve a prioritisation model for new and ongoing projects, ensuring resource, governance and risk levels • Identify and eliminate impediments and encourage a high-performing culture with a focus on continuous improvement • Administration of internal resource capacity management and project pipeline tracking, reviewing business cases and statements of work for new projects and initiatives
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Nationwide Building Society
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Agile Scrum Master
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Apr 2018 - Oct 2020
Major Responsibilities; I have owned and monitored Scrum boards as well as ensured effective management of senior stakeholder engagement. I was promoting Scrum values within scrum team; enabling scrum ceremonies-daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives while leveraging deliverables within development teams. Key Deliverables. • Created and spearheaded general awareness of agile scrum in wider organisation. • Facilitated scrum to larger team by ensuring and maintaining scrum framework compliance. Responsibilities: • Projects delivered using Agile methodologies • Led and coordinated Agile ceremonies • Improved the efficiency and effectiveness of how the projects were run and facilitated continuous improvement. • Worked with the Product Manager to define the roadmap for projects and supported the team • Tracked delivery through fortnightly sprints/monthly reporting and maintaining project highlight report • Responsible for managing client / stakeholder satisfaction • Understand the terms of engagement, agree the current scope and manage scope changes appropriately • Budgeting and forecasting • Create and manage an agile delivery plan • Risk management • Schedule meetings and deliver reports
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Senior Business Analyst
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May 2016 - Apr 2018
Major Responsibilities; I was managing stakeholders, Product Owners, and Scrum Master, administering RAID log for project teams and ensuring active involvement in Quality Assessment of product with other Development Team members. I have overseen development, documentation, and analysis of AS-IS processes for business, liaising closely with Product Owner to break down Epics into User stories. I was analysing modeling and production of TO BE business processes by applying UML standards whilst organising and preparing training plans and materials in association with relevant stakeholders. Key Deliverables; • Cooperated with other development team members to plan Sprints and select backlog items for Sprint. • Attended Scrum meetings such as Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning and Review, and Retrospective. Responsibilities: • Elicitation and documentation of requirements within an agile environment - functional and non-functional from the relevant stakeholders • Analysis of business requirements to understand the business needs and to determine how best their applications can best functionally fulfil those needs • Production, documentation and analysis of AS – IS processes and identified areas for improvements • Modelling and production of TO BE business processes using standards such as the UML • Facilitation of meetings and workshops with stakeholders to reach a common agreement with requirements • Identification and management of stakeholders, who are at various level within the organisation. • Supporting the Technology teams in their delivery of the business requirements • Supporting the strategy and execution of testing • Demonstrating and providing training on the new functionality as well as documentation including procedures and user guides
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Education
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The University of Bolton
MSC, International Management -
Arden University
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General
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