Bernd S.

Scrum Master (Squad DZB1)

Karlsruhe, Germany

Experience

Mar 2024 - Jul 2024
5 months

Scrum Master (Squad DZB1)

DZ Bank

  • Support the team split, then Scrum Master for one of the teams
  • Organize and facilitate Scrum and team meetings
  • Prepare and facilitate PI planning (squad level) (mix of SAFe and Spotify)
  • Promote continuous improvement processes, self-organization and communication
Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
1 year

Agile Coach (/Scrum Master) (50%), QA Partner (50%)

Atruvia AG

  • Create transparency (for all requirements)
  • Establish the team's working mode (organization, structure, prioritization)
  • Onboard future Scrum Masters and QA partners
Jun 2021 - Dec 2021
7 months

Agile Test Manager

  • Manage, facilitate and coach the agile sprint test teams (3 teams with a total of 20 testers) in methods and content
  • Organize sprint team cross-cutting test cycles, especially module tests, technical integration tests and functional integration tests
  • Coordinate and organize control instruments: test plan, test specification, test execution and reporting
  • Responsible for continuous improvement of the test processes
Oct 2019 - Mar 2021
1 year 6 months
Germany

Scrum Master

BAMF (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees)

  • Support a large product team of up to 22 members; divided into two Scrum teams, one Kanban team and cross-functional roles
  • Co-initiated the Agile Community of Practice (CoP) at BAMF
  • Defined and introduced the Definition of Done (DoD) with the teams
  • Managed team turnover
  • Converted teamwork to fully remote for 4 months
Jun 2018 - Mar 2019
10 months
Germany

Innovator (33%), Agile Master (33%), QSV (33%)

Fiducia & GAD IT AG

  • Work in an innovation team: develop business model, market analysis, prototype (demonstrator)/MVP and roadmap
  • Organized, conducted and iterated the "Experience Agile" workshop with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® materials
  • Support the Agile Center in planning and facilitating events like fishbowls
Jan 2016 - Dec 2018
3 years
Germany

Agile Master (50%), QSV (50%)

Fiducia & GAD IT AG

  • Tasks of an Agile Master as per the Scrum Guide
  • Responsible for ensuring the team follows agile processes
  • Organize, coordinate, and facilitate project meetings and workshops
  • Promote efficient communication within the team by keeping communication paths short
  • Support and encourage the team's self-organization
  • Reduce external influences on the team
  • Identify impediments and track them until they are resolved
  • Foster an open working atmosphere and resolve conflicts within the team
  • Drive the continuous improvement process
Jan 2012 - Dec 2016
5 years
Germany

Quality Assurance Manager (QSV)

Fiducia & GAD IT AG

  • Carry out quality assurance (QA) measures
  • Create and maintain the quality assurance plan
  • Organize and conduct reviews and inspections
  • Ensure audit requirements through formal checks (regarding adherence to the process model and guidelines)
  • Initiate escalations when needed
  • Work closely with project management, test managers, and project stakeholders
  • Ensure necessary information flow regarding QA measures in the project
  • GUI (graphical user interface) tests
  • Act as tester in the “Legal Reporting” project (Basel III)

Projects (excerpt):

  • VR-Control 5.7-6.0 (2012-2016) (third-party market: Okular)
  • alive (access monitoring) (2012-2016)
  • SPB (2017-2018) (Sparda Bank Berlin): Migration
  • WBP (2015-2016) (Wüstenrot Bank AG Pfandbriefbank), details:
  • Interface implementation, migration
  • §24c KWG account retrieval process (2013-2014, 2015-2016)
  • BAP 4.9-5.5, 16.1-18.2 (agree21), details:
  • SEPA payment agreements (2012-2013)
  • SEPA virtual accounts
  • SEPA savings
  • SEPA checking accounts and loans
  • SEPA passive products
  • SEPA in prize savings and VRMB sales tax optimization
  • Product 5.2
  • Nordbanks - savings and term deposits
  • Savings release 5_3
  • Payment agreement and disposition in BAP 5.3
  • Checking accounts BAP 5.4
  • Invoice processing (incoming invoice handling)
  • Transactions and disposition 5.5 (2015-2016)
  • Extension of account number ranges
  • Loans 16_2
  • Implementation of the Payment Accounts Directive (2016-2018)
  • Nordbanks
  • Geno-Sonar (anti-money laundering) (2013)
Jan 2011 - Dec 2012
2 years

Test Lead, Tester

As Test Manager (Test Lead):

  • Plan, prepare, conduct, and close the semi-annual release tests and continuous automated tests (frontend tests)
  • Set up, install, and configure the IT infrastructure / test environment
  • Handle capacity planning and support the Test Scrum as the Project Owner
  • Monitor automated tests
  • Review test documents, e.g., test scripts, test records, and implementation of automated tests

As Tester (Senior Frontend Tester):

  • Create, revise, and review test scripts
  • Run tests and document test results (release tests and in-development tests)
  • Define tests for new functionalities/features
  • Implement automated tests (Test Developer Frontend/Backend): unit tests, frontend tests, in-container tests
  • Software maintenance (error analysis)
Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
2 years

Tester

  • Release tests
  • Pre-FAT tests
  • Revise FAT test documents
  • Create a test framework for automated tests in Eclipse
Jan 2006 - Dec 2009
4 years

Support Staff

  • Administer Active Directory, SAP, and Oracle
  • Carry out the transition to “strong authentication” using a smartcard
  • Reconfigure SAP permissions for all 1000 users for single sign-on
  • Reconfigure Oracle accounts using Oracle Application Server
Jan 2005 - Dec 2006
2 years

Consultant

  • Designing and conducting coaching/training
  • One-on-one/group coaching, side-by-side, silent monitoring with personal feedback
Jan 2004 - Dec 2005
2 years

Nutrition Consultant

  • Consultation, coaching, new customer / staff acquisition
  • Communication and behavior training
Jan 2000 - Dec 2003
4 years

Technical Team Lead Help Desk

  • Leading and managing customer service (internal and external hotline)
  • Creating standard processes and procedures
  • Release certification, validation, testing
Jan 1998 - Dec 2000
3 years

Consultant

  • ERP standard software customer customizations using Troja and SQL databases
  • On-site consulting at the client
  • Support of our hotline

Summary

  • (Senior) Scrum Master / Agile Master / (Junior) Agile Coach

  • Support 1 to 3 teams

  • Guiding teams through their first agile steps (e.g. transparency, self-organization, continuous improvement)

  • Scrum, Kanban, hybrid approaches

  • Workshops

  • Community of practice, organizational development

  • (Expert) Tester / Test Analyst:

  • Execute and document tests

  • Create and revise test scripts

  • Define tests

  • Implement automated tests

  • Test management:

  • Lead 3 test teams

  • Semi-annual release tests

  • Reviews of test documents

  • (Senior) Quality Assurance Manager (QSV):

  • Carry out quality assurance (QA) activities

  • Organize reviews and inspections

  • Ensure audit requirements

  • Escalation

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

TH Karlsruhe

Diploma · Computer Science · Karlsruhe, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II)

Scrum.org

Certified Scrum-Master (CSM)

Scrum Alliance

Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)

Scrum.org

ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level, CTAL-TM

ISTQB

Assistant in Communication and People Leadership

Dale Carnegie Training

C-License Football Coach

German Sports Confederation

Referee

Baden Football Association, German Football Association

Scout Youth Group Leader

BdP

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