Joachim Skora

Agile Master, Agile Coach

Grafing bei München, Germany

Experience

Apr 2024 - Present
1 year 3 months
Ditzingen, Germany

Agile Master, Agile Coach

Trumpf SE + Co. KG

  • Agile Transformation with over 500 employees in laser machine development (hardware and software).
  • Scrum Master for up to four teams simultaneously.
  • Consulting and practical support for agile transformation, implementation, and further development of the company's scaling model (elements from LeSS and SAFe).
  • Training in agile work practices and methods: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, OKR, Agile Leadership, Agile principles.
  • Coaching and mentoring PO and teams on backlog, estimation, burn-down charts, DoD, sprint goals, velocity, flow, and release planning.
  • Coaching and mentoring Junior Agile Master.
  • Mediating team-internal and cross-team conflicts.
  • Ensuring impediments are addressed and resolved to implement continuous improvement processes.
  • Preparing and moderating retrospectives, design thinking, product vision, story mapping, team building, World Cafe, Open Space, Lean Coffee sessions.
  • Tools used: Jira, Confluence, Teams, Miro, MS Office.
Nov 2022 - Mar 2024
1 year 5 months
Ditzingen, Germany

Agile Master, Agile Coach

Trumpf SE + Co. KG

  • Agile transformation for 50 employees in laser machine development (Tube).
  • Scrum Master and Agile Coach in two Scrum teams and one integration team.
  • Training in agile work practices and methods: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, OKR, Agile Leadership, Agile principles.
  • Coaching and mentoring PO and teams on backlog, estimation, burn-down charts, DoD, sprint goals, velocity, flow, and release planning.
  • Mediating team-internal conflicts.
  • Ensuring impediments are addressed and resolved to implement continuous improvement processes.
  • Preparing and moderating retrospectives, product vision, reviews, refinement/planning, story mapping, design thinking, team building, World Cafe, Open Space, Lean Coffee sessions.
  • Tools used: Jira, Confluence, Teams, Miro, MS Office.
Jan 2020 - Oct 2022
2 years 10 months
Ditzingen, Germany
Hybrid

Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach

Trumpf SE + Co. KG

  • Agile transformation for 60 employees in laser machine development (Hybrid).
  • Scrum Master and Agile Coach in two Scrum teams and one integration team.
  • Training in agile work practices and methods: Scrum, Kanban, Agile Leadership, Agile principles.
  • Coaching and mentoring PO and teams on backlog, estimation, burn-down charts, DoD, sprint goals, velocity, flow, and release planning.
  • Facilitating retrospectives, product vision, reviews, refinement, sprint planning, and story mapping.
  • Mediating team-internal and cross-team conflicts.
  • Ensuring impediments are addressed and resolved to implement continuous improvement processes.
  • Preparing and moderating retrospectives, product vision, reviews, refinement/planning, story mapping, design thinking, team building, World Cafe, Open Space, Lean Coffee sessions.
  • Tools used: Jira, Confluence, Teams, Miro, MS Office.
May 2018 - Dec 2020
1 year 8 months
Ditzingen, Germany

Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach

Trumpf SE + Co. KG

  • Scrum Master for two Scrum teams simultaneously.
  • Coaching and mentoring PO and teams on backlog, estimation, burn-down charts, DoD, sprint goals, velocity, and release planning.
  • Training in agile work practices and methods: Scrum, Kanban, Agile Leadership, Agile principles.
  • Moderation of agile events: retrospectives, reviews, refinement/planning.
  • Mediating team-internal conflicts.
  • Ensuring impediments are addressed and resolved to implement continuous improvement processes.
  • Consulting and active co-creation of the company's scaling model, integrating around 15 Scrum teams in laser machine development.
  • Tools used: Jira, Confluence, Teams, Miro, MS Office.
Nov 2017 - May 2018
7 months
Ismaning, Germany

Scrum Master, Scrum Coach

HSE24 GmbH

  • Scrum Master in the SAP team.
  • Coaching PO and team on backlog, DoD, sprint planning, review, and release planning.
  • Consulting on the further development of the scaling model for eight teams (based on LeSS).
  • Supporting the resolution of dependencies with other Scrum teams.
  • Mediating team-internal conflicts.
  • Advising management on further development of agile working methods.
  • Technical environment: SAP S/4HANA, Hybris.
  • Tools used: Jira, Confluence, MS Office.
Jan 2015 - Oct 2017
1 year 10 months
Essen, Germany

Scrum Master, Scrum Coach

BTC AG, OGE GmbH

  • Preparation and execution of Scrum training and a kickoff workshop for the introduction of a new Scrum team.
  • Moderation of workshops to create product vision.
  • Coaching and mentoring PO on backlog creation, prioritization, and maintenance.
  • Supporting and coaching the team as Scrum Master, including moderation of retrospectives.
  • Mediating team-internal conflicts.
  • Introduction and practical implementation of the DevOps approach: test automation, continuous integration, continuous deployment.
  • Close collaboration and coordination with the Agile Coach at OGE.
  • Being Scrum Master for both teams after the team split.
  • Consulting and coordination with disciplinary superiors of Scrum team members.
  • Technical environment: Java, JavaScript, Angular2.
  • Tools used: Jenkins, Git, Jira, Confluence, MS Office.

Languages

English
Advanced
German
Advanced

Education

Fachhochschule München

Diplom Ingenieur (FH) · Datentechnik · Munich, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Certified SAFe 5 Program Consultant

Introduction Agile Coach

Flight Levels Academy

OKR Master

Professional Agile Leadership I

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Master I

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Master II

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Product Owner I

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Product Owner II

Scrum.org

Scaled Professional Scrum

Scrum.org