Joachim Skora - Agile Master, Agile Coach

Grafing bei München, Germany

Experience

Apr 2024 - Present

1 year 3 months

Ditzingen, Germany

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 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

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

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 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

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.