Johannes Sass - Agile Consultant

Hamburg, Germany

Experience

Mar 2023 - Present

2 years 5 months

Provided consulting for the implementation of agile work methods in the context of a SAP S4 HANA Greenfield project.
Guided the project team in adopting agile practices.
Coordinated a project team of 15 key users.
Moderated regular meetings, such as sprint planning and reviews.
Advised on the Scrum process.
Identified and resolved impediments in the project process.
Introduced Atlassian’s Jira and Confluence.
Established a Project Management Office within the IT department.

May 2022 - Oct 2022

6 months

Operated in a Scaled Scrum environment aligned with LeSS.
Managed 1 Scrum and 2 Kanban teams.
Defined dynamic product development processes using the Kanban method.
Incorporated and refined current customer processes to create a tailored agile development process.
Supported consistent delivery cycles within Sprints.
Facilitated Kanban meetings (Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Planning, Refinements, and Estimations).
Identified and resolved impediments, generating a backlog for improvements and maintaining it throughout project progression.
Created tickets for improvement.
Established metrics to visualize changes in development speed.
Enhanced agile development processes to improve speed and quality.
Improved story quality using the INVEST methodology.
Addressed time-consuming factors, such as external disturbances, and defined measures for their reduction.
Boosted team processes to enhance performance.

Nov 2021 - Present

3 years 9 months

Scrum Master tasks and responsibilities, Agile coaching, and project management in IT, SAP, and engineering.

Aug 2018 - Jun 2020

1 year 11 months

Operated as Scrum Master within a Scaled Scrum environment managing 6 teams.
Facilitated the implementation and enhancement of agile methods for a development team.
Moderated Scrum meetings.
Coached teams and colleagues in agile working methodologies.
Co-introduced scaled Scrum practices.
Conducted inter-team Scrum meetings.
Assisted the Product Owner with multi-team user stories and backlog management.
Supported sprint goal achievement and impediment resolution within and beyond the team.
Conducted conflict resolution using Nonviolent Communication (NVC) by Rosenberg.
Improved team conflict skills (using methods like 5 Dysfunctions/Lencioni, Team models/Tuckman, and NVC).
Designed and executed tailored retrospectives.
Optimized team communication with tools like MS Teams, Jira, and Confluence.

Feb 2015 - Jul 2018

3 years 6 months

Transitioned office organization to agile methodologies.
Organized work processes based on agile principles such as sprints, Planning Poker, standups, reviews, retrospectives, and Kanban boards.
Assumed Scrum Master duties.
Managed project controlling and budget planning.
Supervised multiple external service providers.
Oversaw and optimized recruitment processes.
Managed office operations, including budget supervision.

Oct 2013 - Jan 2015

1 year 4 months

Conducted multiple projects on business development, mergers & acquisitions, and business model development.
Performed market analysis.
Participated in the development of business plans.
Organized and conducted workshops.

Jan 2010 - Sep 2013

3 years 9 months