Overview

I have extensive experience in Agile project management, implementing Scrum and Lean methodologies across diverse teams. I focus on enhancing processes, SOPs, and workflows, while promoting an Agile mindset and ensuring Scrum values are upheld. I help teams self-organize, stay transparent, and adapt quickly. From backlog refinement to sprint planning and daily standups, I ensure clear prioritization and goal setting, driving continuous development. My process fosters open collaboration, removing blockers swiftly, and delivering value through regular sprint reviews, retrospectives, and performance reports, ensuring client communication is seamless throughout.

Agile Project Management(Scrum)

  • Embraced Agile (Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban) & Lean with the team
  • Enhanced SOPs, workflows, and processes
  • Kept an Agile mindset
  • Promoted continuous development at the same pace to deliver the goal
  • Prepared user stories and acceptance criteria, and added DOD and DOR while collaborating with the team
  • Helped the team to be self-organized and self-motivated
  • Ensured transparency to inspect problems and adapt according to the situation
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams
  • Facilitated scrum artifacts and scrum ceremonies
  • Served the team by resolving conflicts and leading cross-functional teams
  • Conducted acceptance testing when needed
  • Avoided micromanagement with Lean thinking
  • Mitigated risk with a proper risk management plan
  • Generated reports to measure product performance and team performance
  • Worked with distributed remote teams and third-party development teams

SOPs, Process improvement, Guideline & Initiation

  • Embracing Agile (Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban) & Lean with the team
  • Enhancing SOPs, workflows, and processes
  • Keeping Agile mindset

Ensuring Scrum Values, and Pillar

  • Instilling Agile mindset
  • Helping the team to be self-organized and self-motivated
  • Ensuring transparency, so that we can inspect the problem and adapt according to the situation
  • Promoting continuous development at the same pace to deliver the goal

Backlog

  • Listing down the running projects/products backlog
  • Keeping all in the same page
  • Adding prioritization
  • Ensuring detailed requirements in the backlog
  • Preparing the user story and acceptance criteria, and adding DOD and DOR in collaboration with the team

Product Backlog Refinement

  • As per team, we will have a Product Backlog Refinement meeting, where we will groom the backlog with the team.
  • All stakeholders will attend the meeting.
  • Everyone will share their thoughts and ensure they understand the backlog and requirements.
  • All kinds of feature discussions and requirement clarifications will be discussed here.
  • If some requirements or PBIs need more time, they will be moved to the next meeting for discussion.
  • The team will estimate here, following T-shirt sizing or Fibonacci series.
  • The PM will follow prioritization practices to prioritize the backlog, such as Impact-Effort, SWOT, MoSCoW, and more.

Sprint Backlog

  • Following the priority, PBIs will move to the sprint backlog
  • Here the team will take tasks that they believe they can do in the particular sprints.
  • Here the team can plan multiple sprints or the team can move tasks for one sprint.

Sprint

  • Sprint can be 1/2/4 weeks. Most teams use 1/2 week sprints.
  • Started from Monday to Friday.
  • Facilitating Scrum artifacts and Scrum ceremonies.

Sprint Planning

  • At the start of the sprint, there will be a Sprint plan where the team will check their tasks for the sprint and plan again to make a sprint goal.
  • The team will ensure they understand the tasks, requirements, and dependencies.
  • The team can plan their approach to achieve the sprint goal.

Daily Standup Meeting (DSM)

  • DSM will be 15 minutes or less.
  • DSM location: meet link.
  • Time: the team will decide on a common time when most of them can participate.
  • Each team member will share 3 pieces of information:
    • What did you do yesterday?
    • What will you do today?
    • Any blockers?
    • A bonus question: How is your mood today?
  • Any blockages, impediments, or discussions will take place in another meeting with the required team member.
  • The DSM facilitator will share the Kanban board screen, and each of the attendees will refer to the information on the board.

Servant Leadership and Removing Impediments

  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams
  • Serving the team by resolving conflicts and leading cross-functional teams
  • Avoiding micromanagement with Lean thinking
  • Mitigating risk with a proper risk management plan
  • Working with distributed remote teams and third-party development teams

Sprint Review

  • Here, the team will show their work of the sprint to the stakeholders.
  • Showing progress/working software/works is a must.
  • Stakeholders will share feedback; the team will take the feedback and improve/change their work accordingly.
  • All of them will revisit the roadmap and ensure the team is following it.

Sprint Retrospective

It's for the team

  • They will share:
    • What was well in the sprint
    • What went wrong
    • What we could do better
    • What I learnt

Reports

  • Generating reports to measure product performance and team performance
  • Sprint reports
  • Gantt chart
  • Burndown chart
  • Velocity
  • It requires 2-3 sprints to know the velocity or capability of the team

Completing or Contuning the Product-Development Life Cycle

  • Celebrating teams, efforts, and values
  • Retrospectives to assess how things went, what could be better
  • Adapting and recommending improvements
  • Continuing to build awesome products

Lets find Impediments and Adapt Agile

I offer comprehensive Agile Project Management services designed to optimize product development and enhance team collaboration. By leveraging the Scrum framework, I facilitate every aspect of the Agile process, from defining product visions and creating prioritized backlogs to executing efficient sprints and conducting meaningful retrospectives. My approach focuses on fostering cross-functional collaboration, ensuring that all team members are aligned and engaged throughout the project lifecycle. I conduct regular Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, and Sprint Reviews, to maintain transparency and adaptability, enabling teams to respond swiftly to changing requirements. With a strong emphasis on continuous improvement, I help organizations refine their processes, enhance product quality, and deliver incremental value to stakeholders. By integrating Agile principles into your workflow, I aim to create a culture of innovation and responsiveness that drives successful product outcomes.

Email

irfan@irfanulkarim.com

Phone

+8801851804483

Address

Banasree
Dhaka
Bangladesh