Job Description:

Job Description

 Organize and facilitate planning and coordination including release / Potentially Shippable Increments planning, iteration planning, daily stand-ups, iteration review/demos, and retrospectives.

·  Hold team accountable to tenants of the agile SDLC (Software Delivery Life Cycle) and their internal working agreements including use of appropriate tools, standards and best practices.

·  Promote and demonstrate core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility.

·  Assist the team in tracking and communicating team progress and metrics.

·  Facilitate and enable an environment of collaboration and creativity.

·  Support and empower the team to make appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.

·  Empower the team to self-organize around achieving their commitments.

·  Identify and remove any impediments/distractions that interfere with the team’s ability to deliver against their commitments.

·  Challenge and enable the team to continuously improve through intentional and data driven inspect and adapt cycles (retrospectives).

·  Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practices where appropriate.

·  Ensure teams are held accountable to tenants of the agile SDLC (Software Delivery Life Cycle) and their internal working agreements including use of appropriate tools, standards and best practices.

·  Ensure the team is tracking and communicating team progress and metrics to the appropriate resources.

·  Coach and mentor others on agile related topics

·  Lead multiple agile teams and drive Kroger’s agile transformation across the enterprise