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*Please reply to ,* * vin...@1pointsys.com <vin...@1pointsys.com>* *Position: MNLARS Scrum Master* *Location: St. Paul, MN* *Duration: 6 Months+* Project Title: MNLARS Scrum Master Category: Project Management (4 positions) Business Need MNLARS, the Minnesota Licensing and Registration System, will improve system operability, stability, record keeping, security, and customer service for the Minnesota driver’s license and motor vehicle registration systems. This system will include Driver’s License, Driver Compliance, Vehicle Title and Registration, Dealer Licensing, Inventory, and Finance processes. MN.IT Services @ DPS is seeking four experienced Scrum Masters for the MNLARS project. MNLARS is using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) approach to develop the new Driver and Vehicle services system. Several scrum teams are already deployed across the project. The Scrum Master (SM) will take the lead in designing the sprints and backlog, manage the sprints and assigned staff. The SM will ensure that all facets of the scrum team are working optimally, clear obstacles and communicate expertly within the team and with outside partners and stakeholders. The SM will work closely with the Release Train Engineer (RTE), technical leaders and business product owners. It is extremely important that each scrum team have well designed processes which are closely followed and adjusted through regular retrospectives. Each SM will work with the other SMs to coordinate handoffs and integration of work. The expected start date for the scrum masters is as soon as possible, ideally by November 28th, 2016. The contracts are expected to continue through the first quarter of calendar year 2018 to assure the transition to the MNLARS system is complete, but could end sooner. Project Deliverables The Scrum Masters will provide leadership as follows: ? Help assure the team follows the Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework processes, The SM will coordinate sprint planning, lead daily scrums, coordinate each sprint review and participate in RFO0154 Updated 9.8.2016 Agile Release Train planning sessions. The SM will make sure that sprint participants understand their roles and assignments. ? Assure that all aspects of Rally, the SAFe software portfolio management tool used by MNLARS, are promptly updated for each scrum team. ? Help the team meet their Program Increment objectives for all features committed to during Program Increment planning through solid execution of each of the Program Increment Sprints. ? Help the team meet their daily and iteration objectives, including working to remove impediments and communicating with other teams ? Facilitate Team continuous process improvement. ? Coordinate solution implementation and delivery with other Scrum Masters on the Release Train. ? Help foster Agile code quality practices, including providing guidance to assist the teams in constantly improving code quality. ? Scrum Masters will keep MNLARS leadership informed, through participation in the Scrum of Scrum meetings. ? Coordinate team efforts under architectural and portfolio governance, system level integration and the biweekly System Demo. ? Use normalized estimating to help the program estimate larger features and epics. ? Facilitate preparation and readiness for release planning and Inspect and Adapt ceremonies. Deliverable Based Contract Payment will be based on the successful completion of a sprint, not on hours. Sprints are two weeks in length. Cost proposals should be presented as an hourly rate, per the SITE program. Contracts will reflect a sprint cost based on the hourly rate X 2000 hours/year and 26 sprints per year. Vendors will be expected to bill no more often than monthly for sprints completed during the month. Project Milestones and Schedule Each Scrum Master will be assigned to one of five scrum teams. For each sprint, the SM will 1. Groom the backlog; keep the number of user stories greater than the work to be done. With each sprint, establish the priorities for the sprint. 2. Update all Rally scrum team artifacts 3. Update the task board moving items to completed 4. Maintain a burn-down chart showing progress 5. Maintain a cumulative flow from the sprints, managing the workload 6. Coordinate the showcase at the end of each sprint, guiding team to that end, scheduling and inviting stakeholders. Mandatory Qualifications (To be initially scored as pass/fail. Thereafter, proposed resource(s) that meet the Mandatory Qualifications will be scored in part on the extent to which the resource exceeds these mandatory minimums. See RFO Evaluation Process, below.) ? Propose an hourly rate at or below vendor’s Max Hourly Rate for the category. ? 5 years of Scrum Master experience. RFO0154 Updated 9.8.2016 ? 3 years of Scrum Master experience in a multi-scrum team environment for one or more large enterprise project(s) (project budget in excess of 2 million dollars per project). Desired Skills ? 1 year of SAFe experience ? Certification in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Process Schedule Process Milestone Due Date Deadline for Questions 10/20/2016, 2:00 PM Anticipated Responses to Questions Posted 10/25/2016 Proposals Due 11/03/2016, 2:00 PM Anticipated proposal evaluation complete Anticipated work order start 11/18/2016 11/28/2016 *Vineet Mishra* *Technical Recruiter* 1 Point System LLC Unit 103, 206 N College St, Pineville, North Carolina, 28134 *P*: *803-317-2541* *E* : vin...@1pointsys.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USITCV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usitcv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to usitcv@googlegroups.com. 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