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Letztes Update: 31.08.2023

Agile Coach | Agile Project Management | Quality Management | Product Owner

Abschluss: B.Sc.
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Sprachkenntnisse: deutsch (Muttersprache) | englisch (verhandlungssicher)

Schlagwörter

Agile Methodologie Coaching und Mentoring Agile Führung Agiles Testen Change Management Certified Scrum Product Owner Lean Prozesse Scrum Test Management Certified Scrum Master + 2 weitere Schlagwörter anzeigen

Dateianlagen

Lukas-Zens-ScrumAlliance-CSM-Certificate_200223.pdf
Lukas-Zens-ScrumAlliance-ADVCSM-Certificate_200223.pdf
Lukas-Zens-ScrumAlliance-CSPO-Certificate_200223.pdf
FDNS-101-AN-LZens_200223.pdf
Lukas-Zens-Projects-082023_300823.pdf
CV-Lukas-Zens-08-2023_300823.pdf

Skills

Was mich auszeichnet
  • Langjährige Erfahrung als Agile Coach und Scrum Master in Projekt- und Produktorganisationen
  • Unterschiedliche Unternehmensgrößen - Corporate sowie Startup
  • Trainer, Mentor, Coach für alle Hierarchieebenen - von C-Level bis Interns, wenn nötig auch rubber duck
  • Identifikation, Empowerment und Enablement von High Potentials
  • "Zurück auf Spur"-Bringen von herausfordernden Projekten
  • Erfahrung als QA in einem skalierten agilen Setup und somit Einblick in die Dev Team Welt
  • Lateral Lead ("Agile Domain Lead") des Scrm Master Department einer großen Organisation (>20 SMs)


Meine Grundsätze
  • Gelebte Transparenz und Kommunikation auf Augenhöhe über alle Hierarchieebenen
  • Ergebnisse zählen, nicht die Anzahl der Meetings
  • Klare Vision und Strategische Ausrichtung
  • Stetige Weiterentwicklung, eine "agile Transformation" ist nie abgeschlossen, auch persönlich

Projekthistorie

09/2022 - bis jetzt
Senior Agile Coach & HR Business Partner
(Internet und Informationstechnologie, 50-250 Mitarbeiter)

  • Orchestrated executive-level collaboration to strategize and execute a comprehensive reorganization of the development division.
  • Facilitated a strategic workforce realignment, optimizing talent distribution through a data-driven skills assessment, thereby achieving a leaner, more focused organizational structure.
  • Conceived and implemented a holistic change management framework, complete with a legally compliant timeline and multi-tiered communication strategy.
  • Pioneered the establishment of streamlined organizational architectures, effectively dismantling silos and introducing efficient line-management systems.
  • Formulated customized severance packages, incorporating unique provisions for expatriates and employees with familial or age-related considerations.
  • Spearheaded role definition and capacity building, offering targeted mentorship and developmental programs for new and ascending managerial personnel.
  • Fostered team cohesiveness and organizational alignment through strategic team-building initiatives across newly formed units and hierarchical layers.
  • Provided consultative coaching to leadership and staff, aiding in their seamless transition and role integration within the restructured organization.
  • Designed and delivered expansive Agile training programs, encompassing methodologies such as Lean, XP, Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, and scaling frameworks like SAFe, LeSS, Nexus, and Spotify. 
  • Provided training, coaching, and consulting to C-suite, Vice Presidents, and Heads of Departments, guiding them in the implementation and customization of agile methodologies in software development for a large-scale product organization.
  • Incorporated machine learning R&D structures (Kanban, Spikes) to sustain effective innovation.
  • Served as an internal advisor for people development, helping streamline the skill sets, mindset, and communication styles from Heads of Departments to the C-suite.
  • Led and delivered comprehensive product management training, including areas such as strategy, vision, purpose, roadmap, prioritization, planning, execution, service, and support.
  • Enhanced inter-departmental communication and transparency, particularly within the product organization, ensuring alignment from vision to delivery.
  • Cultivated an environment that encouraged self-managing teams, maintaining a keen focus on clear business objectives and milestones without compromising on team autonomy.

01/2018 - 01/2022
Senior Scrum Master | Agile Domain Lead
IBM iX (Internet und Informationstechnologie, 250-500 Mitarbeiter)

  • In the capacity of an Agile Domain Lead, performed PO-like tasks for all IBM iX Scrum Masters. Prioritized organization-wide initiatives, including the streamlining of onboarding for new members, establishing a level-based career path, and developing clear role descriptions.
  • Established clear processes for cross-domain collaboration and transparent initiative management, eliminating redundant work across the organization.
  • Led the analysis and implementation of scalable project management strategies, leveraging methodologies such as SAFe, LeSS, Nexus, and S@S for teams of 2 or more.
  • Championed organization-wide changes, maintaining a balance between persistence and pragmatism.
  • Implemented a sustainable scaling framework at the team level, involving all stakeholders from customers to the development team. Fostered fast feedback cycles enabling continuous Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA).
  • Performed standard Scrum Master duties including facilitating and moderating events, tracking and driving action items, and swiftly resolving impediments by leveraging organization-wide relationships.
  • Developed and delivered numerous trainings for IBM iX employees, covering topics such as: Quality Assurance in Agile Teams, Excelling in Sprint Reviews, and Understanding Agile Projects at IBM iX for newcomers.
  • Orchestrated Agile processes for 2-3 distributed teams across three locations in a high-velocity, project-centric milieu.
  • Cultivated high-performance squads, sustaining a psychologically safe work ecosystem even amid a pandemic-induced full remote-work paradigm.
  • Leveraged pragmatic, solution-focused engagements with stakeholders to forge synergistic teams.
  • Exercised trust-centric lateral leadership and delivered specialized Agile coaching to clients, fortifying their Agile maturity.
  • Championed a culture of technical rigor, advocating Test-Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI), pair programming, and automated testing frameworks right from sprint zero.
  • Employed adaptive stances tailored to the competencies of teams or individuals:
    • Trainer: Demystified story-point estimation through experiential learning via planning poker sessions.
    • Coach: Facilitated introspective dialogues with Product Owners to assess sprint deliverables, aiding in the formulation of actionable strategies for future sprints.
    • Mentor: Galvanized teams to devise QA methodologies that eschew traditional waterfall processes, thereby enhancing Agile fluidity.

01/2017 - 01/2018
Scrum Master
IBM iX

IBM iX, Wels
- Scrum Master for 2 remote teams (3 locations) in a fast paced, project based environment
- Building high-performant teams while maintaining a healthy work-environment, even in
pandemic times with 100% home-office policy
- Pragmatic and solution oriented collaboration with stakeholders while forming a team
- Trust-based lateral leadership within teams and professional agile coaching of clients
- Strong focus on quality and technical excellence by empowering teams to use TDD, CI, pair
programming, and test automation starting with sprint 0
- Taking the right stance depending on the skill (of the team or individual) e.g.:
o As a Trainer: By explaining the idea of story-point based estimation by hands-on
experience doing planning poker
o As a Coach: By reflecting with the PO on sprint output and supporting the establishment
of a plan for upcoming sprints
o As a Mentor: By inspiring the team to find a suitable QA approach to avoid waterfall-like
processes within the team

01/2016 - 01/2017
Quality Engineer
Bearingpoint Technology (Internet und Informationstechnologie, 250-500 Mitarbeiter)

  • Spearheaded Quality Engineering efforts in a scaled Agile framework encompassing four Scrum teams, striking a balance between cross-team collaboration and meticulous sprint goal attainment.
  • Pioneered test automation initiatives, rooted in rigorous risk assessments and ROI-driven cost-benefit analyses, thereby elevating the project's quality benchmarks. 
  • Instituted a robust suite of non-code-based testing methodologies, such as Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
  • Conducted incisive Backlog Grooming sessions in collaboration with Product Owners, enabling prioritization based on quality metrics and defect trends, thereby optimizing sprint planning.

Zertifikate

A-CSM
Scrum Alliance
2020
CSPO
Scrum Alliance
2019
CSM
Scrum Alliance
2018
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level
ISTQB
2018
Black Box Software Testing Foundations Course 101 AN
BBST
2017

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