
Khaled ElShazli
Agile Coaching | Organizational Transformation | Lean Portfolio Management
6th of October, Giza, EgyptWork Experience
Agile CoachFull Time
Vodafone Intelligent Solutions
Jun 2024 - Present -1 yr, 1 month
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details:HIGHLIGHTS Training & coaching delivery teams, functions & senior leadership team within Digital & IT value stream, in agile ways of working, guiding them to embrace Core Values of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), apply SAFe principles and implement SAFe practices. Additionally acting as a facilitator and continuously engage in challenging the old norms of development to improve performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow and speed of delivery. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES ● Support the agile transformation and guide delivery teams through the agile journey and maturity growth by; ● Coaching local markets and other Vodafone entities to increase their maturity against the 7 Key competencies of Business Agility. ● Contributing to a comprehensive SAFe training curriculum in collaboration with Vodafone Learning Organisation and other Lean Agile Centre of Excellency functions. ● Defining standards and creating playbooks for agile ceremonies and practices, e.g. PI-Planning, ART launches, Portfolio Syncs, etc ● Provide training and coaching on agile ways of working and adoption of SAFe to all relevant stakeholders and teams ● Train and coach delivery functions on agile principles, practices, roles, artefacts and ceremonies to maintain consistency of adoption and continuously improve performance. ● Manage and facilitate knowledge sharing of best practices throughout the organisation and capture it in a useable, easily accessible format for all ● Facilitate the usage of agile adoption measurements to evaluate and report the performance and adherence of the organisation on a regular basis. ● Coach and guide delivery functions on an on-going basis.
Agile PractitionerFull Time
Vodafone Intelligent Solutions
May 2022 - Jun 2024 -2 yrs, 1 month
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details:HIGHLIGHTS Supporting the squad/s through facilitating the end-to-end value flow by coaching on agile practices and mind-set and working to achieve the squad's optimal sustainable velocity and improved value to the customer, while driving and supporting the adoption of an agile mindset, behaviors, methods, and tools across the organization. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES ● Guide and coach multiple Scrum teams (2-3) with different team sizes, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc. ● Facilitate medium to large team organization on Agile ceremonies. ● Ensure full transparency with velocity, burn down/up reporting, and communicating team progress with value focused metrics. ● Responsible for facilitating daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo, backlog grooming / refinement and retrospective meetings. ● Remove internal or external impediments or guide the team to remove impediments, and ensure observance of definition of done. ● Assess the Scrum maturity of the team and coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and the organization. ● Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information. ● Align with the PO on the agreed feature list and related release date, making sure that all stories are added on Jira with their details and assigned per each feature. ● Set Sprint review meeting and demos with the PO to confirm on the delivered scope. ● Plan for retrospective meeting (Internal and External). Enhance process while moving forward with the development team and ensure that the corrective actions are taken. ● Support Handover, on boarding and KT sessions for all team members with a proper planning.
Scrum MasterFull Time
Qeema
Nov 2021 - May 2022 -6 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details:HIGHLIGHTS Overseeing the M2M/IoT pipeline of products, projects and enhancements, while leading the development team & guiding product owners to adopt, practice & apply agile methodologies and techniques to respond to the business demands, in addition to transforming the delivery methods and mindsets towards agility. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES ● Lead & coaching the scrum team in using Agile methodology and scrum practices, and act as a servant-leader to the squad. ● Support the Product Owner in ensuring right-sized story writing, aligning priorities, and planning sprint iterations. ● Track and manage risks and issues of the development team. ● Track and report on current status of all team members and the deliverables & deliver effective verbal & written progress reports to all stakeholders. ● Facilitating key agile ceremonies, such as daily stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives. ● Monitor and optimize agile processes and practices. ● Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives and team learning. ● Coordinate with other delivery teams, stakeholders, and partners to manage risks, interdependencies, and impediments to the team. ● Identifying continuous improvement opportunities, making recommendations for updates in policies and procedures, if necessary, and participates in process improvement. ● Identifying risks, dependencies, and impediments, leading the team and business in finding a solution, coordinating with other teams and functional partners. ● Maintaining a productive and safe environment for team members and act as a buffer between scrum team and product owner.
Partnerships & Business ArchitectFull Time
- Job Details:HIGHLIGHTS Interprets and contextualizes strategy for the company's and market needs, developing business models and delivering products & services projects, in coordination with all the companies functional teams. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES ● Conduct presentation of proposed business models or plan for company executives or board of directors. ● Collaborate with different departments to get new projects off the ground. ● Track errors and formulate a plan to prevent future errors of the same type. ● Delivers enhanced value to clients and customers . ● Revamp the business work breakdown structure. ● Transfer ideas to research and development, and eventually to workable projects. ● Serves as a liaison between the executive office and front line staff ● Analyzes customers’ needs and ensures that the company is meeting those needs. ● Designs and puts in practice improvement and business transformation initiatives. ● Works with the management team to streamline processes, save money and generate more revenue ● Reorganize the company’s process flow to better utilize resources. ● Acts as a liaison between business managers and information technology staff. ● Determines opportunities to grow the business. ● Ensures that business models are in keeping with the company’s mission statement. ● Collects information from market analysts. ● Analyzes customers’ needs and ensures that the company is meeting those needs. ● Designs and puts in practice improvement and business transformation initiatives.
Education
Bachelor of Science , Electronics and Communication Engineering. in Electronics & Communication Engineering
Arab Academy for Science & Technology & Maritime TransportJan 2002 - Jan 2007 - 5 yr
High School - Thanaweya Amma
El-Nasr Boys’ School (EBS)Jan 2002
Skills
Languages
Arabic
FluentEnglish
Advanced
Training & Certifications
Nano Program, Digital Marketing Professional
Udacity·2021Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
SCRUM ALLIANCE·2020Cisco Networking Academy Program
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Scholarship·2008Cisco Certified Network Associate
2008Cisco Networking Academy Program
2008