Rohini S Koya

A passionate Agile enthusiast with over 15 years of experience in the IT industry playing a Team Coach, Scrum Coach, Project Leader, Scrum Master, Quality Assurance and Developer for top-class global companies. Key areas of expertise include Scaled Agile, Agile, Scrum, Xtreme Programming (XP), Kanban methods. Expert at building high performing, self-organizing teams that deliver quality solutions with a naturally low operational overhead, whilst developing and maintaining a magnificent team spirit. Known for getting things done whilst taking organizations on a value driven agile journey. Gained hands on experience in agile coaching ranging from training, coaching, mentoring, maturity assessment to value delivering through excellent understanding of global business environment. A deep knowledge of agile values, principles and practices coupled with experience in implementing agile practices in small and large distributed teams has given me the ability to plan the transition as well as coach and handhold teams through the transition. Achievements: • Trained around 100+ people for SAFe Certifications • Trained around 1000+ people on Agile, Scrum • Coached teams in an Agile Release Train (ART) for successful PI execution • Coached around 75+ teams, with each team having about 5-8 people, on the Scrum best practices and helped them adhere to these best practices • Mentored around 100+ Scrum Masters as a part of a monthly Scrum Master Huddle where the focus is on face-to-face interactions and imparted knowledge through exercises and case studies • Established and supported communities of practices to promote understanding of Agile roles and to help individuals develop into them • Drove continuous improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops • Designed tools for – o Sprint Retrospectives to assist the teams focus on SMART action items rather than vague ideas o Tracking Sprint Progress to help teams swarm and focus on their Sprint Deliverables and Commitments