Noha Elsharkawi
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Cairo, Egypt
Toptal member since January 6, 2022
Noha is an expert in software development management. She has over ten years of experience in implementation and transformation following Agile methodology, managing software development teams, leading products business analysis, and processing enhancements and software quality. As a scrum master, Noha focuses primarily on implementing Scrum in new teams.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile
- Agile Coaching
- Agile Practices
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- Jira
- Kanban
- Scrum Coaching
- Scrum Master
Work Experience
Agile Coach
Dell
- Trained many team members on Agile and different Agile frameworks.
- Restructured the teams into smaller, cross-functional ones.
- Worked on the culture of the teams, such as promoting safety, inspection, adapting, transparency, and ownership.
- Worked on the mechanical practices that fit agile, like slicing stories vertically, delivering valuable increments each sprint, taking regular feedback, and following up on it.
- Collaborated with other agile coaches in the organization in different cities to share practices and make teams work on harmony.
Scrum Master
Vodafone
- Established different self-organizing teams following the Scrum framework.
- Coached the team to go through Shu Ha Ri, an agile adoption pattern.
- Created a dependency chart that was propagated to other teams and helped them plan.
- Led the awareness and knowledge transfer sessions to establish a safe and agile environment across Vodafone.
- Held the Agile and Scrum training courses for the Vodafone employees.
- Acted as an agile coach by guiding the team to embrace agile values and principles in different situations.
Product Owner | Project Manager
EME international
- Helped close deals with new clients for the company.
- Delivered the required software to clients by guiding them through the whole journey until they installed the software in their company.
- Enhanced the team's agility by working on their mindset and creating a safe environment. We worked together on solving obstacles until we adopted various Agile principles.
- Built a safe environment within the team by avoiding blaming and accepting failures.
Agile Project Manager
NabdaCare
- Managed the whole development cycle to implement the Agile and Scrum methodologies while the company was a startup.
- Implemented Kanban in a team with different nature of the business to better support client's running projects and respond to the client's needs.
- Managed the team to deliver B2C products and several health applications and portals.
- Created a safe environment and flexible mindset to tolerate the changes needed in the software environment.
Quality Engineer
ASSET's
- Acted as a quality engineer in many software projects contributing to the high-quality delivery of products.
- Conducted stress and performance testing of many projects.
- Managed and mentored other engineers and guided them through their journey.
Project History
NabdaCare Health Apps
As a scrum master, I led the team to deliver the project on time using the Agile frameworks.
Since it was a startup company, I reported to the MD and CEO during these projects.
ADSL Agile Squad
Established the first agile squad in the ADSL tribe and acted as an agile coach.
I was directly collaborating and reporting to the department head of Vodafone Egypt.
Health Portal for CAMHS Competition
Using an agility mindset, we finished the project for a competition with a tight deadline that became a success story in the company.
I coached the team to adopt the agile mindset and tolerate the challenges in the project to deliver the required product while meeting the tight deadline. We implemented lean concepts to avoid waste and delivered this project on time and within budget.
The team spirit was high, and each team member learned a lot from this experience.
Transformation of Vodafone Teams
As a scrum master in several teams, I launched and joined several squads in the CVM tribe.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
Ain Shams University - Cairo, Egypt
Certifications
SAFe 4 Agilist
Scaled Agile
Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM)
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Agile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC)
ICAgile
Kanban Management Professional (KMP II)
Lean Kanban University
Kanban System Design (KMP I)
Lean Kanban University
Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)
ICAgile
Agile Fundamentals (ICP)
ICAgile
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Skills
Tools
Jira, Trello, Slack, Skype for Business, Atlassian Suite, Asana
Paradigms
Testing, Agile, Scrum, Agile Project Management, Kanban, Microservices
Other
Gmail, Scrumban, Scrum Master, Scrum Coaching, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Agile Sprints, Sprint Planning, Customer Service Management (CSM), Facilitation, Engineering, Stakeholder Management, Slack App, Outlook, Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile Coaching, Project Management, Product Owner, Coaching, Best Practices, Mentorship & Coaching, Agile Practices, Jira Administrator, Integration, Analysis, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), SAFe 4 Advanced Scrum Master, Training
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