Biography
Cara Turner is an Agile Coach focused on facilitation and developing creative thinking practices in software development teams.
Cara has been a committee member of the Scrum User Group South Africa since 2011, hosting Regional Scrum Gatherings in 2011 and 2013, a similar Technical conference CodeLabs in 2012, as well as monthly scrum and agile talks.
Work experience
Khanyisa Real Systems, Agile Coach
August 2012 - Present, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
I provide mentoring and training to teams, scrum masters and product owners with varying levels of agile experience. I also drove the agile-influenced internal mentoring program.
• SM and PO Coaching: Scrum practices, release planning, estimating, advanced agile practices, facilitation
• Scrum Master: coaching outsourced development teams through agile processes, focusing on team development and risk management through client collaboration.
• Training: Agile requirements (Lean, BDD + Deliberate Discovery), product ownership, release planning
Mix Telematics, Scrum Master
October 2010 - July 2012, Stellenbosch, Select a State, South Africa
Scrum Master for software teams in a company transitioning to Agile, my focus is on helping teams find the right solution for the problem at hand, from technical concerns to communication blockages.
I'm continually investigating & experimenting with new facilitation techniques, from meaningful space to metaphor to simulation and pure games.
Airborne Consulting, Scrum Master / Project Manager
April 2007 - October 2010, Cape Town, South Africa
As a consultant to a variety of clients, I enjoyed a high degree of trust with both my team and client teams. I started using Scrum practices in 2008 and became a Certified Scrum Master in 2009.
Our teams applied a blend of Scrum and PMBok practices to predominantly Fixed Price - Fixed Scope contracts, using a collaborative approach for risk management and issue resolution, and focused on ensuring all project stakeholders had clear insight into the project at all times.