Agile Program Coach at Agilex
Wilkes Barre, PA 18702 United States
April 2012-Present
Anticipation and proactive tracking/recording/removal/escalation of impediments
•Responsible for reporting of risks, impediments, sprint and release progress
•Facilitate the team in identifying & managing interactivity dependencies within product development
•Facilitate the estimation of Product Backlog Items and other Scrum activities with an understanding of problem domain
•Conduct on-going project meetings
•Create an environment of team spirit and excitement around what is being delivered
•Proactively resolve conflict between people and if needed escalate appropriately
•Responsible for time boxed (2-3 week) sprint planning and execution
•Gather & disseminate project information on a regular basis, documenting team agreements, sprint plans, release plans, and retrospectives
•Contribute to ongoing refinement of product development processes
•Facilitates team progress, with a focus on delivering business value quickly
Work with the leadership to expand agile at enterprise level
Agile SME at TWC
Charlotte, NC 28077 United States
April 2011-April 2013
Evaluated the business and IT and proposed a strategy for the transition from Non agile to Agile
Managed and owned the overall transition process
Did executive presentations to get the buy in from the various businesses
Drew the short term and long term plan for the SDLC
Managed the Business and It relationship
Mentored the PMs in the Agile direction
Trained business and IT to perform efficiently in agile environment and be able to meet the expectation
Plan the Sprint Planning meeting, daily scrums, retrospective meeting, release planning meeting
Acted as Scrum Master as needed
Acted as Agile Program/Project manager as needed
Continuous interaction with the Business and IT teams to meet the either party’s expectation
Monitor the Burn rate and mentor the teams on the process
Manage multiple projects at a time
First point of contact for Business and IT