Andrew Stevenson, Psm Ii, Pmi-Acp®, Pmp® Email & Phone Number

Canada

Ontario, Canada

-Scrum Master & Project Management Consultant with extensive experience across several roles within scaled scrum and hybrid projects-Support clients in implementing lean-agile thinking to transform their business and deliver on big ideas-Assist in cultural change through influential leadership and creating a positive work environment -Leverage and put into action the most recent best practices in Agile software development and Project Management -Lead change through relationship building and focused attention to the needs of individuals and teams -Support innovative thinking and continuous improvement through encouraging experiments and leveraging empiricism

Ontario, Canada

Agile Project Management Consultant supporting a matrixed, multi-disciplinary team utilizing a tailored scaled-scrum approach. -Provide advice and guidance to Bank employees on matters relating to agile, hybrid, and traditional project management practices and methodologies.-Facilitate and co-ordinate stand-ups, retrospectives and planning sessions.-Provide project management expertise for all project activities by working with stakeholders, project team members and groups across the Bank, using proven project management best practices and methodologies-Monitor project progress and communicate to Sr. Management using agile metrics contained within a self-developed PowerBI dashboard.-Track team level and project level velocities and velocity variance, comparing projections to pre-determined schedules.-Support continued implementation of a tailored Scaled Scrum framework across 6 functional teams to support collaboration.-Support on-going strategic planning of the program, identifying key deliverables, creating timelines, monitoring budgets and creating operational transparency.-Support the use of metrics to ensure data driven decision making, re-allocating resources as necessary to ensure delivery.

Ontario, Canada

Sr. Scrum Master within the Project Management Office for a multi-year scrum project to introduce large scale changes to an existing legacy platform. -Iterated the project’s scaled scrum implementation to include project level retrospectives and improved metrics-Created real-time dashboards to monitor project progression and identify constraints, allowing for data driven decision making in on-going resource allocation-Facilitated scrum events such as stand-ups, planning sessions, retrospectives and refinement sessions-Created sprint reports to track on-going work to the schedule, presented to Sr Management-Provided guidance and support to the project team to consistently implement and execute the project agile approach, including the level of effort estimation model.-Facilitated Agile/Scrum training sessions with Product Owners, Scrum Masters and Business Analysts

Supported and led a portfolio of 10 projects in support of digital transformation at the Canada Revenue Agency. Supported the alignment of multiple projects at once, focusing on risk assessment, efficient architecture, and identification of dependencies, redundancies, and synergies. Supported multiple project teams in project management and agile best practices. -Advised Project Leads and Product Owners on scrum best practices and other effective delivery approaches -Effectively influenced and coached Project Leads and Product Owners without authority, utilizing collaborative discussion and problem solving to support effective delivery-Provided updates to Sr. Management regarding in-flight projects and their progression towards stated strategic objectives-Identified dependencies among portfolio of approximately 10 projects, collaboratively providing recommendations and discussing alignment of solutions-Aligned waterfall and agile methodologies among projects to ensure timely delivery of project deliverables

Delivery Manager for a large scale, multi-year application development project utilizing a scaled scrum approach across 9 development teams. In this role I had 23 direct reports, including Product Owners, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, etc. -Responsible for the delivery of a multi-year, application development project using a scaled scrum framework-Coached 23 direct reports across 9 separate scrum teams on Agile principles and project methodologies-Accountable for stakeholder management and overall project deliverables-Responsible for Sr. Management and Governance updates-Provided recommendations for project delivery and approaches to Sr Management-Managed and led scrum implementation within the team-Promoted use of agile project management principles to other teams and project stakeholders-Provided informal agile training and advice to outside project stakeholders-Responsible for performance of project, as well as Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Business Analysts, and support staff-Managed team through several large scale project pivots due to COVID-19 -Encouraged and promoted the use of scaled scrum as the framework for delivery of projects

Chief Product owner responsible for the delivery of Economic measures during the COVID-19 Pandemic. As Chief Product Owner I worked to pivot an existing application build to align with new priorities given the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic and support Canadians needed. -Managed Product Vision and implementation within a scaled scrum framework-Coordinated integration, alignment, and value delivery of 9 separate scrum teams working on the same product-Collaborated and liased with upwards of 40 external stakeholders to ensure alignment of project dependencies, often between waterfall and agile delivery cycles / approaches-Collaborated with approximately 6 client groups, each with their own unique business lines, to ensure horizontality within the product-Responsible for short term and long term strategic planning of a multi-year, agile transformation project-Provided detailed updates to Senior Management-Coordinated overarching product delivery and ensured it met client requirements-Facilitated and participated in Nexus / project level scrum events, including Scrum of Scrums daily scrum, retrospective, and planning-Hosted monthly Sprint review, collaborating with all stakeholders to inspect increment created during previous sprint-Coached new and existing product owners on story creation, backlog refinement, relative sizing, JIRA, and scrum framework-Oversaw the delivery and release of several project iterations-Oversaw the delivery of 7 separate COVID-19 initiatives, on-boarding them to a new horizontal case management application that was mid-development-Calibrated the team after several project "pivots" in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

-Led cross functional teams made up of IT developers, Business Testers, and Business Analysts. -Worked with 3 separate teams on various projects during my tenure, one focused on the strategic planning of the project, and the others on on-going development of priority features. -As Product Owner for the strategic planning team I developed and implemented a plan for a multi-year scaled Agile transformation project with a budget exceeding $130 Million. -Presented plans and recommendations to Senior Management, creating thorough documentation as well as high level presentations. -Plan was approved at the Assistant Commissioner level of the Canada Revenue Agency and implemented as the roadmap for this branch level project to replace existing legacy systems with a new horizontal platform-As Product Owner of a new development team, I set up and facilitated scrum events-Created and updated burn down charts-Coached and provided informal training on the use of relative sizing techniques-Facilitated several scrum events, coaching on need and value of each (stand up, retrospective, planning)-Encouraged, supported and implemented the use of Agile scrum techniques within the team -As Product Owner of a 2nd development team I created and shared product vision,-Created a clear and concise backlog-Prioritized key functionality with consideration to client needs-Facilitated and participated in scrum events-Collaborated with the team to ensure continuous value delivery-Led refinement meetings to size, clarify, and otherwise refine the product backlog-Identified dependencies and coordinated with other scrum teams within scaled framework to ensure smooth delivery and development-Identified dependencies and coordinated with 3rd party applications and their business owners to ensure smooth delivery and development

Technical and operations leader within the Revenue Collections department within the Canada Revenue Agency. -Managed 11 direct reports:-Monitoring work to ensure delivery of the office’s expected fiscal impact;-Coaching to ensure continued development of team members;-Carrying out performance reviews, establishing goals and expectations for each team member-Management Lead for Kitchener office in Ontario regional strategy review of complex collections accounts-Provided on-going feedback to team members, resolved Labour Relations files, and carried out effective change management-Management Lead for the Kitchener Tax Services Office Innovation Committee

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree