Project Management and Business Analyst at the Administrative Offices of the US Courts

System Engineer/Project Manager/Scrum Master:Core Competencies Project Manager/Scrum Master:Leading a scrum team to perform planning, development, and testing on a large software development, implementation and integration project.Conduct all Scrum related activities, including sprint planning, daily scrum meetings, sprint retrospective, and client demos.Interface with client and product owners on an active basis to manage product backlog and sprint activities.Remove obstacles and manage risks to enable team efficiency and effectiveness.Maintain metrics Liaising between developers/testers and project stakeholders; fostering quality communication between engineering disciplines.StaffingTeam Progress over siteTracking of activitiesProduct Quality assurance

Responsible for translation and communication, to organize and execute the activities necessary to accomplish all stated objectives for a new material tracking system and customer facing website for USPS using the AGILE methodology:•Tracked the budget to ensure projects are completed on time and within cost•Monitored costs vs actual and renegotiate priorities with stakeholder in order to maintain timeline and budget•Created and monitored the schedule for the assigned projects•Monitored technical performance of team , caught and eliminated potential showstoppers before they impacted the project•Created reports that communicate status of program to all levels of management•Developed process to manage product backlog and keep all impacted groups updated on changes •Led conversion of requirements created in Waterfall methodology into AGILE stories with adaptability to changing project requirements to facilitate sprint planning•Participated in Sprint planning and stayed within calculated sprint budgets•Maintain burn down chart and used to adjust Sprint capacity•Directed work of incumbents assigned to program from various departments and lead daily Stand Up meetings•Conducted bi-weekly demo’s with the stakeholder senior project team and interpret response while managing stakeholder expectations•Implemented a combination of manual and automated testing efforts in parallel•Assisted in the maintenance of multiple testing environments ensuring infrastructure, applications and data mirror production environments•Created reports that easily communicated significant quality related issues to prevent future occurrences

•AGILE Transition: Selected as one of the leaders to initiate AGILE projects within Verizon. Project Within two years 4 of 10 systems had transitioned to AGILE for completion of project cycleI was a member of training team, mentoring transition from Waterfall to AGILE.Created weekly metrics report on progress of transition for stakeholders. Converted requirements created in Waterfall methodology into AGILE stories. Participated in stakeholder demos initiated by AGILE teams•Management of Project: Throughout the life cycle of a project I work with the stakeholders and IT to manage scope creep and stay within budget. I supported 15 – 25 projects per calendar year. 95% implemented on schedule and 90% within budget.•Planning Phase: Review Project and Change Requests submitted by external User groups for Verizon IT systems and sponsor groups. Research and validate User metrics to confirm validity of request. Work with the development teams and User groups to determine level of effort and cost. Create a Project Plan to support release. Meet on a monthly basis with User liaisons to prioritize work. Create reports on a weekly basis for management review. Interface with a minimum of two External development groups during packaging of integrated releases. Attend requirement reviews for upcoming releases. Support reporting initiative that provides a state of all systems in the organization.•Development phase: Coordinate between multiple IT organizations to ensure timely delivery of code to QA organization. . •Testing Phase: Liaison between development organization, Quality assurance group and User group during the User test phase. Monitor and assign trouble tickets to appropriate groups. Follow up to determine root cause of defect and solution using adhoc meetings with product and system experts. Provide a weekly state of the Union to the Senior Management for all projects assigned to me