Project Manager | Software Development
CurrentI am responsible for coordinating and arranging feature refinements to maintain a healthy backlog. I ensure daily progress and ensure customers’ needs are outlined within the Acceptance Criteria. Additionally, I analyze workloads across Process Architects and IT Product Owner roles to ensure effective use of scheduling and capacity. • Collaborate with Process Architects and Product Managers to identify and communicate Feature Refinement “critical path”, to determine the order in which refine Features for the upcoming PI.• Prioritize product features and enhancements based on business impact, customer value, and technical feasibility• Collaborate/coordinate with the Process Architects on approach/plans for driving day-to-day activities in the Feature Refinement process• Collaborate with Program Manager and Strategic Programs manager on intersection with the overall Project timeline and progress reporting• Build agenda and schedule daily refinement sessions; map participants to agenda items; communicate topics and participation needs to stakeholder community• Moderate the daily sessions to ensure forward progress, attendance, adherence to agenda.• Modify/communicate agenda changes during the session, to optimize participant time commitments, given the dynamic nature of requirements/process design working sessions. • Track progress, percentage complete on Features and key action items.• Manage refinement pace to ensuring we have enough Features ready for IT to develop each quarter. • Analyze Feature counts across development Scrum teams, to ensure we have enough backlog ready for each team’s planning events. • Track and report gaps/delays in Feature completion