Helene Gidley Email & Phone Number

Ann Arbor, Mi, New Smyrna Beach, Fl

A2Agile Inc. provides custom Agile Training, Mentoring, and Coaching for organizations increasing their agility and advancing their Agile journey. We celebrate and embrace the best of your existing culture. We create powerful customized Agile ceremonies to meet your specific needs and reflect your core values.

Ann Arbor, Mi

HSG Consulting is providing custom Agile and project management consulting to AmeriFirst Home Mortgage, located in Portage, MI.Clients come to me when they are introducing agile into their organizations and when they need a kick start to re-energize their agile journey. Through custom coaching, mentoring, and specialized team training, I help my clients to not only implement agile but give them the tools to continue their journey.

Ann Arbor, Mi

Coach and Scrum Master for infrastructure department agile adoption. Analyze and implement practices that are effective for infrastructure teams. Coach development and product owners through agile approach. Assist team with work breakdown and incremental delivery.Managing 3 year integration effort of acquired ebooks company. Program consists of over 30 sub projects across HR, Sales, Marketing, IT, Finance, Customer Service, and Product Development. Defined program leadership and team… Show more Coach and Scrum Master for infrastructure department agile adoption. Analyze and implement practices that are effective for infrastructure teams. Coach development and product owners through agile approach. Assist team with work breakdown and incremental delivery.Managing 3 year integration effort of acquired ebooks company. Program consists of over 30 sub projects across HR, Sales, Marketing, IT, Finance, Customer Service, and Product Development. Defined program leadership and team structures, reporting format and cadences, and communication vehicles. Coaching sub teams on project management as needed and interacting with senior management. Show less

Project management and agile coaching to team of over 300 across located in the UK, India and US. Working with multiple teams and 7 project managers on a multi-year project to rebuild basic architecture and migrate customers.

Working with Health Media located in Ann Arbor, MI, on their Agile adoption. Providing onsite project management and consultation to their team of ~35.

Clients come to be when they're frustrated with missed deadlines, creeping scope and hidden agenda's derailing their projects. They tell me that my techniques help them regain control of their projects and refocus their project teams. Services include business process and project management consulting, project team development, business requirements analysis, and Agile adoption coaching.

Developed and led training sessions on writing and working with Agile Story Cards for client working with Scrum. Mentored teams on business process improvements and writing user stories.

•Traffic cop for number of projects and proposals coming into this small, dynamic web design and marketing firm. Managing projects, people, clients and challenges to build, deliver, and try to have some fun in the meantime. •Using Agile methods like Story Cards, Stand-Up meetings, collaborative planning and estimation to help meet the challenges of development.

• Manage program of projects for the Information Management department to consolidate applications and perform skills transfer as functions transition to other corporate locations. Applications included software development project to integration two request tracking systems into one; integration of a corporate web site into a portal based environment; management of the closing of various corporate libraries; skills and knowledge transition from group relocating to another Research &… Show more • Manage program of projects for the Information Management department to consolidate applications and perform skills transfer as functions transition to other corporate locations. Applications included software development project to integration two request tracking systems into one; integration of a corporate web site into a portal based environment; management of the closing of various corporate libraries; skills and knowledge transition from group relocating to another Research & Development site.• Oversaw $2M budget for these projects; interface with Program Office on project reporting. • Create and run team building activities for project and work teams. Show less

•Team management of up to 15 individuals consisting of developers, designers, quality assurance staff, a graphic designer, and a project administrator, to design and build customized software to support data acquisition and analysis for a biomedical flow cytometer.•Coordination of multiple sub-contractors activities and schedules to meet staffing and project needs.•Managed the agile development methodology and the iterative software development life cycle.•Delivered a multi-day… Show more •Team management of up to 15 individuals consisting of developers, designers, quality assurance staff, a graphic designer, and a project administrator, to design and build customized software to support data acquisition and analysis for a biomedical flow cytometer.•Coordination of multiple sub-contractors activities and schedules to meet staffing and project needs.•Managed the agile development methodology and the iterative software development life cycle.•Delivered a multi-day class on project management techniques and methodologies focusing on Agile Project Management concepts.•Refined course materials and designed interactive classroom exercises to facilitate effective learning. Show less

•Program management for the integration and deployment of key Information Management applications with legacy company's sites. •Project timeline and milestone event definition, risk analysis, and creation of work breakdown structures for each project. •Liaison with Project Management Office on standards and reporting.•Strong partnership with outside consulting firm performing project management, programming and data migration activities.•Direct activities of up to 22 team… Show more •Program management for the integration and deployment of key Information Management applications with legacy company's sites. •Project timeline and milestone event definition, risk analysis, and creation of work breakdown structures for each project. •Liaison with Project Management Office on standards and reporting.•Strong partnership with outside consulting firm performing project management, programming and data migration activities.•Direct activities of up to 22 team members in geographically diverse locations. Show less