• Product Owner of the Agile Central Group which is coordinating the Agile transformation of the enterprise• Helped staff the team with the Federal employees and contractors necessary to lead a transformation effort• Divided the team into two, creating an Education and Outreach team and a Strategy and Coaching team• Implemented a Scrum of Scums utilizing a Scrumban approach that fits well with the fact we have planned and unplanned work• Led an effort to develop a two-day Scrum… Show more • Product Owner of the Agile Central Group which is coordinating the Agile transformation of the enterprise• Helped staff the team with the Federal employees and contractors necessary to lead a transformation effort• Divided the team into two, creating an Education and Outreach team and a Strategy and Coaching team• Implemented a Scrum of Scums utilizing a Scrumban approach that fits well with the fact we have planned and unplanned work• Led an effort to develop a two-day Scrum Master Leadership course to address a known deficiency in Scrum Master skills in the enterprise• Led an effort to develop a two-day Product Owner class to build capable Product Owners for the enterprise• Devised a strategy to implement a singular approach to optimize software delivery, enabled through lean processes and practices and governed through organically produced content• Created a forum offering where we bring in outside experts to speak on topics that can assist in the transformation• Coached multiple software development projects in their transition to agile practices• Experimented with Impact Mapping and Hypothesis Driven Development on multiple projects Show less

• Assisted IRS leadership in standing up the Agile Central team to lead an Agile transformation• Led the effort to develop Core Scrum Training and make it available online in a self-paced manner with voice over imbedded in the training, this allowed an instructorless class• Trained over 1,000 IRS employees on Agile principles and practices and Scrum implementation• Lead instructor for the three-day Requirements Engineering Overview (REO) class at the IRS• Developed and delivered… Show more • Assisted IRS leadership in standing up the Agile Central team to lead an Agile transformation• Led the effort to develop Core Scrum Training and make it available online in a self-paced manner with voice over imbedded in the training, this allowed an instructorless class• Trained over 1,000 IRS employees on Agile principles and practices and Scrum implementation• Lead instructor for the three-day Requirements Engineering Overview (REO) class at the IRS• Developed and delivered lunch and learn presentations on emergent Requirements Engineering and Agile topics• Collaborated with the ELC Office to develop a Rapid Delivery Path to implement an Agile approach at the IRS• Developed the Agile Requirements Engineering Process Description for the IRS and developed associated training to help implement this process• Collaborated with the ELC Office to develop a three-hour Agile Overview class to help kick off the Application Development (AD) Office’s Rapid Delivery Initiative, training 300+ in person and 1,800+ online• Served as Scrum Master to assist REPO management in prioritizing their work and becoming more efficient utilizing a Scrum approach• Provided technical support, operations and maintenance, and project specific support for the IRS requirements engineering tools suite (IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), IBM RequisitePro, Justinmind Visualization, Specialized Excel and Visio Templates)• Instrumental in the adoption and implementation of the enterprise software tool suite IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM), which includes Doors Next Generation (DNG), Rational Team Concert (RTC), and Rational Quality Manager (RQM)• Led and managed a team to develop and teach a three-day Agile Boot Camp with classroom exercises and RTC hands-on labs Show less

• Managed requirements for the Superfund Enterprise Management project for the Environmental Protection Agency. This included the development of business requirements, functional requirements, use cases, prototypes, and conceptual wireframes.• Tasked with utilizing the requirements management tool Jama Contour. This involved moving three years of requirements and artifacts into the tool, developing a hierarchical structure to organize the artifacts and system requirements by functional… Show more • Managed requirements for the Superfund Enterprise Management project for the Environmental Protection Agency. This included the development of business requirements, functional requirements, use cases, prototypes, and conceptual wireframes.• Tasked with utilizing the requirements management tool Jama Contour. This involved moving three years of requirements and artifacts into the tool, developing a hierarchical structure to organize the artifacts and system requirements by functional area, and implementing a traceability matrix throughout the SDLC.• Helped with the transition of the project from waterfall to an agile based methodology Show less

• Requirements Manager for all software development efforts in the enterprise• Responsible for directing all requirements efforts for multiple delivery teams throughout the complete software development life cycle• Responsible for analysis of all reported software issues, delegation of work assignments, quality control of completed modifications, and interaction with customers to report completion and verify customer satisfaction• Developed requirements standards to include: use… Show more • Requirements Manager for all software development efforts in the enterprise• Responsible for directing all requirements efforts for multiple delivery teams throughout the complete software development life cycle• Responsible for analysis of all reported software issues, delegation of work assignments, quality control of completed modifications, and interaction with customers to report completion and verify customer satisfaction• Developed requirements standards to include: use cases, prototypes, workflow diagrams, and requirements specifications • Utilized Caliber software to store and manage requirements Show less

• Wrote comprehensive test plans, which included SQL scripts• Tested software developed by the team through the test, quality assurance, and installation phases.• Conducted meetings with the customer to create software requirements for new and existing software• Wrote comprehensive requirements for new and existing software for the development team• Worked as point of contact between software development, GAO clients, and the rest of the Lockheed teams to pinpoint software bugs… Show more • Wrote comprehensive test plans, which included SQL scripts• Tested software developed by the team through the test, quality assurance, and installation phases.• Conducted meetings with the customer to create software requirements for new and existing software• Wrote comprehensive requirements for new and existing software for the development team• Worked as point of contact between software development, GAO clients, and the rest of the Lockheed teams to pinpoint software bugs and to identify enhancements. Show less