Project Manager Resume

SUMMARY:

To facilitate the success of others. This is done via Project Management, Management, Process Improvement, training, mentoring, and advising.
SCRUM
Used at Confidential and introduced/initiated at the Confidential
Scrum Ceremonies and efforts included:
Multifaceted teams of proper size
Backlog Creation and Grooming
Sprint Planning and Retrospectives
Sprint Backlog creation and grooming
Daily stand - up meetings
Burn Down charts and other information radiators
Breakdown of work - epics, stories, functions, tasks
Task sizing
Addressing bottlenecks
Prioritizing
Lessons Learned
Scrum of Scrums
For large projects at Wal-Mart
Use of physical and Electronic KanBan Boards
Electronic boards used included: LeanKit, Trello, Asana
SCRUMBAN
A combination of Scrum & KanBan concepts was used at a time in Wal-Mart
Devops & KanBan
DevOps and a purer form of KanBan was used at both Confidential and the University or Arkansas for support and non-project work.
Kanban (boards)
The concept of KanBan boards was introduced by me at the Confidential
Program Tracking
Project Tracking
Team Level Tracking
Personal workload
SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
Introduced at Wal-mart (as we matured) for major projects and programs
Multiple Scrum Teams
Scrum of Scrums
Integration Levels
Release planning and “Release Trains”
Transitioning
At Confidential we transitioned from Waterfall thru many stages to get to SAFe
Iterative, Scrum, KanBan, TDD, ATDD then to SAFe
At the Confidential I first introduced Project Management Concepts
Initially Waterfall
As Teams matured some transitioned to Scrum
I created a presentation on “How to be agile (verb) without being Agile (noun)”
It outlines how to introduce agile concepts in a Waterfall era

EXPERIENCE DETAIL:

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Initializing a Project Management Framework at Confidential and throughout the campus working with teams and managers to confirm and/or increase efficiencies the acceptance and advances are a result of quality Change Management
Project Leadership to AchieveIT Workgroups
VDI, Classroom Technology, IT Service Management (ITSM) and subgroups of ITSM
Project Leadership for the the IT Service Management Tool Team
Participation in the ITSM Tool RFP and RFP review
Managing the Cherwell ITSM Implementation
Defining the Project Management Processes with both short term and long term goals in mind
Facilitating Cross Team & Cross Campus Project communications
Creation of Alternate Solution schedules to meet the aggressive Wireless Academic deadline
Investigation, Recommendation and Implementationof a Portfolio and Project Management tool
Support, Planning and Coordination with the CIO Team for Achieve IT initiatives and other
Mentoring others of the gains and goals of Project Management, including successful Project Execution, Resource Utilization, Capacity Planning, realistic scheduling, as well as other topics
Introducing Portfolio Management processes to University Confidential and the campus
Introducing Agile Concepts
Introducing the use of KanBan boards, both physical and electronic
Selected and purchased a Project Program and Portfolio Tool - EclipsePPM
Selected, led evaluation team, and purchased a Process Mapping Tool - Navvia

Confidential

Senior Project Specialist

Responsibilities:

Managed a bundle of seven projects (program) related to Network Security.
KanBan approach used
LeanKit and Clarity used for tracking,
Connect/SharePoint used for documentation
Efforts included RFPs and contracts with outside vendors for memory units and installation of the units as well as coordination with distribution centers.
Project completed ahead of schedule - 6 months early.
Project completed $250,000 under budget

Sr. Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Contract Project Management position with a Software firm with a contract to migrate a Confidential system from Confidential Mainframe COBOL System to a UNIX Microfocus COBOL based system.

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