Agile and Waterfall Project Management Business Analysis

JAMES R. KELLY

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Summary

Information Technology ~ Agile and Waterfall Project Management ~ Business Analysis

Information Technology and business process professional with executive and hands-on experience managing

large-scale projects meeting critical deadlines within budget. Proven leadership skills and Project Management Office knowledge of best practices for Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Possesses business acumen to ensure technology solutions are designed to meet strategic goals, realize cost savings, and implement frameworks to transform business processes. Transparent interface with project sponsors is a key focus and core competency.

Skills

Agile and Waterfall Project Management Project Risk and Issue Management

Budget Management and Reporting Team Resource Allocation and Tracking

Strategic and Operational Planning Internal IT Consulting and Business Analysis

Experience

Project Manager / Scrum Master 01/2011 to 06/2017

Wal-Mart Bentonville, AR

Agile Methodology

Served as Data Fabric Agile Scrum Master for US WM Next Generation Pricing project; designed to

automate price change decisions based on business managed scenarios and retail market price data and

analytics from Nielsen and RetailData.

Responsibilities included all Scrum Master role duties: conduct daily scrum calls/meetings (included

international development teams), managed all risks, issues and dependencies (internal and external to

WM), maintained a focus on continuous improvement by leading sprint retrospective meetings and

monitoring story point estimates and burn down rates, established a strong peer relationship with the

product owner and provided status updates to the business.

Agile project management tools used were Atlassian Jira and Confluence and Planview Leankit.

Waterfall Methodology

Managed Fresh Production Planner project to forecast production demands in bakery, deli and meat

departments for all WM stores and Sam's Clubs, including International markets.

Managed On Shelf Availability project to improve shelf restocking and in-store inventory for all US WM

stores and select International markets.

Managed several international projects for specific in-country market requirements.

Served in WM PMO Project Management Center of Competence supporting PM's with process issues and

guidance on best practices during the transition from Waterfall to Agile project methodologies.

Waterfall project management tools used were CA-Clarity and MS-Project.

Project Manager 05/2008 to 06/2010

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Frankfort, KY

Served as Project Manager to ensure functional requirements were met for the KY State Comprehensive

Tax System. Duties included interfacing with two major vendors (Oracle and CGI), project planning, end

user product and usability walk-throughs and risk and issue tracking.

Assistant Executive Director, IT 06/2002 to 04/2008

United States Equestrian Federation Lexington, KY

Directed application, database and web development teams to design and implement a proprietary equine

and membership application system integrated with third-party financial software.

Project Manager 01/2001 to 05/2002

GovConnect Cincinnati, OH

Managed outsourced Interactive Voice Response (IVR) project for KY State to extend Unemployment

Insurance Claim processing to a menu-driven, telephony-based service with transactions integrated with

KY financial applications.

Project Manager 06/2000 to 01/2001

The Maxim Group Louisville, KY

Analyzed workflow and document processing for the KY State Department of Vital Records and Statistics

to create a Request for Proposal (RFP) to purchase a replacement solution.

Project Manager 01/1999 to 05/2000

Sykes Enterprises RTP, NC

Lead Project Manager for IBM's internal Network Hardware Division responsible for Y2K compliance,

testing and certification. Project was completed without any business incidents or downtime.

Project Manager 06/1997 to 12/1998

Branch Bank and Trust Wilson, NC

Responsible for Y2K baseline project plan, schedule, dependencies and remediation task estimates.

Application Development Manager 03/1994 to 06/1997

NC Administrative Office of the Courts Raleigh, NC

Managed and directed a 3-year court automation application development project for 100 counties in NC to

include Clerk of Courts, District Attorneys and Public Defenders. Responsibilities included directing the

application development team and interfacing with court officials and operational staff.

IT Project Manager, Branch Automation 03/1985 to 02/1994

First Citizens Bank Raleigh, NC

Selected as IT Project Manager to direct large-scale, 5-year, $18 million bank branch automation project

which included four hundred branches throughout NC. The project automated teller, customer service and

loan origination operations at the branch level and required integration planning and implementation with

mergers of acquired banks during roll-out to branches.

Time Deposit System - Led bank mergers / acquisitions / conversions and managed application life cycle

reviews with business operations at all levels of management and application user groups.

Systems Engineer 10/1982 to 02/1985

Citizens Fidelity Bank (PNC Bank) Louisville, KY

Designed, developed and implemented the first Debit Card account system in KY known as the VISA

plastic check.

Programmer Analyst 01/1981 to 10/1982

First National Bank (National City Bank) Louisville, KY

Supported and maintained automotive installment loan and dealer floor plan systems.

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