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My first exposure to the Scrum was with Avoli, Inc. in 2012. Over the years I have led Agile projects in project management and as an Agile coach. My duties were to manage roadmaps, daily standups, sprint reviews, user story grooming, PO/PM coaching, PO/PM priorities, remove impediments, implement Agile practices, self-organized teams, management updates and ensuring teams understood the definition of done.
New Hampshire Customers
Some information I know about New Hampshire is I believe the state was admitted or ratified to the United States around or about 'June 21, 1788'. New Hampshire is located around latitude '44' and longitude of '-71.5' and has a population of roughly '1,377,529 million'. If I remember correctly the capital is 'Concord' and the largest city is 'Manchester'.
For companies desiring to move from Waterfall or 4D Methodology to Agile I would implement Dev / QA pipelines and Agile ways of working by modernizing the development and deployment processes. I developed 'Engage' an agile solution for businesses needing assistance moving from Waterfall to Agile.
Word of Mouth
Take a moment to read related case studies and testimonials below around my experience with Scrum.
Case Study
The bank needed someone to manage complicated efforts for Merchant Services. I served as a Scrum Master / Agile Coach for 5 sprint teams running the governance and ensuring teams are adhering to enterprise standards, also handling all retros and demos..
"Eddie is very strong given his expertise from years of software development. Eddie spends quality time observing things working well and also those that are not. Based on the patterns he has always engaged with the teams to provide constructive feedback and ensured to the solution."
5/27/2023
Arun Nitta | USA
SVP - Portfolio Delivery Manager / Program Manager
Bank of America
Case Study
The bank needed someone to manage complicated efforts around ATM Updates inclusive of releases related to Diebold ADA changes as well as Enterprise Splunk / Cribl initiatives. I ran Agile/Scrum cadence utilizing Jira and removed impediments as needed. I coached the teams around Agile practices as well.
"I highly recommend Eddie Drye for any future role as Scrum Master for software development teams. He has a very calming demeanor, is a good listener and he learns fast. He contributed within his first few days here and was in a rhythm quickly."
12/2/2022
Larry Imperiale | USA
Senior VP, APS&E Operational Intelligence
Bank of America
Case Study
The bank needed to track highly visible project status work around Operational Intelligence. I ran Agile/Scrum cadence with emails on progress for external groups/vendors. I coached the team around Agile practices as well.
"Eddie, Fantastic update on the technical status for the Operational Intelligence body of work."
11/9/2022
Phil Rice | USA
VP Architect of Channels Technologies CTO
Bank of America
Case Study
Bank of America needed a scrum master to assist with their nationwide ATM Updates and Enterprise Splunk activities. I managed it all in Jira.
"Eddie, thanks for all you are doing. We, ESQ and Vynamic View project team, all appreciate what you are doing. We see improvements already."
8/26/2022
Doug Elkins | USA
VP Infrastructure Engineer II
Bank of America
Case Study
Pike needed someone to manage Agile projects across a diverse line of technologies and vendors for the construction of quality solutions. I managed Pike's fleet software development and integrations.
"Eddie, I really like how you run the Fleet projects. I enjoy working with you."
10/14/2021
Scott Cash | USA
Director of IT Management
Pike Engineering
Case Study
Ahold Delhaize had cybersecurity issues come up where we needed to manage Varonis located issues and much more. I was the PM over the cybersecurity work effort.
"Eddie did a great job researching tons of documents to put the GSPLAD project back on track."
10/14/2019
Lee Quackenbush | USA
IAM Manager
Delhaize
Case Study
Food Lion had a vendor drop out that was handling a large amount of aggregated data feeds. That broke a lot of systems. I had to assist in BRD and FRD's for the urgency.
"Thanks go to Wilson and Eddie for their hard work to complete these BRD/FRDs."
1/22/2018
Stephen Rossi | USA
Nitro Project Manager
Delhaize
Case Study
Food Lion needed solutioning around customer search, customer preferences, customer digital wallet with gamification which I solutioned for IT to create for Sales and Marketing.
"Special thanks to Eddie, who joined me in burning the midnight oil this week."
1/21/2018
Wilson Schmidt | USA
DiPLA Business Analyst
Delhaize
Case Study
Food Lion needed solutioning around developing customer centric analytics, search history, search preferences, faster website search, more relevant search and faster caching. I created all of those in record time and Google ranked my POC eCommerce site the fastest they had tested at the time.
"Eddie this is a really good start at troubleshooting this! (Production Issue)"
1/16/2018
Jon Nebauer | USA
DiPLA Solutions Manager
Delhaize
Case Study
Food Lion had a slow website. I utilized my experience to anamize every aspect of the site performance and provided solutions through Jira ticket creation for a better customer experience.
"Great Catch Eddie, release R3.1.6 seems to be making 200 additional coupon calls in production."
8/11/2017
Kapil Gujar | USA
Performance Test Team
Delhaize
Case Study
When RJMW a leader in Catastrophic Insurance needed a system to turn around insurance estimates faster they came to me. What I created for them was a cutting-edge claims and adjuster deployment system that took 7 day turnarounds to 3.
"Eddie has been a fantastic help in updating our claims system software. He has always been responsive and has come up with innovative ideas that have transformed how we do business. I would highly recommend Eddie and his company to anyone that needs custom software done."
April , 2016
Jay Crisp | USA
Director of TAP and Special Operations
RMJW
Case Study
ScanOnline hired me to manage manufacturing and government software development for small clients to large clients like the FBI and Executive Offices of the Whitehouse. NTI Solutions was a subsidiary of ScanOnline selling QuarterMaster software at the time for asset management. Many federal agencies used Quartermaster to manage checkout of assets whereas the Whitehouse utilized it to manage furniture for events.
"Eddie had respect and faith in his developers to perform their jobs with the best of their abilities. Eddie was always willing to offer his assistance and had an excellent rapport with the companys customer base. He was always available to answer any questions or help with any issues that would arise. His management style was unique in that he let developers have a sense of control."
October, 2015
Anthony Downs | USA
Developer
NTI Solutions
"I worked directly with Eddie and his team of developers to review, fix, enhance, create and deploy products. He has a very positive attitude, acknowledges teammates input and has an excellent rapport and ability to communicate well with clients, making him a valuable member of the team. I was also impressed with his forward thinking and ideas."
October, 2015
Lynn Stone | USA
Product Manager
ScanOnline
"I am a fan of the dashboards you create our customers are going to love them."
January, 2015
Brian Graves | USA
VP of Sales
ScanOnline
"We are confident that Eddie is the right person to help ScanOnline meet strategic and growth objectives in the coming years."
November, 2014
Lee Pickler | USA
President
ScanOnline
Case Study
First Med EMS Ambulatory services needed a custom document management solution that encompassed scanning in-house ScanTron styled documents via ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) scanners. The goal was to forgo the purchase of expensive ScanTron equipment and recognize scanned OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and OMR (Optical Mark Recognition).
My solution saved First Med EMS over 100,000 the first month work began on the project with a home-grown Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) which automatically scanned both sides of pages through the Automatic Document Feeders. His scanning engine was smart enough to ignore blank pages on the Epson GT-S50 scanners tested. Resulting scans were slammed into a SQL Server Full Text search database and saved as OLE Blob Image format.
Saving images in the database resolved a huge industry problem of file pointers to disk locations which was slower on retrieval difficult when locating files where folders could have 200,000+ images or more making research painfully slow. I utilized Lead Tools Recognition engine to zone out all OCR/OMR areas for extraction of key values into the database with all appropriate key and search values filled in.
"I knew when I interviewed Eddie, he was what the organization needed. His expertise proved me to be right. He was invaluable and created a Scantron replacement system we are very proud of. Eddie also created a drivers manifest with turn-by-turn directions and built a location system for our ambulances."
December, 2013
Chris Martin | USA
CEO
Life Ambulance Services (First Med EMS)
"Eddie, great job on EDMS (Electronic Document Management System), when your back in Wilmington I will treat you to a steak dinner!"
August, 2013
Robb Stone | USA
CTO
Life Ambulance Services (First Med EMS)
Let me break down related roles for a minute:
Scrum Roles
Scrum prescribes three specific roles: the product owner, the scrum master, and the scrum team.
Product Owner
Responsible for what the team is building, and why they're building it. The product owner is responsible for keeping the backlog up-to-date and in priority order.
Scrum Master
Responsible to ensure the scrum process is followed by the team. Scrum masters are continually on the lookout for how the team can improve, while also resolving impediments and other blocking issues that arise during the sprint. Scrum masters are part coach, part team member, and part cheerleader.
Scrum Team
These are the individuals that actually build the product. The team owns the engineering of the product, and the quality that goes with it.
Product Backlog
The product backlog is a prioritized list of value the team can deliver. The product owner is responsible for the backlog and adds, changes, and reprioritizes as needed. The items at the top of the backlog should always be ready for the team to execute on.
Sprint planning and the sprint backlog
In sprint planning, the team chooses the backlog items they will work on in the upcoming sprint. The team chooses backlog items based on priority and what they believe they can complete in the sprint. The sprint backlog is the list of items the team plans to deliver in the sprint. Often, each item on the sprint backlog is broken down into tasks. Once all members agree the sprint backlog is achievable, the sprint starts.
Sprint Execution and Daily Scrum
Once the sprint starts, the team executes on the sprint backlog. Scrum does not specify how the team should execute. That is left for the team to decide.
Scrum defines a practice called a daily scrum, often called the daily standup. The daily scrum is daily meeting limited to fifteen minutes. Team members often stand during the meeting to ensure it stays brief. Each team member briefly reports their progress since yesterday, the plans for today, and anything impeding their progress.
If at any point you decide to reach to me just know the area code I work within for New Hampshire is '603'. For Scrum assistance you will find my rates very reasonable for New Hampshire. Now just keep in mind my time zone is 'Eastern Standard Time (EST)' and I know the time zones in New Hampshire are 'Eastern Standard Time (EST)' in case you wish to call me. Anyway let me continue.
Ok, now let's now breakdown the work effort:
The Task Board
Lists each backlog item the team is working on, broken down into the tasks required to complete it. Tasks are placed in To do, In progress, and Done columns based on their status. It provides a visual way of tracking progress for each backlog item.
The Sprint Burndown
A graph that plots the daily total of remaining work. Remaining work is typically in hours. It provides a visual way of showing whether the team is on track to complete all the work by the end of the sprint.
Sprint review and sprint retrospective
At the end of the sprint, the team performs two practices:
Sprint Review
The team demonstrates what they've accomplished to stakeholders. They demo the software and show its value.
Sprint Retrospective
The team takes time to reflect on what went well and which areas need improvement. The outcome of the retrospective are actions for next sprint.
Increment
The product of a sprint is called the increment or potentially shippable increment. Regardless of the term, a sprint's output should be of shippable quality, even if it's part of something bigger and can't ship by itself. It should meet all the quality criteria set by the team and product owner.
You know, I don't make it out to New Hampshire much but I would like to see the 'Purple Finch' state bird. I am a little familiar with the New Hampshire 'Purple lilac' state flower as well. However, I do not know much about New Hampshire's state tree the 'Paper Birch'. Fishing is fun to me perhaps I would like reeling in the New Hampshire 'Brook Trout' state fish. Anyway, sorry I went off topic. Let me continue.
Repeat. Learn. Improve.
The entire cycle is repeated for the next sprint. Sprint planning selects the next items on the product backlog and the cycle repeats. While the team is executing the sprint, the product owner is ensuring the items at the top of the backlog are ready to execute in the following sprint.
This shorter, iterative cycle provides the team with lots of opportunities to learn and improve. A traditional project often has a long lifecycle, say 6-12 months. While a team can learn from a traditional project, the opportunities are far less than a team who executes in two-week sprints, for example.
This iterative cycle is, in many ways, the essence of Agile.
Scrum is very popular because it provides just enough framework to guide teams while giving them flexibility in how they execute. Its concepts are simple and easy to learn. Teams can get started quickly and learn as they go. All of this makes Scrum a great choice for teams just starting to implement Agile principles.
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