David Githinji
Laurel,Maryland
Summary
Experienced Project Manager with over 6 years with a track record of success in delivering business solutions through identifying areas for improvement and providing actionable recommendation to senior management. Excellent abilities in communication and collaboration to effectively work with cross-functional teams. Proficient in various software tools such as Jira, Roadmunk, SharePoint, Power BI, SQL Excel, BPMN tools and Salesforce . A results-driven individual with a passion for analyzing complex data and solving business problems to drive organizational growth and success. Professional Project Management Specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals. Managed budgets and monitored project costs.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
Dot Com Development
03.2018 - Current
- Possesses strong Stakeholder Management skills across all phases from Kick-off to Deployment.
- Create comprehensive project plan that are realistic and make sure timelines are adhered to.
- Manage dependencies and encourage communication among team members.
- Collaborates with up to 10 (Kanban and Scrum) teams to create project deliverables agreed upon for sprints and maintain both Kanban, Scrum board and impediment log
- Manages Requirement Change Requests processes to effectively handle all software change requests
- Provides end-user support, leadership, and team collaboration, create training materials, and offer post-implementation user support for software launches
- Analyzes tradeoffs between usability and performance needs and fosters technical vision through collaboration between developers and subject matter experts
- Conducts gap analysis for modules in production and feasibility studies for performance impact analysis
- Conducts user interviews, gather requirements, and analyze requirements for existing applications
- Develops use cases, process flow diagrams, screen mock-ups using various tools like Draw.io and create stakeholder progress reports and activity diagrams using MS Visio
- Create product roadmap to effectively capture short term and long term team goal to effectively deliver product on time at least 90% of projected timeline.
- Prioritizes project deliverables effectively by developing product and sprint backlog
- Liaise with business line, operations, and technical team throughout the project cycle
- Collaborates with software developers and IT teams to ensure clarity of requirements
- Employed various techniques such as Joint Application Development (JAD), interviews, and questionnaires to gather and document customer requirements, and translated business needs into detailed user, functional, and system requirements
- Worked closely with business users to establish project scope, clarify functional and non-functional requirements, and translate them into application and operational requirements
- Transformed stakeholder requirements into tangible deliverables such as functional specifications, user stories, use cases, use case diagrams, workflow diagrams, data model diagrams, mock-ups, and activity diagrams
- Collaborated with developers and testers to ensure that deliverables meet client performance expectations, and assisted in developing test cases and performing user acceptance testing (UAT)
- Managed projects from inception to completion using Agile/Scrum development methodologies, by developing user stories, acceptance criteria, prioritizing Sprint backlog, and planning releases.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - LAW
University of Nairobi
Nairobi12.2012
Skills
Jira
Scrum
User Stories & Acceptance Criteria
Scrum Ceremonies
Product Backlog
Data Collection
Resource Coordination
Agile project management
Software Development
Sprint Planning
Release planning Cross-functional Team Coordination
Cost Estimation
API Integration
Project Team Coordination
Team Leadership
Resource Planning
Technology Implementation
Root Cause Analysis
Risk Analysis
Data Analysis
Documentation And Reporting
Project tracking
Documentation Management
Work Planning and Prioritization
Teamwork
Road Mapping
Use cases
Requirement Gathering
SDLC
Test Cases
SQL Change Management
Project Management
Quality Control
Automation Testing
User Acceptance Testing
Risk Mitigation
Quality Assurance
Team Management
Requirements Analysis
Product Road mapping
Stakeholder Relations
IT Infrastructure
Mobile Application Development
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certified by Safe Agile
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certified by International Scrum Institute
Locations
- Washington DC, Virginia
- Maryland
Timeline
Project Manager
Dot Com Development
03.2018 - Current
Bachelor of Arts - LAW
University of Nairobi