Steve Force

Professional IT Sr. Technical Project Manager

Agile

agile  (jl, -l)
adj
1. quick in movement; nimble
2. mentally quick or acute
[from Latin agilis, from agere to do, act]
agilely  adv
agility  [əˈdʒɪlɪtɪ] n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 6th Edition 2003. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

a·gil·i·ty  (-jl-t)
n.
The state or quality of being agile; nimbleness.
[Middle English agilite, from Old French, from Medieval Latin agilits, from Latin agilis; see agile.]

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“Agility PM” is a team of highly experienced, highly educated and multi-certified senior project managers/ScrumMasters dedicated to the practice of successful project management.  Our preferred approach is AGILE; however, we support all modern PM methodologies (yours especially.)

We are continually learning new techniques and adapt these into our practice as they evolve. We support and promote an agile, test-driven, continuous quality, lean philosophy leveraging as much successful techniques as possible for project success.

 

Our project experience runs the gamut of projects and the project lifecycles as well. We have years of experience in projects involving infrastructure, development, product selection/tailoring, re-platforming, virtualization, business intelligence (BI), data warehousing/data marts, business process optimization, and much more. 

 

Our technical experience covers most all modern technologies such as IBM mainframe, legacy systems, Infrastructure, J2EE, Microsoft .NET, SAP R3, data modeling, Oracle, middleware, SOA, Web Services, virtualization, and more.

ITIL V3

Our certifications include: PMI PMP, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Six Sigma “Green Belt”, ITILV3 Foundation, certified trainer, MCSE, MCTS, and more. Educationally, we all have advanced degrees.

Source: DSDM Consortium, DSDM Life-Cycle

 

Our process experience:

Our domain experience is vast:  banking, financial, automotive, manufacturing, global initiatives, retail, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, software manufacturers (IBM, Microsoft), and more.

We have managed projects that range from proof of concepts to large-scale global initiatives, small firms to multi-national.

Six Sigma

 

What methodologies did we use on these initiatives?   Simple: The one that worked best!

 

RUP

Microsoft Solutions Foundation (MSF)

MSF Process Model with interim milestones

 

At a Glance:

Steve Force, Technical Project Manager

  • Over 30 years IT Experience
  • International PM Experience
  • BS, MBA degrees
  • PMI PMP (2002)
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
  • MCSE/MCT
  • MCTS
  • Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Lean Six Sigma/DFSS
  • ITIL V3