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How
dy!
You’ve got questions. 1. Can this person fulfill the Business Analyst/Project Manager (BA/PM)
role for my team?
2. Will this person fit in with my team?
3. Will I like working with this person?
I’m Kristen. Nice to meet you.
This document will help you answer these questions by mapping BA/PM responsibilities to 3 positions & 3 projects that I’ve worked on in the past.
Zonkey
Noah
Truth-in-Taxation
PM/BA Tasks
Project Planning
Business Requirements
Team Collaboration
Software Specifications
Interview Customers
Projects & Positions
2002 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
Co-founder, Cubit
Project Manager, TxDOT
Socio-Economist, Halff Associates
Projects Positions
BA in
English from
Trinity
University
Co-founded
Cubit & funded by
Capital Factory
Halff
contracted me out
to TxDOT as a
Project Manager
Socio-
Economist for
Halff Associates,
contracted out as
Project Manager
to TxDOT
Co-founded
Cubit & funded by
Capital Factory
Truth-in-Taxation ZonkeyNoah
Research
Associate for
Kavoussi &
Associates
Timeline
What
Web app that helps real estate developers identify parcels for development
-not yet released
Kristen’s Roles
Business Analyst
Project Manager
Database Designer
Methodologies
User Stories Applied
Lean Product Development
Homegrown Agile
Project: Zonkey
Wrote User Stories, Use Cases & Acceptance Tests
Facilitated Conversations with Prospective Customers
The customer team is interviewing 30 real estate developers about problems in parcel identification.
What
SEO project designed to drive traffic to Cubit
See Noah at:
www.cubitplanning.com/census2010
Kristen’s Roles
Requirements Writer
Database Designer
QA/QC
Methodologies
Requirements Documentation
Homegrown Agile
Lean Product Development
Project: Noah
Developed App Specifications & Wrote Requirements Documents
I used a requirement document format that has worked well for the Cubit team for projects where we want to build a minimum viable product to test feasibility.
Monitoring Results & Making Improvements
Noah more than doubled unique visitors.
What
Software that helps government agencies set their tax rate
http://www.texasetr.com/tnt/index.jsp
Kristen’s Roles
Project Manager
QA/QC
Customer Support
Methodologies
Waterfall
Project: Truth-in-Taxation
Communicated errors & updates to an outsourced development team
Customer support
Analyzed data to identify needed improvements
Software sales increased 11% despite a new competitor offering a similar product at a discount
What
Web app for environmental engineers to get demographic data fast
www.cubitplanning.com
Kristen’s Roles
Business Analyst
Project Manager
Database Designer
Methodologies
User Stories Applied
Lean Product Development
Homegrown Agile
Set business goals & measure progress
Position: Co-founder, Cubit
Interview & survey customers to improve Cubit app
800+ registered users & growing
Provide phone, email & chat customer support
Makes my day!
Position: Project Manager, TxDOT
Managed the environmental clearance process for over 400 transportation projects
Position: Socio-Economist, Halff
While this project looks under-whelming, it was the first shared documentation of the status of 400+ projects. It allowed local, state & national stake-holders to quickly assess project status.
Developed work flows & requirements documents for a diverse project team of geologists, biologists, archeologists & engineers working on transportation projects
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Back to Your Questions
I do I like but I also likeBack to Your Questions
Requirements & Specifications
Data Bright Colors
Back to Your Questions
Team Collaboration
Launching Products
Talking to People
Back to Your Questions
Project Prioritization
Optimization Visualizations
Back to Your Questions
Talking to Customers
Rectangles Drawing Outside the Lines
Can this person do the BA/PM job?
Will this person fit in with my team?
Will I personally like working with this person?
If the answers to your questions are yes, I’d love to talk more in person. You can reach me at [email protected]
Kristen [email protected]
P R O F I L EMy career has been a 9 year love affair with data. I ask questions, find data that answers questions and build technology that addresses questions.
E X P E R I E N C ECo-founder, Cubit — 2009-2011 Business Analyst, Project Manager, Database Designer, Customer Support, Marketer, Social Media, QA/QC, SEO
Statistical Research Planner, Travis County — 2009-2009Statistical Researcher, Analyst, Writer
Socio-Economist, Halff Associates & Contract Project Manager, TxDOT — 2007-2009Project Manager, Researcher, Writer
Research Associate, Kavoussi & Associates — 2002-2006Business Analyst, Project Manager, Researcher, Writer, Database Designer, QA/QC
M E T H O D O L O G I E SLean Product Development, User Stories, Agile
T E C H N O L O G I E SMySQL, PostgreSQL, GIS, Wordpress
H O N O R S•Cubit was 1 of 5 companies selected by Capital Factory in 2009 for capital investment and
mentorship from a pool of over 300 applicants
•Guest speaker at conferences and professional association meetings including the national American Planning Association Conference, MIT's Planning & Technology Conference & Supporting Women in Geography and GIS
•Published Article "Create Jobs Over Coffee" in the American Planning Association's Planning Magazine, December 2009
E D U C A T I O NTrinity University, San Antonio, Texas -- BA in English, 2002 (magna cum laude)
O N L I N EBlog: http://www.cubitplanning.com/blog
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cubitplanning - a Planetizen top twitter feed
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kristencarney