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Clear and concise requirements set solid background for development. With support of adequate tool(s) presenting and maintaining requirements is fluent. With experience in developing, analysing and documenting the requirements I can bring added value to Your operations. Whether the requirements needs to be captured from other sources or are developed with subject matter experts abilities to co-operate and conduct analysis work is the basis for work.
As a requirements engineer I have extensive experience in an agile organization focusing on translating business needs into clear, actionable, and continuously evolving requirements. My work has emphasized collaboration with product owners, stakeholders, and development teams to ensure shared understanding, validating assumptions, and refining requirements iteratively. I have facilitated backlog creation and grooming and ensured traceability between user needs, solution design, and delivered increments. Leveraging deep domain knowledge and analytical capability, I have helped the organization balance strategic objectives with rapid delivery, enabling teams to make informed decisions, reducing ambiguity, and maintaining alignment throughout the product lifecycle.
With experience in working in an organization practicing Agile ways of work Agility has become standard for all operations. Agility can be based on a framework like SAFe or individual Agile methodologies like Kanban or Scrum. Lean priciples behind Agile practices makes work fluent and appropriate.
As an experienced R&D professional, I’m capable of operating as a Product Owner, Scrum Master, or Release Train Engineer bringing a versatile combination of product vision, delivery leadership, and cross-team coordination. I would bring a strong background in guiding complex development efforts, synthesizing customer and business needs into strategic product direction, and enabling teams to deliver high-quality increments consistently. My tasks would span backlog management, facilitating of agile ceremonies, scaling practices across multiple teams, and ensuring alignment between architecture, delivery priorities, and organizational objectives. With a deep understanding of both technology and agile delivery frameworks, I’m able to support predictable execution, fostering continuous improvement, and helping the organization achieve sustainable, value-driven outcomes at scale.
Project Management in Agile era can be more traditional or can apply more Agility in practices. With experince in multitude of product development projects and project teams, several different kind of practicalities have become familiar. Co-operatio within the project team and firm management of topics together with smooth leadership skills set the basis for working as project manager.
As a project manager in the agile era I would operate as a strategic enabler who ensures that delivery efforts remain aligned with organizational goals while embracing adaptive planning and decentralized execution. Instead of relying on traditional command-and-control structures, I focus on facilitating collaboration, removing impediments, and ensuring that teams have the clarity and conditions needed to deliver value iteratively. My responsibilities will include coordinating stakeholders, managing cross-team dependencies, monitoring progress through agile metrics, and ensuring transparency in scope, risks, and decisions. With a strong grasp of agile principles and modern delivery frameworks, I balance flexibility with governance, enabling organizations to respond quickly to change while maintaining execution discipline and predictable outcomes.
Working as Scrum Master or Agile Coach I can bring my experience and vision into work of teams. Focusing in Agile principles and practices and applying those in daily work and fostering those in team achievements set the basis for continuous improvement. Drawing from comprehensive experience in working in teams coaching gains practical perspective.
As an Agile Coach or Scrum Master I focus on enabling teams and the broader organization to adopt, internalize, and mature agile ways of working. My core mandate is to foster a culture of transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement while ensuring that agile principles are applied effectively rather than mechanistically. I guide teams in structuring and facilitating agile ceremonies, refining working agreements, and improving delivery flow through empirical practices and clear feedback loops.
In this role, I mentor team members, support product owners in effective backlog management, and help remove structural or organizational impediments that hinder performance. I also work with leadership to evolve governance models, align priorities, and scale agile practices across multiple teams or value streams. Through coaching, facilitation, and systems-level thinking, I help teams become more autonomous, predictable, and value-focused, ultimately strengthening the organization’s overall delivery capability.
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With over 15 years of experience, we provide expert consulting in requirements engineering, development expertise, agile methods, and project management. Flexible services: on-site, remote, or freelance-tailored to your needs.