Matthew Lloyd

About Matthew Lloyd

Experienced agile team and program facilitator with exceptional ability to quickly build or transform technical development groups into harmonious agile production teams. 20 years of people management and 18 years of agile software development coaching and facilitation experience. Skilled at implementing tailored analysis, development and testing processes based on the core agile principles. Able to provide scaled product development lifecycle processes tailored to an agile environment. Areas of Expertise: Understanding, implementation, and management of agile and lean development principles and practices- Agile: face-to-face communication; continuous delivery; feature prioritization; short iterations; simplicity; motivated individuals; hire, support and trust good people; inspect & adapt - Scrum / Extreme Programming: release, iteration and daily planning; release and sprint backlog management; velocity tracking; relative estimation; daily scrum; user stories; iterative testing - Kanban / Lean: value stream mapping; stop-the-line; reducing cycle time; respect people; limiting WIP; workflow visualization - Product Ownership: story mapping; backlog grooming; emergent requirements - Scaled Agile: Program level Kanban, planning on cadence, business value and prioritization models - Agile CapEx: Ability to work with accounting and technical professionals to craft tailored capitalization processes that meet both group\'s needs. Team leadership and development- Provide a fear free environment that promotes interaction, discussion, collaboration and conflict resolution - Foster team involvement and enthusiasm by encouraging collective problem solving - Establish trusting relationships by listening to and implementing team insights - Coach team members in aligning personal and career goals with project and company objectives Specialties: agile project management and development practices; team building; dialogue facilitation; personal facilitation

Experience

1. Agile Coach

   Eliassen Group

   Mar 2017 — Present · Reston, VA

   College Board - Reston, VA- Engaged in designing and implementing a Kanban intake and planning tier for multiple programs across the enterprise. Designing and implementing the tooling to support both the program and team levels- Coached leadership in moving away from yearly project budgeting toward an agile approach- Working with accounting, finance and technology to design and implement a CapEx process that supports agile team implementation models- Coached stakeholders at all levels on the agile and continuous improvement mindset

Education

• James Madison University

  BA