Patricia Martinez

Release Train Engineer @Cigna Healthcare

Denver County, CO, US

Facilitate the coordinated preparation and execution of release planning for the ART. This includes:Working with the ART team who prioritizes the features to be considered in the next program increment (PI) planning cycle.Facilitating the ART team’s refinement of features to be considered in the next PI planning cycle to meet the Feature Definition of Ready.Assists the ART in communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.Managing change to the ART’s PI plan and the impacts of those changes.Drive cross team, ART, and departmental impediments, planning, collaboration, and coordination.Provide regular and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments.Understand, visualize and manage upstream/downstream dependencies.Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity.Work across stakeholders and teams to continuously improve.Ensure the overall cost, schedule, and performance of the program.Analyze and provide direction for the ART budgetWork with Product Management on program level coordination, such as creating timelines, milestones, and cadence of increments and releases and oversee the development of reports and analyses that document program activity.Lead project teams and provide and leadership; act as consultant/coach to management in resolving unusually difficult problems.Participate with management and cross-functional teams as subject matter expert to develop and improve operating policies and procedures related to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and be an advocate in adopting Agile and SAFe best practices and processes.Coach teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.

Metropolitan State University of Denver

B.S.