Alexandra Fleit
Scrum Master

Alexandra Fleit

Worked for Leidos Health, Westat, and Appsential.
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About

Alexandra Fleit is a Scrum Master and an experienced business analyst with over eight years of experience. She is also a highly skilled technical writer and has produced numerous user guides and procedure documents and is proficient with tools such as JIRA, Rally, SharePoint, and Visio. As a Scrum Master, she is knowledgeable in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. At Appsential, she worked on the development of a grant management software and was heavily involved in the technical documentation.

Employment

4 roles
Feb 2020 - Present 6 years 3 months
Scrum Master
Alethix LLC
  • Drove the appropriate Agile methodology (Scrum/Kanban/etc.) focused on predictable, quality delivery and driving continuous improvement of the team.
  • Analyzed procedures to solve complex problems while considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results, including analyzing business and user needs, documenting requirements, and translating them into proper system requirement specifications.
  • Tracked/managed product backlog, burn-down metrics, velocity, and task break-down.
  • Assisted in the transition of legacy TIBCO applications at USCIS from waterfall to Agile as a coach.
  • Facilitated sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, and external stakeholder meetings.
Jun 2016 - Jan 2020 3 years 7 months
Research Assistant
Westat
  • Assisted with wide-ranging project activities including web survey testing, data collection, and report preparation
  • Assisted with research applications, and table preparation, and created data visualizations with Microsoft Excel or other tools.
  • Coordinated administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) study for 2017.
  • Provided technical support to NAEP State Coordinators (NSCs) during data submission periods.
Mar 2017 - Jan 2020 2 years 10 months
Business Analyst
Appsential
  • Assisted in defining ROMs (rough order of magnitude), major milestones, and project definition plans.
  • Captured and documented business requirements and support change requests.
  • Elaborated requirements and developed use cases while documenting discussions with teams and customers.
  • Processed models, gap analysis documents, and detail requirement specifications; provided testing support while gaining end-user acceptance.
  • Thoroughly analyzed change requests and defects in the Portfolio Analysis and Management System (PAMS) to determine significant patterns and relationships that reveal suboptimal functionality.
  • Created rigorous and exacting interaction design specifications including concept models, user stories, wireframes, and interaction diagrams.
  • Developed templates and functional specs in collaboration with the technical development team to ensure elegant and feasible solutions
Apr 2014 - Feb 2016 1 year 10 months
Requirements Analyst
Leidos Health
  • Managed the initial completion and ongoing maintenance of detailed written business requirements.
  • Communicated with the software development team and outside clients to specify and record software requirements.
  • Wrote technical content for the Data Portal and Map Tool Help Guide for the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) Data Warehouse.
  • Elicited, documented, and managed requirements for a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) contract.
  • Executed test cases, reported test results, and provided data to Technical Lead.

Education

Sep 2012 - Dec 2013 1 year 3 months
Master of Public Health, Community Health Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
Mar 2012 - Jun 2012 3 months
Certificate as Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist, -
Mental Health America, Los Angeles
Sep 2005 - Jun 2009 3 years 9 months
Bachelor of Science, Health Science
California State University, Long Beach

Portfolio

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