Team Effectiveness Coach, Personal Coach, Editor and Open Space Conference Facilitator
Mannheim Area, Germany
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- Agile News Editor at C4Media
- Owner at Deborah Hartmann Preuss Coaching & Consulting
- Past
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- Lead Editor for www.InfoQ.com/Agile at C4 Media, Inc.
- Agile Work - Trainer and Coach at Berteig Consulting
- Conference Organizer at AgileCoachCamp.org
- Agile Process Improvement Coach at BPS Integrated Risk Management
- Open Space Facilitator at XPdays North America / Diaspar Software
- Agile Process Trainer and Coach at A small successful media advertising company
- Director Ops, Electronic Money Transfer Services (interim) at Interac.org
- Business Analyst - Extreme Programming Liaison at Interac.org
- Agile Trainer and Coach at RWDI Engineering
- Lean-Agile Coach at Capital One Financial
- Business Systems Analyst / Methodology Lead at Trader Media Inc.
- Systems Analyst / Interfaces Analyst at Castek Software Inc.
- Component Modeler (Analyst) at Castek Software Inc.
- Consultant (Systems Analyst) at Progestic Consultants
- Consulting Clients (with Progestic) at .
- Several Analyst / Programmer positions at various companies, Montreal, Quebec
- Education
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- Newfield Network
- The Coaches Training Institute
- Concordia University
- McGill University
- Champlain College
- Ongoing Professional Training
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Deborah Hartmann Preuss’s Summary
Got a stumbling block that keeps tripping you up? What's keeping you and your team from hitting high gear?
I energetically help individuals and teams produce better outcomes by improving their work habits. As coach, team lead and analyst I have actively addressed teams' most pervasive problems, collaborating with management and team members to apply practices such as Lean Thinking, Scrum, Extreme Programming and Action Meetings. Experience has shown me that teams' toughest problems are often “people issues”, and so my focus has increasingly shifted toward team-building and facilitation, including use of the Scrum Agile project management methodology, Agile Work, and the Open Space meeting methodology.
Most recently I have been teaching Agile, coaching organisations in their switch to the Scrum project-management method, and doing remedial work with teams already using Agile. No single development approach can guarantee success, but by maintaining frequent "inspect-and-adapt" cycles, an Agile approach been proven to deliver useful software in a way that customers can quickly appreciate. In the past I have worked with both traditional software lifecycle methods and Agile approaches: Scrum, RUP, FDD (Feature Driven Development), XP and Test-Driven Development.
I also work with individuals, particularly Agile coaches, helping them identify and address their own stumbling blocks and move into innovation, via telephone coaching.
From March 9th 2009, following a move to Germany, I work in Europe and still travel internationally.
Deborah Hartmann Preuss’s Specialties:
Newfield "Coaching in Effectiveness", Training/Coaching in Agile and Lean Software Process Improvement, Co-Active Life Coaching, Preparing and Facilitating Open Space or BarCamp-style unconferences, Excellent Analytical Skills, Broad Business Domain Knowledge, Object Oriented Analysis and Design for Java, Web Application Design, UML Modeling, Data Modeling, Scrum Agile Project Management Methodology.
Deborah Hartmann Preuss’s Experience
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Agile News Editor
C4Media
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Serving the Enterprise IT Community by drawing attention to important articles, videos and websites which help create and maintain business agility. Writing, editing, community networking.
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Owner
Deborah Hartmann Preuss Coaching & Consulting
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2005 — Present (4 years )
Independent effectiveness coach, trainer and facilitator for software and other team-based efforts. I help individuals and organizations get past roadblocks and back into the flow of producing value and innovation.
I co-teach Scrum CSM courses and Agile Product Owner courses. I greatly enjoy doing remedial team coaching - helping already-agile teams examine and refine their processes for greater effectiveness. See how I do this at http://www.deborahpreuss.com .
For more on my approach to one-on-one coaching for effectiveness, please visit http://deborahhartmann.interfaceias.com/ -
Lead Editor for www.InfoQ.com/Agile
C4 Media, Inc.
(Online Media industry)
April 2006 — January 2009 (2 years 10 months)
As Lead Editor, I created the Agile online community at InfoQ from its inception, developed and wrangled a crew of news and article writers, and recorded video interviews with key figures in the fast-growing world of Agile software. I tracked down and edited exclusive articles and books for InfoQ readers, and hosted the Agile Tracks at InfoQ's QconLondon2007 conference http://qcon.infoq.com/
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Agile Work - Trainer and Coach
Berteig Consulting
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
March 2006 — January 2009 (2 years 11 months)
Delivering CSM and other intensive Agile training to software teams and their extended partners within the organization - product managers, release managers, QA leads, etc. This training, with its many exercises and customizable content, helps a team understand how the Agile paradigm shift will impact their own organization. Additional ongoing coaching helps teams rapidly customize their process and to helps them maximize their success by building bridges to other groups within the business.
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Conference Organizer
AgileCoachCamp.org
(Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2007 — June 2008 (7 months)
In collaboration with Naresh Jain, organized this first installment of a series of conferences for Agile software development coaches, mentors and champions. The successful event hosted over 50 passionate leaders and their myriad conversations, in the spring of 2008. http://www.agilecoachcamp.org
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Agile Process Improvement Coach
BPS Integrated Risk Management
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2007 — April 2008 (8 months)
Assisted an existing Agile team in tuning their processes to handle changes in the organisation's structure. Ran retrospectives, planning meetings, and coached leaders as they quickly discovered more streamlined ways to get things done.
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Open Space Facilitator
XPdays North America / Diaspar Software
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2005 — April 2008 (2 years 7 months)
The OpenSpace track of Diaspar's XPday events addresses the need of expert practitioners to swap stories and tackle advanced topics. The event also features a tutorial track for beginners and a hands-on project room where anyone can learn Extreme Programming techniques while coding a real application.
See www.xpday.info for more on XPdayToronto2005, XPdayDC2005, XPdayMontreal2006, XPdayToronto2007, XPdayManhatten2007 and more. -
Agile Process Trainer and Coach
A small successful media advertising company
(Privately Held; Media Production industry)
January 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Helped this dynamic, vibrant group adopt simple disciplines to enhance communication and planning within their growing organisation, through training in iterative and incremental work based on the Scrum software development methodology. Followed by coaching as the teams began using the approach on current projects.
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Director Ops, Electronic Money Transfer Services (interim)
Interac.org
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Banking industry)
November 2006 — May 2007 (7 months)
Provided interim leadership during a period of high turnover, implementing process improvements to IOP and IEMT Operations and Support. With a small team of Relationship Managers, Business Solutions Specialists and support staff, handled:
Relationship Management and Communications:
Maintain communication with banks and merchants; track collaborative efforts; co-ordinate with outsourced networking and development;
Production Support:
Respond to bank and merchant queries; support escalated inquiries from the general public; collaborate with outsourced networking and development to resolve issues.
Non-Production Support:
Manage participant on-boarding, certification and compliance; co-ordinate and support participant testing and implementation.
Product Ownership:
Develop requirements and documentation for new products and enhancements; accept tested software deliveries; co-ordinate deployment, implementation, and participant involvement. -
Business Analyst - Extreme Programming Liaison
Interac.org
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Banking industry)
August 2006 — November 2006 (4 months)
Coached the product management group in formulating and communicating user stories to an Extreme Programming software development team. Analysed existing software products and designed new user interface requirements to expand Interac's Email Transfer product offering to a new client base.
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Agile Trainer and Coach
RWDI Engineering
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2006 — May 2006 (4 months)
Assisted the manager of the R&D (development) team in transforming from a traditional to an Agile development method. Trained manager and team and provided ongoing coaching. Provided reading list, team questionnaire, cultural evaluation, process improvement services. Helped the team of 8 accomplish their goal of increased visibility within the organization, more enjoyment of their work, and better customer satisfaction, using the Scrum methodology and the Agile Work training materials of Berteig Consulting Inc.
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Lean-Agile Coach
Capital One Financial
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Banking industry)
2005 — December 2005 (less than a year)
Contributed to Enterprise implementation of Lean and Agile processes for software development and related management practices. Areas of leadership include: Agile training for teams and customer, mentoring of new ScrumMasters, cross-team collaboration with leading Agile Coaches, research and development of materials for Enterprise Agile rollout (performance evaluation, metrics).
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Business Systems Analyst / Methodology Lead
Trader Media Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2003 — June 2004 (1 year 3 months)
- analysed customer problems with automated and manual business processes;
- collaboratively designed software solutions with customers, developers;
- implemented an iterative, Agile software development methodology in the Enterprise Development department (Scrum);
- coached a development team in working with an Agile approach;
- support of live o-o application systems for Finance, Publishing, Customer Service;
- developed software tools for planning and tracking of teamwork;
- organised cross-training of team members to become more responsive.
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Systems Analyst / Interfaces Analyst
Castek Software Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2001 — April 2003 (1 year 5 months)
- designed Policy objects for use within the Claims system architecture, in conjunction with Application Architect;
- contributed to Use Case sessions to drive out user requirements;
- led Interfaces design effort for messaging strategy between Claims and external Policy and Party components;
- co-ordinated requirements of various teams on interface architecture and technology;
- specified large-grained web-service interfaces between Policy and Claims components for multiple Lines of Business;
- wrote and tested XSL transformations between (customised) ACORD XML and Claims XML format (using XMLSpy);
- tested, assisted in debugging web service interface to Policy system, supported developers using these services;
- promoted implementation of Scrum (XP) lightweight methodology, including Continuous Integration test strategy. -
Component Modeler (Analyst)
Castek Software Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 3 months)
- produced architecture-level UML models for a component-based, multi-tier Insurance Claims application;
- transformed requirements into object-oriented specifications using using UML with Together/Java CASE tool;
- led Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions with users and IT personnel;
- supported Java J2EE developers in an XP, Continuous Integration environment (adaptation of Scrum methodology).
- used RUP methodolgy with Rational Rose, Rational RequisitePro, prior to adoption of Scrum. -
Consultant (Systems Analyst)
Progestic Consultants
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
1989 — 2001 (12 years )
As a permanent consultant, worked in Quebec and abroad, alone and on teams, in English and French:
- architected / designed an o-o Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce application for Java on BEA WebLogic server;
- analysed client requirements, using Use Case, Feature Driven Development, DMR methodology;
- designed automated systems for Java/VB/Natural/Cobol, using object-oriented and structured analysis methods;
- developed system test plan and supported developers using Java and Oracle;
- wrote, tested, implemented software using COBOL, IDMS/R, VSAM, Total DBMS, others;
- created system documentation and end-user manuals and training;
- maintained existing accounting systems, with software upgrades and customisations;
- studied manual and automated processes (BPR with and without CASE tool).
- evaluated and recommended middleware tools for multi-tier, enterprise development;
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Consulting Clients (with Progestic)
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(Computer Software industry)
1989 — 2000 (11 years )
Public Sector Clients:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, U.N. High Commission for Refugees, Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux des Laurentides, Montreal Municipal Courthouse, Federal Business Development Bank, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Quebec Ministry of Justice;
Private Sector Clients:
Standard Life Corporate Systems, Natrel Foods, Gaz Metropolitain, McGill Conservatory of Music, Messageries Dynamiques ( a division of Groupe Quebecor, publisher ), Equifax Canada, McGill University. -
Several Analyst / Programmer positions
various companies, Montreal, Quebec
(Computer Software industry)
1982 — 1989 (7 years )
Information available upon request.
Deborah Hartmann Preuss’s Education
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Newfield Network
Coaching Excellence in Organizations , Executive and Organizational Effectiveness Coaching , 2008 — 2008
Syllabus:
--> Address the crucial dimension of emotions and moods in organizational life and learn how to distinguish them and address their role in leadership impact.
--> Learn how to design and bring shifts to leadership and management practices that will positively impact organizational performance.
--> Address the skills and practices that make teams effective in making and managing commitments that satisfy their customers.
--> Gain frameworks for working with organizational practices, including:
o Dealing productively and creatively with breakdowns
o Managing satisfaction, dissatisfaction, and expectations
o Building high value
o Managing overwhelm and capacity
o Measuring the impact of your coaching
--> Explore what it means to lead and to organize in the 21st century. What are the skills, competencies, and wisdom needed to face the increasing speed and complexity of our times? -
The Coaches Training Institute
Co-Active Coach , Executive, Work and Life Coaching , 2008 — 2008
The Co-Active coaching model views the client as creative, resourceful and whole, and provides the client with tools to tackle their biggest obstacles and opportunities!
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Concordia University
Bachelor , Studio Art and Art History , 1986 — 1995
(one year remaining)
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McGill University
Courses , Management Information Systems , 1984 — 1985
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Champlain College
Diploma of Collegiate Studies , Data Processing & Systems Analysis , 1977 — 1981
Awarded "First in Class"
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Ongoing Professional Training
IT, Facilitation, Product Management
Pragmatic Marketing: "Requirements that Work"
Comtech: "Minimalism: Writing Documentation People Will Use" (JoAnn Hackos and Bill Gearhard)
UDS Forte Object-oriented Framework Language (Sun Education);
Certified ScrumMaster Training (Ken Schwaber);
Thinking in Patterns / Java (Bruce Eckel, Bill Venners);
XML with ACORD;
MS FrontPage;
Object-Oriented Analysis;
Visual Basic with MS Visual Design Studio;
FirstStep Enterprise Modelling (BPR Case tool);
MS SQL SERVER for WINDOWS-NT couses:
Installation & administration;
Database Administration;
Numerous IDMS/R Courses, including:
Database Concepts and Facilities,
Database Analysis and Design.
Additional Information
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Deborah Hartmann Preuss’s Groups:
Memberships:
Newfield Coaching Network (CEO Program) http://snipurl.com/NewfieldCEO
International Coaches Federation http://snipurl.com/ICFcodeofethics
Greater Toronto Area Coaches http://www.gtacoaches.com
Cognitive Edge Practitioner Network http://cognitive-edge.com/accreditation.php
Certified Scrum Master (CSM, CSP) http://www.scrumalliance.org
Open Space Instutute of Canada http://www.openspacecanada.org
Agile Alliance (Agile Software Development Association) http://www.agilealliance.com
Affiliations:
Organiser of AgileCoachCamp 2008 http://wiki.AgileCoachCamp.org
XP/Agile Toronto, professional interest group http://www.xptoronto.com
BarCamp Toronto Community (aka TorCamp) http://barcamp.org/TorCamp
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