Johanna Hunt

Researcher at the University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

Current
Education
  • University of Sussex
  • University of East London
  • University of Sussex
  • University of Sussex
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Johanna Hunt’s Summary

PhD researcher focussing on agile software development, individual understanding and culture change, through a longitudinal ethnographic-narrative study into process change.

Johanna Hunt’s Specialties:

Experienced in process facilitation, tutoring, management and administration, information systems research, agile processes, retrospectives, conference organisation, document processing and copyediting.


Johanna Hunt’s Experience

  • Process Administrator

    Future Platforms

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2006Present (2 years 10 months)

    A consultancy role, focussing on potential implementation of new processes. Looking at, and optimising, information management and structure of social software and information structures. Identifying staff needs and development practices. Facilitating meetings. Implementing agile processes where appropriate.

  • Co-Director

    Agile Narratives Project

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2006Present (3 years 7 months)

    Acting as researcher for The Agile Narratives Project, funded by the Agile Alliance, which gathers personal stories relevant to Agile software development.

  • Associate Tutor in Informatics

    University of Sussex

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    January 2006Present (3 years 7 months)

    Designing and leading postgraduate courses in Interdisciplinary and Group Processes and Research Methods in CSAI.

  • Researcher

    University of Sussex

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    October 2005Present (3 years 10 months)

    EPSRC funded CASE studentship PhD position. Researching individual understanding and culture change, through a longitudinal ethnographic-narrative study into process change, with focus on conversational storytelling and agile software development.

    Associated Activities: Brighton Coding Dojo facilitator, Brighton Agile Forum founder, Agile Narratives Director (funded by Agile Alliance), XPDay 2007 poster chair, CommercialiSE fellow, HCT Seminar organiser 2006-2007, Brighton Girl Geek Dinner Co-Organiser. Qualified as an Associate Tutor, a Certified Scrum Master and in Traditional Storytelling.


Johanna Hunt’s Education

  • University of Sussex

    DPhil , Informatics , 20062010 (expected)

    EPSRC funded CASE studentship PhD position. Researching communication aspects in implementation of agile software development processes, with focus on conversational storytelling.

  • University of East London

    PGCert , Narrative Research , 20052006

    Focus on conversational narratives in software engineering and 'small story' research.

  • University of Sussex

    MSc , Intelligent Systems , 20012003

    MSc focussed on knowledge based systems, software development and programming. Dissertation was a interactive learning environment, using a self-organising map neural network, to teach Norwegian vowel pronunciation.

    Activities and Societies:
    Elementary Norwegian Language qualification from University of Oslo International Summer School.
  • University of Sussex

    BA , Philosophy (Cognitive Science) , 19992001

    BA focussed on philosophy of language and cognitive linguistics.

    Activities and Societies:
    Worked at FE College during this time and achieved qualifications in: OCR CLAIT, OCR IBT2, OCR Text Processing II, OCR Audio Transcription II OCR Mailmerge II, OCR Word Processing II, OCR Desktop Publishing II Pt. 2, BCS ECDL.

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