Phebe Emad

FREELANCE AGILE & IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
I provide high-impact, B2B consulting services designed to bring structure, speed, and predictability to software development and IT delivery teams. Whether your organization is transitioning from unstructured workflows to formal Agile practices, filling a critical leadership gap, or struggling with delayed release cycles, I deliver hands-on facilitation to keep engineering momentum moving forward.

CORE SERVICE OFFERINGS
1. Agile Framework Implementation & Team Kickstart
For teams transitioning from informal workflows to structured Scrum or Kanban execution.

Ceremony Establishment: Setting up and facilitating core Agile rituals: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Refinement, and Retrospectives.

Tooling & Dashboard Setup: Configuring Jira or Azure DevOps environments for clear ticket hierarchy, sprint tracking, and story point estimation.

Team Alignment & Coaching: Onboarding cross-functional members (developers, QA, product owners) on Agile principles and accountability.

2. Interim Scrum Master & Delivery Facilitation
Sprint Execution & Velocity Management: Guiding squads through daily execution, removing technical and cross-functional blockers, and maintaining steady sprint velocity.
Release Pipeline Coordination: Driving end-to-end release workflows—from backlog validation and API compatibility checks to QA approval and production deployment.
Stakeholder Reporting: Translating sprint progress into executive-level Excel and Jira reporting metrics for clear visibility across business leads.
3. Delivery Workflow Audit & Process Optimization
A targeted 1-to-2 week evaluation for teams facing delivery delays, scope creep, or communication gaps.
Workflow Bottleneck Analysis: Identifying friction points in ticket movement, backlog prioritization, and deployment handoffs. Collaborating with stakeholders to build realistic quarterly roadmaps (H1/H2) aligned with engineering capacity.