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- Reno, Nevada, United States
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Jim Schiel has over 35 years of experience in software development, R&D management, and Agile Development in highly regulated industries, including healthcare and telecommunications. He worked at Siemens Medical Solutions from 1985 to 2008. He managed development teams where he instituted iterative development and improved product quality, development performance, and customer satisfaction in his product areas. At Siemens, Jim transformed an organization of over 1,200 developers to Agile Development. Jim founded Artisan Agility in 2009 to provide training and consulting services.
Jim teaches several certification programs and workshops on Scrum and Agile techniques, management and leadership. Jim provides coaching services to people looking to plan or correct a transformation to agile development.
Jim has worked with companies and government organizations around the world and has helped save millions of dollars in costs by improving development practices and product quality.
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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Website UI / UX Design & Prototype
Our company would like to explore re-designing our current web-based application, Sierra Agility, with a prototype. We always seek innovative and fresh UI and UX ideas to help our users. This will involve: Conducting background research on our existing web application for the product. We are happy to provide a walkthrough and other resources to help bring them up to speed. Identifying key areas of our current website and what areas of focus might return the best results in a redesign. Learning and using various software design tools. We strongly recommend that students learn how to use Figma as this is the latest and greatest available tool. Creation of a screen-by-screen UX / UI prototype of a web application that can be used on all major browsers and be mobile friendly Conducting UX / UI testing with real potential users potentially involving paper prototypes or other software tools to support this

UX/UI Refresh
Organization Description: Artisan Agility is a 15 year old company that I founded back in 2009 to help organizations understand and productively use Agile Development values and frameworks (specifically Scrum). We teach (both live and through online classes), consult with organizations attempting to become more agile, and coach individuals and teams. Project Overview: This project focuses on improving the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) of a tool we've build for Scrum teams called "Sierra Agility". Learners will conduct a UX audit, develop new layout concepts, and produce mobile-friendly, accessible designs that support greater engagement from donors, volunteers, or clients. Project Duration: 6 Weeks Project Hours: 150 Project Hours Per Learner: 30

Automated Test Script Development for Sierra Agility
The main goal of this project is to improve the quality of Sierra Agility's software by designing and implementing automated test scripts. By developing and executing test cases using PHP, Gherkin, Codeception, PHPStorm, the project will ensure that our product is stable, reliable, and performs flawlessly for our clients. The project will also involve collaborating with the development team to identify areas of the software that require testing and continuously improving the test scripts to ensure they cover all possible scenarios. The successful completion of this project will result in a more efficient testing process and an overall improvement in the quality of our software.

Building an AI-Powered User Story Analyzer and Refiner
Join me to develop innovative software that uses NLP and ML to analyze user stories in agile development and suggest how to break them down into smaller, more manageable chunks. With your help, we can improve the effectiveness of agile teams by automating the process of reviewing and refining user stories.