Product Development
Front-end, backend, full-stack, or cross-functional…I love helping talented people build excellent products. My experience here includes:
Cross-functional teams
UI, UX, user research
Developers of all kinds
Quality assurance testers
DevOps
Special passion for coordinating communication across different disciplines and between different ways of approaching an issue.
Coordinating multiple teams
Program management
Design hand-offs
Dependencies and inter-related tasks
Distributed teams
Vendor & third-party team integration
Teams in multiple timezones
Off-shore team integration
Status and Risk tracking, management, communication
Client, vendor, third-party, internal stakeholder communication
Velocity, product stability, budget tracking
Risk mitigation, RACI, issue triage
Agile Methodologies
Scrum, Kanban, Lean
Backlog creation, refinement
Planning, retrospectives, stakeholder demos
Hybrid Waterfall/Agile structures
Process analysis & improvement
Agile advocacy, coaching
“Their knowledge of agile development is vast - I have yet to meet another PM who knows Scrum and agile development as thoroughly as Salem.
Salem's compassion, drive, and desire to see others succeed inspired me to continue moving down the project management path myself.”
“Eagle-Eyed Salem!
Salem delivers project awareness to the team daily.
Time and time again, Salem can keep a project on track, adjust, improvise, and like magic, each sprint Salem helps keep the engineers delivering.”
“I am absolutely impressed every time with their ability to facilitate dialogue with grace, diplomacy, and inclusion.
Salem conducts meetings with a calm orchestration I have not seen the likes of. We were very lucky to witness and learn from their example.”
“Salem did an excellent job keeping us accountable as we delivered sprint in and sprint out. They have a presence in meetings that naturally creates a welcoming and open environment that encourages collaboration and teamwork.
Many times, the client has called out the work Salem does to drive the project forward & how much it means to the overall success of their business.”
“Salem will carefully listen to the words you use in conversation and can glean how you feel about a topic without you explicitly saying.
Everyone appreciates being heard but it's rare to meet someone who really listens to you. Their impact allows space for everyone to speak and feel valued on the team.”