Kris Schroeder

Led teams in the develop effort towards a Compliance Management System
• Launched two delivery teams to help optimize for value delivery and effectiveness
• Coached through complexity and ambiguity while creating a safe environment for continuous improvement

The data science team tasked with predicting part failures was rapidly expanding and low in maturity and was struggling to deliver working models.. Partnered with the data science organization and leadership to encourage empiricism and agility.
• Trusted advisor to help set desired outcomes and manage ambiguity/change
• Coached development team on maximizing the amount of work not done to provide focus on business defined value
• Facilitated experimentation to increase shared… Show more

The data science team tasked with predicting part failures was rapidly expanding and low in maturity and was struggling to deliver working models.. Partnered with the data science organization and leadership to encourage empiricism and agility.
• Trusted advisor to help set desired outcomes and manage ambiguity/change
• Coached development team on maximizing the amount of work not done to provide focus on business defined value
• Facilitated experimentation to increase shared understanding and shorter feedback loops Show less

Led team in creating a standardized pricing tool that directly influenced customer satisfaction by reducing the time required to implement price changes.
• Facilitated activities and events to promote collaboration and team unity within distributed team
• Coached Scrum Team on value of Sprint Goals to optimize delivery around desired business outcomes
• Fostered self-organization and continuous improvement
• Provided consistent and steady servant leadership during organizational… Show more

Led team in creating a standardized pricing tool that directly influenced customer satisfaction by reducing the time required to implement price changes.
• Facilitated activities and events to promote collaboration and team unity within distributed team
• Coached Scrum Team on value of Sprint Goals to optimize delivery around desired business outcomes
• Fostered self-organization and continuous improvement
• Provided consistent and steady servant leadership during organizational delays affecting teams’ work Show less

• Collaborated with team to develop requirements and estimates for a Power BI solution

POS Host is the application that consumes item, price, and tag data. It sends the information down to the stores and to a vendor that prints tags for the stores. As an Agile Business Analyst, I guide a scrum team to modernize and replace the mainframe application.
• Developed user stories and acceptance criteria
• Collaborated with UX on Wireframes
• Assisted in prioritization and PI Planning activities

Floor & Space planning is a high visibility project enabling the Restock Kroger strategy.
• Provided oversight over vendor developed documentation
• Filled-in for project manager when the project manager was over-allocated
• Managed SIT testing: coordinated Kroger application development leads and vendor development lead, tracked reports and drove resolution for any issues
• Managed UAT testing: trained UAT resources on UAT process, tracked reports, led the daily defect call… Show more

Floor & Space planning is a high visibility project enabling the Restock Kroger strategy.
• Provided oversight over vendor developed documentation
• Filled-in for project manager when the project manager was over-allocated
• Managed SIT testing: coordinated Kroger application development leads and vendor development lead, tracked reports and drove resolution for any issues
• Managed UAT testing: trained UAT resources on UAT process, tracked reports, led the daily defect call, drove resolution on any issues
• Consulted with team on project gaps - pointed out where Kroger was lacking training/OCM and QA resources on the project. This was critical to the success of the project.
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Conversions, New Markets, New Divisions (CMD) is a top strategy for Kroger. The highly visible Roundy’s project converted 151 stores to Kroger enterprise applications.
• Coordinated 21 merchandising application owners as well as business owners from both Kroger and Roundy’s; facilitated progress checkpoints and interface testing strategy sessions.
• Directed gap analysis sessions for over 40 merchandising systems. Developed process documentation and coordinated merchandising leads… Show more

Conversions, New Markets, New Divisions (CMD) is a top strategy for Kroger. The highly visible Roundy’s project converted 151 stores to Kroger enterprise applications.
• Coordinated 21 merchandising application owners as well as business owners from both Kroger and Roundy’s; facilitated progress checkpoints and interface testing strategy sessions.
• Directed gap analysis sessions for over 40 merchandising systems. Developed process documentation and coordinated merchandising leads from 19 departments to transition process and training from Kroger to Roundy’s
• Developed and tracked project tasks and action items.
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Managed 9 projects, tracked budget and reported status to the Steering Committee, managed off-shore vendor relationship. Organized & facilitated training for over 70 marketing associates in Mason, Managed Asset Migration for LensCrafters/Pearle Vision/ Sears Optical from legacy system to new tool; completed testing, documented and tracked defects; managed user acceptance testing of asset migration

Led development of requirements for the integration of self-service devices. Authored and prioritized COTS requirements and acceptance criteria in a Functional Specification Document allowing for a clear understanding of the new functionality to be delivered by the vendors and tested by QA resources. Collaborated with business & QA resources in the completion of UAT, documented the User Acceptance Test Plan and Test Report.

Defined user stories for Mobile Application in an Agile environment. Developed acceptance criteria allowing the scrum team to refine the user stories and define test scenarios upon selection for a sprint.

Led elicitation and development of the business and functional requirements. Defined solution for integration with vendor provided functionality. Maximized the understanding of requirement by building decision tables, error handling scenarios, and acceptance criteria allowing for development and QA resources to easily understand the requirements

Developed user stories, acceptance criteria and functional requirements for the Mobile and Internet Banking Channel. Improved the user interface and reduced rework by overseeing prototype testing along with the user experience designer. Identified areas of improvement prior to the development of the solution.

Identified and conveyed the scenarios for eligibility and the user interface in a manner that offshore development resources could easily understand. Oversaw the completion of UAT.

Executed the Business Systems Analyst role in migrating from one vendor platform to another. Formalized single sign-on requirements, error handling, user role, and usability requirements in a Functional Specification Document allowing for a successful and secure integration with the vendor application. Based upon the team’s needs, adapted into the role of representing Fifth Third as single point of contact on a cross-vendor call. Screened all defects and effectively monitored and addressed… Show more

Executed the Business Systems Analyst role in migrating from one vendor platform to another. Formalized single sign-on requirements, error handling, user role, and usability requirements in a Functional Specification Document allowing for a successful and secure integration with the vendor application. Based upon the team’s needs, adapted into the role of representing Fifth Third as single point of contact on a cross-vendor call. Screened all defects and effectively monitored and addressed impediments to drive all defects to resolution
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Headed Requirements Workshops to gather and prioritize requirements for the Business Requirements Document and Functional Specification Document. Responsible for Change Requests. Partnered with the line of business to develop an operational process positioning the business to successfully train and support the new functionality.

Developed the Vision Document which identified the stakeholders and problems to be addressed. Partnered with development to determine a solution approach. Defined the business rules, assumptions and constraints, the list of use cases, and level of effort for completing the business analyst activities by phase.

Partnered with the business team to prioritize work requests to deliver the most business value. Defined and documented business requirements which enhanced reporting capabilities within Operations and Accounts Payable.