Sigma Micro Work Values

Daily Duties at Sigma Micro:

• Hired, trained, developed, and managed an international team of eight functional designers, user interface designers, and documentation specialists. Established team cohesiveness while meeting the needs of diverse individuals on two continents • Ensured the delivery of accurate, consistent, thorough, and compelling functional and graphical user interface design specifications and online help • Created departmental project plans to communicate effort estimates, task dependencies, and resource allocation. Monitored and reported team status across three release cycles and numerous custom development engagements • Participated in release planning, change control, stakeholder rollout, and project retrospective meetings • Established a professional development lending library, ongoing lunch-and-learn sessions, and a monthly book club • Defined a comprehensive design strategy for new product development that included use cases, process flow diagrams, data dictionary, wire frames, and detailed screen shots • Translated high-level business requirements into functional specifications to articulate system processes, user tasks, use cases, and screen layouts • Created information architecture and user interface guidelines for web- and windows-based applications • Conceptualized, designed, and developed a data dictionary application to ensure the consistency of field names, error messages, and other user interface components • Developed comprehensive user interface guidelines and led the development of quality review checklists for screen designs • Led cross-functional reviews of design artifacts • Traveled to India to train developers on critical processes and technologies • Acted as a project coordinator and communications liaison between U.S. and India offices • Developed browser-based interfaces for a legacy retail application, based on functional narratives / use cases and user interface specifications • Analyzed system requirements to create high- and low-level technical specifications • Assisted offshore development contractors with development of browser-based rich internet applications (RIAs)

What they like about Sigma Micro:

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

Tags

User Experience, User Interface Design, Software Design, Manager, Business Analysis, Software Development, Requirements Management, Front-line Management, Insurance Claims

Skills

P&L responsibilities, Presentation, Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts., Technology Solutions, Sales Support, Software Implementation, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Sigma Micro: