Jimena Canales Solari has worked in project management and business research in Barcelona for the past 3 years. She started her own blog called Fórmulalternativa in 2016 to share concepts about agile methodologies, user experience, and innovation for organizations wanting to transform. Since then, she has provided training and assessment for various organizations in Peru on implementing agile and Scrum frameworks, including for Tecsup Virtual, CIDE, Fab Lab Lima, and Peru D. She is currently working with the HR team at Sunat, the Peruvian tax authority, to implement agile methodologies and Scrum for their IT projects.

1. Portfolio 2016 - 2018
Jimena Canales Solari

2. About me
My name is Jimena Canales Solari, I am peruvian and I
have lived in Barcelona the past 3 years.
There, I studied a Master in Project Management and a
Master in Business Research. I also worked in a
consultancy company for our client AXA (a worldwide
insurance company). That work experience gave me
unique and valuable insights about both, how an
international organization works, and about myself.
Those findings and other motivations led me to the
projects I have been working on over the last 2 years.
Want to take a look to my “rollerblade” route?

3. The starting point: Fórmulalternativa - 2016
I have always liked writing about my interests and fields
of knowledge, and after doing that in a personal way,
somebody encouraged me to start my own blog.
I called it Fórmulalternativa and the purpose is to share
concepts for teams and organizations which want to
transform and excel in what they do. In order to achieve
this, I propose with them to work focused on: agile
methodologies, user experience and innovation.
I take a lot of care and dedication with my articles. I want
to be clear and concise for professionals working in the
subject matter, but also understandable for everyone else.

4. Scrum framework in Tecsup Virtual - 2017
Tecsup Virtual produces online training courses, ranging
from engineering to industrial processes. The team is
made up of specialists in the design, and production of
educational content.
I provided them with assessment and trained them in the
adoption of an agile approach with Scrum framework.
The challenge:
Transform the team’s mindset in order to put clients and
users’ needs firsts, and work in a more collaborative and
productive way.

5. Scrum Workshop for CIDE - 2017
CIDE - Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Emprendedor
- is part of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. They
provide education and services to entrepreneurs, as well
as other professionals, in the areas of entrepreneurship
and innovation.
For CIDE, I taught and guided a full class on how to
work with Scrum framework.
The challenge:
Create a learning experience based on challenges as the
attendants were from different backgrounds and profiles.

6. FAB LAB Lima - 2017
Fab Lab Lima is an organization dedicated to the
advancement of the state of art of digital fabrication.
They do research and application projects in their field,
and collaborate with different institutions: public and
private, national and international, research centers, etc.
I am part of Fab Lab Lima. I have represented them in a
radio interview and my most recent workshop for them
was “Products and Services focused on People”.
The challenge:
Introduce and develop the lines of agile projects and user
experience in the initiatives they held, integrating their
different actors.

7. Mentoring in Perú D - 2017
Perú D is a non-profit organization which connects
public, private sector, society and academia to benefit
together from the digital economy.
I worked as a volunteer mentor for development teams in
their first national hackathon.
The challenge:
Understand the projects and team’s solution to coach
them in the agile development and presentation of their
proposal based on innovation, technology and scalability.

8. It has been a very interesting route and it is still on...

9. Scrum in Sunat with the HR team - 2018
Sunat is the state entity in charge of the tax and aduanas
administration in Peru.
I am currently working with the HR team to implement
agile methodologies and scrum framework to improve
the management and execution of the HR IT projects.
The challenge:
Align the interests of different stakeholders required for
the IT projects’ development and execute the best
strategy to implement the new framework in the HR
department.

10. Now, you know more about what I do...
And that I am specialized in agile methodologies and
Scrum.
However, what I want you to know is, when going into
this new path I began with little steps only to go for
bigger and faster ones every time. Just like when we learn
how to rollerblade.
Hope to see you along the way and we both share a
fulfilling experience together!
Jimena