Ahmed Elsayed, Project Manager / PMO / QA Consultant

Ahmed Elsayed

Project Manager / PMO / QA Consultant

Hewlett Packard international

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor
Experience
10 years, 2 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 2 months

Project Manager / PMO / QA Consultant at Hewlett Packard international
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2010 to September 2014

Responsibilities:

 Develop and document the Quality Management Guidelines; standards, quality management processes, quality checklists, quality controls, metrics and compliance criteria based
 Define and document Project quality objectives and the metrics needed to assess progress toward those objectives.
 Work with ERP Business Consultants and the customer to develop deliverables acceptance criteria and obtain approval/signoff from the customer.
 Define and document Quality control activities.
 Provide QM presentations as necessary.
 Conduct orientation sessions for members of the customer’s project team and the Implementation team on policies, procedures, standards and compliance criteria.
 Monitor and review and report on QC activities and deliverables.
 Audit compliance of ERP Project policies, procedures, and standards throughout project phases including; project management, system development / implementation, quality management, training, IT infrastructure and testing on an on-going basis.
 Responsible for reviewing test plans developed by the Implementer to ensure conformance to the business requirements, quality policies, procedures, and standards. Special attention will be given to the system integration, performance, security and user acceptance plans, and performs statistically significant sampling on other test plans. Present a report summarizing the non-conformance findings, and observed/recommended best practices following each review.
 Works with the ERP Business Consultants to review the outcomes of system tests conducted by the Implementer and report exceptions and trends. Present a report summarizing the findings and recommended actions to address any recurring themes following each review.
 Works with the ERP Business Consultants to conduct independent user acceptance tests, to ensure that the system conforms to system design and reengineered business process, and report findings.
 Works with the ERP Business Consultants to conduct Pre-Deployment Assessment Validation.
 Provide Weekly status report to the Project Manager on QA activities, Assessment status, Noncompliance issues, Recommendations.
 Provide Monthly Metrics Analysis.
 Conduct Monthly sessions for members of MOE project team and the Implementation team to present Quality status, lessons learned, and suggest improvements.
 Attend weekly meetings with QA Project Manager and MOE.
 Assist the QA Project Manager in Pre Go - Live Review (Health Check)
 Replace ERP Project Manager when absence.
 Act as HP manager (present the project inside HP considering reports, meetings and people care)
 Deliverables & Staff Assessment - facilitates the review all project documentation (i.e., business requirements, system build and design documentations, technical documentation, management plans and project reports) and interviews with key business and technical staff.
 Responsible for preparing and publishing weekly status reports.
 Responsible for managing risks and issues in the assigned areas.
 Ensures that project delivery follows agreed project management processes and standards.
 Manages project scope and controls changes.
 Supports Project Director in the management of QA program.
 Responsible for maintaining/updating Risk Management Plan.
 Perform periodic interviews - as defined in Risk Management Plan - with key players to identify project risks.
 Analyze risks, identify risk response owners and work with the risk response owners to define risk response plan.
 Create & maintain the Risk Register for the project and produce risk management reports.
 Follow up with Risk owners on risks mitigation plans.
 Prepare for and facilitate ERP risk review meetings.
 Create and Update Project Schedules.
 Create and Update Project management Plans (Quality, Risk, Communication…).
 QA Auditor for the project and external HP projects.

Project Manager at Hewlett Packard international
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2009 to April 2010

Project Description:
The Information Processing Allocation and Costing System (IPACS), is a system used to collect compute platform usage, identify organizations responsible for the usage, and provide data for cost recovery and retail billing applications. The design of IPACS is based on the needs of EDS and its Business Partners or clients within CIO guidelines. The IPACS Sites Production Support project exists to maintain the IPACS processing environment, and provide Information Analyst and management expertise to accomplish that goal.

Contribution:
• Manage the re-planning activities (create the new plans (communication plan, measurement plan, CM plan ….)
• Create and manage the project schedule.
• Create the project Estimate Package.
• Collect the metrics for the project and record them in Presage and PTR.
• Represent the project in the BVA audits, QA audits and integrity audits.
• Handle the team meetings, communications with the DM and Plano PM.

Information Associate / Information Specialist at Hewlett Packard international
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2004 to April 2009

The Information Processing Allocation and Costing System (IPACS), is a system used to collect compute platform usage, identify organizations responsible for the usage, and provide data for cost recovery and retail billing applications. The design of IPACS is based on the needs of EDS and its Business Partners or clients within CIO guidelines. The IPACS Sites Production Support project exists to maintain the IPACS processing environment, and provide Information Analyst and management expertise to accomplish that goal.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor
  • at Ain Shams Universty
  • June 2000

Ain Shams University Computer Engineering Bachelor Year 2000

Specialties & Skills

Quality Assurance
IT Project Management
Project Management
Quality Assurance
MS Project
Project Management
Service Management

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2012
Valid Until:
November 2015