Khaled Attia, Project Manager

Khaled Attia

Project Manager

Advansoft

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Experience
13 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 4 Months

Project Manager at Advansoft
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2017 to February 2020

 Worked as a Scrum Master, Setup Retrospectives, conducted daily scrum, sprint reviews and sprint planning sessions to ensure that the project team is adhering to Scrum process, procedures and achieving their Sprint commitments.
 Led and managed a cross-cultural team of 10+.
 Trained team members and the rest of the company staff in employing Agile and Scrum practices to improve workflow.
 Worked closely with the scrum teams to ensure product backlogs are stocked, scoped appropriately, and prioritized.
 Used appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs.
 Delegated project tasks based on staff members’ individual strengths, skill sets and experience levels.
 Maintained staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
 Ensured application availability and data integrity through preventive maintenance and upgrades.
 Facilitated discussions, brainstorming, knowledge sharing, and conflict resolution sessions within the team.
 Facilitated presentations of completed deliverables by the Scrum Team for the Product Owner/client’s approval.
 Ensured back-up resources are trained for smooth project functioning.
 Communicated risks/blockers to the Product team and came up with a plan to mitigate risks.
 Leveraged JIRA and Confluence for project documentation as well as managed communication to all stakeholders and enforced an effective system of project governance.
 Worked to combine the vision of clients with the designers to provide clear design specifications.
 Prepared Request for Proposals (RFPs) and Request for Information (RFI) for the vendors and suppliers.
 Wrote and created a software project proposals and quotations for clients.
 Utilized modern teaching methods such as LinkedIn e-learning for the project team.

SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGER at Belong Interactive DMCC FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2015 to June 2017

 Defining project scope, goals and deliverables.
 Produce effective technical and project documentation.
 Tracking and reporting on the status of projects to stakeholders.
 Ensuring that all elements of a project are executed accurately and within budget.
 Identifying risks and road blocks that may hinder a project.
 Establishing milestones, anticipating issues, and monitoring adherence to project scope, schedules and requirements.
 Responsible for the overall quality of delivered software.
 Agreeing the timescales, costs and resources needed.
 Drafting and submitting budget proposals.

TEAM LEADER at Al Ahly Holding
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2013 to August 2015

 Documented User Training Materials (Manuals & Guides).
 Assisted in the designing and development of test case scenarios, and developed test plans.
 Responsible for delivering projects against agreed scope, budget, schedule & customer expectations.
 Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of the developed applications along with the end-users.
 Managed a team of 4 people, assigning them tasks, and motivating them to meet deadlines.
 Interacted with project stakeholders to elicit, analyze and document project requirements.
 Modeling business processes and doing intelligence requirement analysis.
 Developing a business analysis work plan and carrying out various techniques to implement them.
 Design and develop a systematic business plan as per the clients' specifications.
 Acted as a liaison between IT Operations, business users and project teams in resolving production issues.
 Day to day management of change requests in relation to the project plans to ensure agreed deadlines are met.
 Monitor team assignments to ensure that deadlines and budgets are met.

BUSINESS ANALYST at Al Otaiba
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • November 2010 to May 2013

Translated stakeholder requirements into over 10 different tangible deliverables such as functional specifications, user cases, user stories, workflow/process diagrams, data flow/data model diagrams.
 Participated in backlog review and Sprint planning sessions, following agile methodology.
 Conducted 5+ levels of testing including functional, regression, user acceptance, integration and performance.

ORACLE FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT / PROJECT COORDINATOR at M.A. Kharafi & Sons
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • May 2007 to September 2010

 Coordinate in Project Management including preparation of the project plan, track the closure of each activity against the project plan, quality compliance and audits.
 Responsible to attend weekly, steering committee meeting and send the reports to the concern departments.
 Functional troubleshooting of the Oracle E-Business Suite modules.
 Interfacing between development team and users.
 Responsible to give Training to the End Users.
 Responsible for Go-Live activities and post-implementation support.

ORACLE FORMS / REPORTS DEVELOPER at Infovision Consultants
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • February 2006 to March 2007

 Assisted in gathering requirements by performing system analysis.
 Participated in Designing databases (schemas).
 Involved in the creation of database objects.
 Develop and maintain Oracle Forms and Reports applications.
 Coordinate in installing and configuring the database software.
 Testing software to verify its speed, accuracy and functionality metrics.

Education

Master's degree, EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
  • at University of Strathclyde
  • September 2022

In Progress

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at University of the District of Columbia
  • May 2004

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

Specialties & Skills

Project Plans
Business Analysis
Team Leadership
IT Project Management
Team Leading
Project Management
Android
Business Analysis
Requirements Definition and Analysis
Vendor Management
Costing and Budgeting
Quality Assurance
Project Scheduling
Project Lifecycle Management
Time Management
Risk Management

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Memberships

Oracle Corporation
  • Oracle Certified Professional
  • December 2005
Khaleeji FZ LLC (UAE) Chapter
  • Khaleeji FZ LLC (UAE) Chapter Member
  • March 2019
Project Management Institute (PMI) Member
  • Project Management Institute (PMI) Member
  • March 2019

Training and Certifications

Oracle Database Administrator Certified Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2006
Valid Until:
January 2019
PMI'S PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL(PMP) ® CERTIFICATION (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2020
Valid Until:
December 2020
Oracle Forms Developer Certified Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2005
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Reading
    When I am trying to relax I enjoy reading, and have done this throughout my life; I find it helps develop my skills.