منصور Jafri

Company Profile: CogentSource offers independent consulting / training services in the areas of Business Analysis and Project Management

  Project Management and business requirements analysis for iPhone applications. Worked with off-shore clients and development team.

 Managed implementation, operations, enhancement, and technical support (Tier 2, 3 to a customer base of over 5, 000) of Tejari’s Online Sourcing Marketplace Solution, delivered in a SaaS model, built using customized Oracle 11i eBusiness Suite of Applications utilizing Oracle 11i Sourcing, iProcurement, iSupplier, Inventory and Purchasing modules.
 Led several aspects of and contributed to IT strategy, planning, governance, and architecture.
 Managed SLAs, Vendors, budgeting, recruitment, and procurement for the IT department.
 Led and supervised project management and business analysis for over 10 integration projects (integrating Tejari application with customer backend systems via web services); Oracle application projects included 1 major upgrade, 50 bug patches, 15 enhancements; over 10 inhouse IT projects for operational streamlining.
o On the project management side, activities involved project initiation/charter, planning, execution, monitoring / control, project risk analysis and closing.
o On the BA side, activities involved BPM/BPR; requirements elicitation, analysis, tracing, transition requirements, documentation; solution scoping, design & validation; use of diverse BA techniques.
 Successfully managed off-shore project teams in India and China as well as Vendor teams for outsourced maintenance & support functions.
 Managed test planning, testing, and release activities prior to rolling out new changes to the core application running as single production instance in SaaS mode being accessed by users in multiple time zones for real-time participation in time-bound sourcing auctions. Utilized cmdb, Oracle adpatch and test kits, test tracking and regression testing, bug tracking, and customer issue / case tracking tools. Managed to keep HAI defects and downtime to a minimum.
 Managed and mentored a geographically distributed team of 6 - 12 members, keeping it well-positioned for current and upcoming IT requirements.

 Provided feasibility and selection recommendations for IT projects submitted to the Ministry of IT for funding. This activity involved the thorough study of the goals and objectives of the proposals in the context of National IT Strategy and Policy, stakeholder analysis, feasibility and business case analysis, and analysis of solution scope and design. Funded projects typically carried budgets between US$ 500K to 1 million and had scheduled completion times between 6 months - 3 years.
 Monitored and controlled the IT Projects funded by the Ministry of IT. Led the project monitoring team to ensure that public funds are spent judiciously, that transparent and timely progress reports are produced on funds utilization, achievement of physical targets (as per approved project plan and larger IT Strategy), effective change adoption, and actual benefits obtained post project go-live.
 Through a team of 8 project monitoring officers, supervised monitoring of over 80 running projects, part of Ministry’s IT project portfolio, with combined value exceeding US$ 40 million. Based on results of project monitoring, controlled quarterly release of funds to projects.
 Performed project portfolio analysis and published reports and KPIs to aid feedback into the Ministry’s planning & strategy process.

 Led the e-Government Program for the Federal Government of Pakistan.
 Co-drafted the first 5-year E-Government Strategy and Roadmap. Developed architecture standards and guidelines for projects under the e-government program.
 Led and coordinated business analysis and design of over 12 e-government projects worth over US$ 5 million. Conducted stakeholder analysis, feasibility and business case analysis for projects. Conducted requirements elicitation, modeling, verification, validation, documentation. Gap analysis, business process re-engineering, solution design, change management activities.
 Typically, each funded project would carry a budget of US$ 500K to 1 million and have a scheduled duration between 6 months - 3 years.
 Supervised preparation of over 12 RFPs for e-government projects, developed RFP evaluation criteria, and evaluated bid documents for over 15 projects and provided advisory review of several vendor contracts.
 Developed financial models for e-government projects. Ensured a balanced portfolio of citizen service projects was adopted and the E-Government Program met its objectives as per National IT Strategy and Policy and the E-Government Roadmap.
 Managed and mentored a core team of 5 IT Business Analysts.

Develop course outlines and teach course on Strategic Information Management Systems to final semester MBA students. Develop course outlines and teach courses on Wireless/Mobile Applications Development, and Data Warehousing/OLAP Processing to final-year undergraduate computer science majors.

Managed products focusing on building consolidated financials and manufacturing Business Intelligence (BI) along with reporting software on top of ERP systems
Co-ordinated with the Team members in conducting market study of BI domain to identify emerging trends
Devised product strategies and development phases by prioritizing the product requirements
Coordinated customer validation and sponsorship
Identified source data in various ERP systems, key dimensions, dimension hierarchies, fact tables and cubes during the process of data warehouse/OLAP product design

Lead the product management efforts for this wholly owned subsidiary of Oracle Corporation in the area of Enterprise Mobile Portals & Oracle ERP/CRM Applications Mobile Enablement. Build vision for enterprise mobile portals. Identify product features for mobile applications platform. Communicate with customers explaining to them OracleMobile's vision, and understanding their needs.
Ø Product management of appropriate mobile-enabled Oracle Field Service module
Ø Contributed significantly to the OracleMobile Development Studio product, a platform for developing mobile applications

Development Manager, Oracle Inventory & Warehouse Management System (1999 - 2000)
Manage the development team and their efforts. Write requirements, strategy and analysis documents for new product features, as well as requirements documents which gathered extensive functional customer requirements based on their real business processes and latest industry trends. Manage design and architecture issues. Perform code reviews checking for compliance with coding standards and regulations, and assurance of correctness and quality. Manage multiple development projects, their scope and time-lines, resource planning, future product features and directions. Manage product development, maintenance, testing, packaging, and release. Act as liaison between product management, customers, and developers. Routinely guide consultants implementing Oracle Manufacturing & Distribution Suite of Applications.
Ø Managed the Warehouse Management System product from design board to production ready
Ø Successfully managed the release of Oracle Inventory module versions 10.7 and 11i
Ø Successfully managed the development and release of Oracle Mobile Inventory
Ø Successfully managed the design and development of several new features in the Inventory module, including process manufacturing support, kanban support, serial number effectivity, etc.
Ø Managed the development of Inventory APIs as per OAG standards

Project Manager, Oracle Inventory Management (1997 - 1999)
Senior Applications Engineer, Oracle Inventory Management (1996 - 1997)
Applications Engineer, Oracle Inventory Management (1995 - 1996)
Technical Analyst, Desktop Support Group (1993 - 1995)