Senior Project Manager
Cubix
Total des années d'expérience :21 years, 9 Mois
- Provide on-site leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
- Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives
- Report on project success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment management activities
- Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence
- Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization
- Prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project
- Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings
- Monitor staff performance and complete performance reviews
- Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs
- Demonstrate a functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices
- Manage project scope and changes
- Participate and/or drive feasibility studies, vendor selections and proposals for evaluation by appropriate key stakeholders
- Act as an internal quality control check for the project
- Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution
- Assist in dispute, negotiation, arbitration or litigation, as needed
- Support formal/informal schedules to manage the engagement contract
- Define the Statement of Work and Specifications for the requested goods and services
- Develop and manage all aspects of project and program engagement from planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks and issues
- Set and continually manage project and program expectations while delegating and managing deliverable with team members and stakeholders
- Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
- Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables
- Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to various audiences, including project team, sponsors, CIO and key stakeholders
- Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project and program team, analyze results and troubleshoot problem areas
- Define success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project and program life cycle
- Identify and develop trusted adviser relationship with project and program stakeholders, sponsors and university stakeholders
- Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project and program team
- Deliver appropriate and effective executive level communication
- Ensure that projects and programs are proceeding according to scope, schedule, budget and quality standards
- Manage project and program issues and risks to mitigate impact to baseline
- Continue professional development in order to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods and best practices
- Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods and techniques
- Other duties as assigned
- Proven success in providing on site leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
- Performance reviews and staff development
- Monitor the performance of staff
- Establish practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization
- Perform Scrum Ceremonies
- Work on Individual / Team Maturity
- Analyze work artifacts
- Remove scrum dev team blockers
- Perform product backlog refinement with Product Owner
• Facilitated in requirements prioritization, planning, aided addressing issues for 3 projects.
• Involved in Sprint Planning, Conflict Resolution, Agile Project Management, Coaching, Team Activities, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Ceremonies, Sprint Standup, shielding the team, Forecasting and remove impediments etc.
• Participated in digitizing “Noqodi” Payment gateway in all eChannel products. facilitated teams in transforming all three “echannels” into a single eChannel for ease of procuring Visa.
• PAs Scrum Master facilitated in Digitally Transforming all these 3 eChannel applications into a unified eChannel product with Noqodi Payment Gateway as the default payments gateway. Simplifying customer user experience for Visa application and minimizing network bandwidth. Transformation included unifying Visa Fee rule engine, business rule engine, document engine and data movement engine.
• Motivated scrum team members and helped them in adopting scrum practices
• Helped product owner with Defining MVP’s/ BVP’s and mapping them to user stories and subsequently tasks.
• Subsequently helped team members to pick task as per priority matrix (Value Based Ptioritization) of a user story taken up to deliver a MVP. Tactfully avoided task cherry picking by team members.
• Sometimes resolved conflicts by adopting 3 Tier Matrix Approach (Time, Benefit, Complexity Scale) when decision was needed on different available options.
• Prepared Dashboards to ascertain individual / team gaps and than help teams to overcome the impediments and gain insights into project attributes and deliverable thus gaining team trust and motivation.
• Played Agile games with scrum team to coach them at different layers.
• Facilitated teams in adopting Scrum, Scrumban and Kanban, Lean, XP agile approaches.
• Helped and encouraged scrum team members in issues related to technical debts and code refactoring.
• Improved Application Performance by adopting tools like “BPG”, “Kaizen”, “Story effort calculator”, etc.
• For resolving personal conflicts, I used Inter-personal skills in realizing conflicting team member stake / position / cause and appropriately present the issue at the pertinent hour with relevant approach.
• For all 3 “eChannels” Created detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures, implemented artefacts to ensure on-time Project in compliance to project timeline and quality of deliverables, helped application Support Team with business mapping to the technical components.
• Developed artifacts to measure and better utilization / improvement of resources such as Technical Time Estimations, Code Reviews, Technical Designs and BPG .
• For eChannels whenever time permitted coached coding, code reviews, TD writing, System Analysis, Application Tuning, ETL Mapping and Migration.
Company: emaratech
Assigned to (Client): IPG_DB Position: Senior Software Engineer
Start Date: 01-04-2012 End Date: Present
Motivation to join: I needed time to educate myself in new technologies. Emaratech offered 8AM to 3PM work timings that were suitable for my education pursuits.
Activities performed: ✓ Participation in building Application development framework (Oracle) such as centralized cache management system.
✓ Wrote technical specifications and technical tests
✓ Prepared dashboard reports using Cognos
✓ Performed ETL activities using Informatica and other tools
✓ Prepared impact analysis reports
✓ Optimized queries, enhanced application performance, resolved locking issues
✓ Perform code reviews
✓ Incorporating new features in application
✓ Investigating bugs and providing solutions and hot fixes
✓ Provided Hot fixes to production issues.
✓ Providing adhoc MIS Reports to Senior Management.
Technology used;
✓ Oracle DB 10g/ 11g,
✓ PL/SQL Developer,
✓ Toad,
✓ SQL Data Modeler
✓ Design Documents,
✓ STAR UML,
✓ MS Project,
✓ MS Excel,
✓ MS Word
Reason for Leaving: After attaining the required training need I want to join an organization where I can professionally practice their usage.
Build Application development framework (Oracle). Then train application developers on their appropriate usage.
Performed impact analysis for DB and Application Change
Build technical design documents in lieu with functional design. These documents included impact analysis of change, UML diagrams, technical tools and strategies to be used with respective technical tests and inherent technical risks with their mitigation methodology,
Build technical specifications for complex applications in lieu with functional and technical design documents
Optimizing time and resource consuming queries, enhancing application performance by making application developer apply appropriate constructs for the technical scenario and preventing / resolving locking issues.
Perform code reviews to ensure that application developers are using appropriate constructs and are following Best Practice Guidelines with passed technical test results.
Incorporating new features in application to enhance application value and provide security.
Investigating bugs and providing solutions and hot fixes to production issues.
Documentations of all types
Providing adhoc MIS Reports to Senior Management.
Prepare and update project performance sheet with respective constraints on a regular basis.
Assign and Allocate project resources.
Prepare and update maintenance scheduling sheet and checklists,
Perform and update task gap analysis documents.
Identify project risk and prepare/update project risk matrix (including risk mitigating methods),
Updated lessons learnt documents,
Scheduled and Held project meeting as per defined agenda and updated minutes of the meeting with follow up by using various checklist reports.
Developed Project Outline
Developed Project Management Plan
Identified Risk and risk mitigating procedures
Performed System Analysis
Coordinated various activities
Coordinated meeting with business owners, functional managers, business users, technical teams and senior management
Conflict resolution
Build documented procedures to be executed to ensure project plan implementation
Resolved resource contention
Perform User Acceptance
Defined Training Schedules
Other project related activities
Build Application development framework (Oracle). Then train application developers on their appropriate usage.
Performed impact analysis for DB and Application Change
Build technical design documents in lieu with functional design. These documents included impact analysis of change, UML diagrams, technical tools and strategies to be used with respective technical tests and inherent technical risks with their mitigation methodology,
Build technical specifications for complex applications in lieu with functional and technical design documents
Optimizing time and resource consuming queries, enhancing application performance by making application developer apply appropriate constructs for the technical scenario and preventing / resolving locking issues.
Perform code reviews to ensure that application developers are using appropriate constructs and are following Best Practice Guidelines with passed technical test results.
Incorporating new features in application to enhance application value and provide security.
Investigating bugs and providing solutions and hot fixes to production issues.
Documentations of all types
Providing adhoc MIS Reports to Senior Management
Worked in different capacities (i.e. Project Coordinator, Team Lead and Team Member) for developing various business applications of Karachi Port Trust, which aimed at ship cargo discharging, loading, clearance and other allied shipping port activities. These include;
Modules developed in the capacity of a system analyst / Team Leader (9 Applications).
• Pension,
• GPF,
• Advances & Loans,
• Dual Duty,
• Refund and Sanction Communication system,
• Import General Manifest,
• Cargo Clearance,
• ePAS(Electronic Port Access System an EDI),
• ETA(Electronic Time of Arrival an EDI)
Modules developed in the capacity of a team member (10 Applications).
• Wharfage Bill,
• Financial Budget,
• Contract Agreements,
• Plan & Estimates,
• Tender Information,
• Port Activity Inspection,
• Law cases,
• Refund, Payments to third parties, Payment to employees and Travel Authorisation.
Assigned to (Client): IPG_DB Position: Senior Software Engineer
Start Date: 01-04-2012 End Date: Present
Motivation to join: I needed time to educate myself in new technologies. Emaratech offered 8AM to 3PM work timings that were suitable for my education pursuits.
Activities performed: ✓ Participation in building Application development framework (Oracle) such as centralized cache management system.
✓ Wrote technical specifications and technical tests
✓ Prepared impact analysis reports
✓ Optimized queries, enhanced application performance, resolved locking issues
✓ Perform code reviews
✓ Incorporating new features in application
✓ Investigating bugs and providing solutions and hot fixes
✓ Provided Hot fixes to production issues.
✓ Providing adhoc MIS Reports to Senior Management.
Technology used;
✓ Oracle DB 10g/ 11g,
✓ PL/SQL Developer,
✓ Toad,
✓ SQL Data Modeler
✓ Design Documents,
✓ STAR UML,
✓ MS Project,
✓ MS Excel,
✓ MS Word
Reason for Leaving: After attaining the required training need I want to join an organization where I can professionally practice their usage.
Job Location (specify city and years working on each location): Dubai
Company: CMA CGM Systems Position: Application Architect
Assigned to (Client): Architect Team End Date: 31-03-2012 Start Date: 01-10-2011
Activities performed: ✓ Build Application development framework (Oracle) . Then train application developers on their appropriate usage.
✓ Performed impact analysis for DB and Application Change
✓ Build technical design documents in lieu with functional design. These documents included impact analysis of change, UML diagrams, technical tools and strategies to be used with respective technical tests and inherent technical risks with their mitigation methodology,
✓ Build technical specifications for complex applications in lieu with functional and technical design documents
✓ Optimizing time and resource consuming queries, enhancing application performance by making application developer apply appropriate constructs for the technical scenario and preventing / resolving locking issues.
✓ Perform code reviews to ensure that application developers are using appropriate constructs and are following Best Practice Guidelines with passed technical test results.
✓ Incorporating new features in application to enhance application value and provide security.
✓ Investigating bugs and providing solutions and hot fixes to production issues.
✓ Documentations of all types
✓ Providing adhoc MIS Reports to Senior Management.
Technology used;
✓ Oracle DB 10g/ 11g,
✓ Oracle Developer (Forms and Reports)
✓ PL/SQL Developer,
✓ Toad,
✓ SQL Data Modeler
✓ Design Documents,
✓ IBM Dimension,
✓ IBM Cast.
✓ IBM RPM
Job Location (specify city and years working on each location): Dubai
Company: Defence Housing Authority Position: Project Manager / System Analyst
Assigned to (Client): MIS End Date: 30-09-2011 Start Date: 01-05-2011
Activities performed: ✓ Prepare and update project performance sheet with respective constraints on a regular basis.
✓ Assign and Allocate project resources.
✓ Prepare and update maintenance scheduling sheet and checklists,
✓ Perform and update task gap analysis documents.
✓ Identify project risk and prepare/update project risk matrix (including risk mitigating methods),
✓ Updated lessons learnt documents,
✓ Scheduled and Held project meeting as per defined agenda and updated minutes of the meeting with follow up by using various checklist reports.
✓ Developed Project Outline
✓ Developed Project Management Plan
✓ Identified Risk and risk mitigating procedures
✓ Performed System Analysis
✓ Coordinated various activities
✓ Coordinated meeting with business owners, functional managers, business users, technical teams and senior management
✓ Conflict resolution
✓ Build documented procedures to be executed to ensure project plan implementation
✓ Resolved resource contention
✓ Perform User Acceptance
✓ Defined Training Schedules
✓ Other project related activities
Technology used;
✓ MS SQL Server,
✓ MS Project
✓ Visio
✓ MS Excel
✓ MS Word
✓ Various checklist
✓ Outlook
Job Location (specify city and years working on each location): Karachi
Company: CMA CGM Systems Position: Solution Architect
Assigned to (Client): Architect Team End Date: 30-04-2010 Start Date: 01-09-2008
Activities performed: ✓ Build Application development framework (Oracle) . Then train application developers on their appropriate usage.
✓ Performed impact analysis for DB and Application Change
✓ Build technical design documents in lieu with functional design. These documents included impact analysis of change, UML diagrams, technical tools and strategies to be used with respective technical tests and inherent technical risks with their mitigation methodology,
✓ Build technical specifications for complex applications in lieu with functional and technical design documents
✓ Optimizing time and resource consuming queries, enhancing application performance by making application developer apply appropriate constructs for the technical scenario and preventing / resolving locking issues.
✓ Perform code reviews to ensure that application developers are using appropriate constructs and are following Best Practice Guidelines with passed technical test results.
✓ Incorporating new features in application to enhance application value and provide security.
✓ Investigating bugs and providing solutions and hot fixes to production issues.
✓ Documentations of all types
✓ Providing adhoc MIS Reports to Senior Management.
Job Location (specify city and years working on each location): Dubai
Databases: Oracle Database 11g / 10g
Operative Systems: Windows / Unix
Programming Languages: PL/SQL
Methodologies (CMMI, PMI, Six Sigma, etc.): CMMI level 5
Networks (Cisco, Novel, etc.): Others: PL/SQL Developer, Oracle Developer (Forms and Reports), SQL Data Modeler, Erwin, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, Star UML, IBM Dimension, IBM CAST, RPM, etc
Company: Karachi Port Trust Position: Programmer
Assigned to (Client): MIS End Date: 30-08-2008 Start Date: 01-09-2002
Activities performed: Worked in different capacities (i.e. Project Coordinator, Team Lead and Team Member) for developing various business applications of Karachi Port Trust, which aimed at ship cargo discharging, loading, clearance and other allied shipping port activities. These include;
Modules developed in the capacity of a system analyst / Team Leader (9 Applications)
• Pension,
• GPF,
• Advances & Loans,
• Dual Duty,
• Refund and Sanction Communication system,
• Import General Manifest,
• Cargo Clearance,
• ePAS (Electronic Port Access System an EDI),
• ETA (Electronic Time of Arrival an EDI)
Modules developed in the capacity of a team member (10 Applications)
• Wharfage Bill,
• Financial Budget,
• Contract Agreements,
• Plan & Estimates,
• Tender Information,
• Port Activity Inspection,
• Law cases,
• Refund, Payments to third parties, Payment to employees and Travel Authorisation.
Job Location (specify city and years working on each location): Karachi
Databases: Oracle DB 11g / 10g
Operative Systems: Windows
Programming Languages: PL/SQL
Methodologies (CMMI, PMI, Six Sigma, etc.): Networks (Cisco, Novel, etc.): Cisco
Others: PL/SQL Developer, Oracle Developer (Form and Reports), SQL Data Modeler, Erwin, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, Star UML, etc
Networks (Cisco, Novel, etc.): Cisco
Company: IWAYS PVT LTD. Position: Solution Architect
Assigned to (Client): Software Team End Date: 30-08-2002 Start Date: 01-01-2001
Activities performed: ✓ Coding
✓ Unit Testing
✓ Perform impact analysis
✓ Documentation
✓ Providing adhoc MIS Reports to Senior Management.
✓ User Training
✓ Test Plan Developement
Job Location (specify city and years working on each location): Karachi
Databases: Oracle Database 10g/ 9i
Operative Systems: Windows / Unix
Programming
Last degree of studies (Master): Masters in Computer Science School: Al Khair University (AJK) Period: 01-07-1999
Major in Microprocessor based interfacing
