PMO office freelancer
Several Organisations
Total years of experience :40 years, 3 Months
PMO office establishment in different organizations
Program Director, Acting Head of PMO, main stakeholder for PMO setup, manage in-house development projects, participate on strategic decision with the ISD Manager.
Performing the following duties:
• Program Director, Managing the Dynamic Customer Relationship Management System implemented by Microsoft and many more programs within the organization
• PMO Setup, associated with all policies & procedures and forms
• Prepare requests for proposals and conducts all necessary meetings to facilitate selection of project services and products for many initiatives
• Participate in improving and creating project management templates and forms as needed.
• Ensure technical proficiency and productivity of project team and arrange for training as necessary.
• Monitor contracts including review and approval of invoices and change requests.
• Maintain long term relationships with service providers.
• Conduct weekly meetings with project team to discuss projects status and issues and put mitigation plans.
• Identify, prioritize and mitigate project risks.
Program Manager / Senior Project Manager at QIB for the following Projects:
1- TERMS - Transactions’ Electronic Robust Mandate System
2- Printing Cheques
3- ECC-Electronic Cheque Clearing
4- Archiving System
5- Adminstration Management System
6- Retail Internet Banking
Performing the following duties:
• Prepare and facilitates software vendor selection processes including writing Requests For Proposal (RFPs), Requests For Information (RFIs), coordinate and/or develop the vendor selection processes.
• Prepare requests for proposals and conducts all necessary meetings to facilitate selection of project services and products.
• Prepare project team directory including individual responsibilities and assignments, and communicated to the project team.
• Participate in improving and creating project management templates and forms as needed.
• Prepare project charter document.
• Develop project scope and objective documentation.
• Prepare project implementation plan including Scope, Schedule, Cost (CAPEX & OPEX), Quality, Resources (identify resources needed), Communication, Risk Management, Change Management and Procurement plans.
• Organize and manages all project phases (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Controlling & Monitoring, and closure) to ensure on-time completion.
• Ensure technical proficiency and productivity of project team and arrange for training as necessary.
• Monitor contracts including review and approval of invoices and change requests.
• Maintain long term relationships with service providers.
• Conduct weekly meetings with project team to discuss project status and issues and put mitigation plans.
• Identify, prioritize and mitigate project risks.
• Produce and communicate project status reports (Weekly, Bi-weekly and monthly status reports) to the project stakeholders (Project Sponsor, Project Functional Area Managers, Project Team, Consultants, etc.)
• Prepare all project milestones sign off sheets and get it sign by concerned departments (IT/BU).
• Prepare project closure document including lessons learned.
Program Manager / Senior Project Manager at QIB and Gulf Bank implementing the following Banc Ware Capital Manager Projects:
1- Basel II - Credit and Op Risk
2- Basel II - Market Risk
3- Operational Risk
4- Treasury
5- Assests and Liability Management "ALM" & Fund Transfer Price "FTP"
Performing the following duties:
• Prepare project team directory including individual responsibilities and assignments, and communicated to the project team.
• Prepare project charter document.
• Develop project scope and objective documentation.
• Prepare project implementation plan including Scope, Schedule, Cost (CAPEX & OPEX), Quality, Resources (identify resources needed), Communication, Risk Management, Change Management and Procurement plans.
• Participate in improving and creating project management templates and forms.
• Organize and manages all project phases (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Controlling & Monitoring, and closure) to ensure on-time completion.
• Ensure technical proficiency and productivity of project team and arrange for training as necessary.
• Monitor contracts including review and approval of invoices and change requests.
• Maintain long term relationships with service providers.
• Plan and oversee the preparation and dissemination of project communications.
• Identify, prioritize and mitigate project risks.
• Conduct weekly meetings with project team to discuss project status and issues and put mitigation plans.
• Produce and communicate project status reports (Weekly, Bi-weekly and monthly status reports) to the project stakeholders (Project Sponsor, Project Functional Area Managers, Project Team, Consultants, etc.)
• Prepare all project milestones sign off sheets and get it sign by concerned departments (IT/BU).
• Prepare project closure document including lessons learned.
Fully responsible of managing the following Oracle, Microsoft platforms and document management based projects and implemented business analysis for some projects with full documentation:
1- Ministry of Interior - Archiving and Retrieval Systems for both General Departments of Nationality and Immigration.
2- Ministry of Interior - Archiving and Retrieval Systems for the General Department of Legal Affairs.
3- Ministry of Interior - Archiving and Retrieval Systems for the General Dept. for Council Affairs.
4- Kuwait Investment Authority - Full Automation of Debt and Settlement Management Office.
5- Kuwait Investment Authority - Redesign and upgrade the Archiving and Retrieval Systems for the General Reserve Sector.
6- Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Implementation of Document Automation Workflow and other Archiving and retrieval Systems distributed over different departments within the ministry.
7- Umm Quwain Land Property Department (UAE) - Full automation of the Real Estate offices including imaging and workflow. The project includes also backlog, data entry and data conversion.
Performing the following duties:
• Prepare and facilitates software vendor selection processes including writing Requests For Proposal (RFPs), Requests For Information (RFIs), coordinate and/or develop the vendor selection processes.
• Prepare requests for proposals and conducts all necessary meetings to facilitate selection of project services and products.
• Prepare project team directory including individual responsibilities and assignments, and communicated to the project team.
• Prepare project charter document.
• Develop project scope and objective documentation.
• Prepare project implementation plan including Scope, Schedule, Cost (CAPEX & OPEX), Quality, Resources (identify resources needed), Communication, Risk Management, Change Management and Procurement plans.
• Organize and manages all project phases (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Controlling & Monitoring, and closure) to ensure on-time completion.
• Ensure technical proficiency and productivity of project team and arrange for training as necessary.
• Monitor contracts including review and approval of invoices and change requests.
• Maintain long term relationships with service providers.
• Conduct weekly meetings with project team to discuss project status and issues and put mitigation plans.
• Produce and communicate project status reports (Weekly, Bi-weekly and monthly status reports) to the project stakeholders (Project Sponsor, Project Functional Area Managers, Project Tam, Consultants)
• Prepare all project milestones sign off sheets and get it sign by concerned departments (IT/BU).
• Prepare project closure document including lessons learned.
• Maintain the five-step guide to conduct the business requirements analysis: 1-Identify key stakeholders, 2-capture stakeholders requirements (stakeholder interviews, joint interviews, use cases, building prototype), 3-categorize requirements (Functional, Operational, Technical and Transitional Requirements), 4-Interpret and Record Requirements (Define requirements precisely and Prioritize, analyze the impact of change, resolve conflicting issues, analyze feasibility) and 5-Sign Off.
• Prepare the Business requirements definition report and System functional report, and submit to business users to review and comment.
• Produce and communicate project status reports (Weekly, Bi-weekly and monthly status reports) to the project stakeholders (Project Sponsor, Project Functional Area Managers, Project Team, Consultants, etc.)
• Lead technical activities for development /deployment of projects to meet business user’s requirements.
Fully responsible of managing the following Oracle, Microsoft platforms and document management based projects and implemented business analysis for governmental sector Projects in the field of Real Estate, GIS, Accounting systems:
1- Ministry of Justice (Kuwait) - Full automation of the authentication offices including imaging and workflow. The project includes also implementation, supervision, application customization, and tuning.
2- Ministry of Justice (Kuwait) - Full automation of the Real Estate offices including imaging and workflow. The project includes also implementation, supervision, application customization, and tuning.
3- Ministry of Justice (Kuwait) - Virtual Stock Real Estate Building a set of Internet services for the real Estate department directed to the other governmental organizations and the citizens. A virtual real estate stock built and enabled to all beneficiary for the real estate trade.
4- Kuwait National Assembly - Full automation of all sitting's activity including imaging and workflow. The project includes Portal & web Site, Imaging System, and Library for Abdullah Al-Salem Hall
5- Ministry of Planning (Kuwait) - Full automation for all activities of the Development Projects Sector.
6- Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources (Kuwait) - Full automation for all business activities of 9 departments only (out of 34 departments)
7- Ministry of Justice (Egypt) - Full automation of authentication offices including imaging and workflow. The project includes also backlog, data entry and data conversion.
8- Ministry of Justice (Egypt) - Full automation of the Real Estate offices including imaging and workflow. The project includes also backlog, data entry and data conversion.
Performing the following duties:
• Prepare and facilitates software vendor selection processes including RFPs, Requests For Information (RFIs), coordinate and/or develop the vendor selection processes
• Prepare requests for proposals and conducts all necessary meetings to facilitate selection of project services and products.
• Prepare project team directory including individual responsibilities and assignments, and communicated to the project team
• Prepare project charter document
• Develop project scope and objective documentation.
• Prepare project implementation plan including Scope, Schedule, Cost (CAPEX & OPEX), Quality, Resources (identify resources needed), Communication, Risk Management, Change Management and Procurement plans
• Organize and manages all project phases (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Controlling & Monitoring, and closure) to ensure on-time completion
• Monitor contracts including review and approval of invoices and change requests
• Maintain long term relationships with customers.
• Conduct weekly meetings with project team to discuss project status and issues and put mitigation plans.
• Produce and communicate project status reports to the project stakeholders
• Prepare all project milestones sign off sheets and get it sign by concerned departments (IT/BU).
• Prepare project closure document including lessons learned.
• Maintain the five-step guide to conduct the business requirements analysis: 1-Identify key stakeholders, 2-capture stakeholders requirements (stakeholder interviews, joint interviews, use cases, building prototype), 3-categorize requirements (Functional, Operational, Technical and Transitional Requirements), 4-Interpret and Record Requirements (Define requirements precisely and Prioritize, analyze the impact of change, resolve conflicting issues, analyze feasibility) and 5-Sign Off
• Prepare the Business requirements definition report and System functional report, and submit to business users to review and comment
• Lead technical activities for development /deployment of projects to meet business user’s requirements
Project Manager / IT Manager in Triple A Securities Co. "a Brokerage and Financial consultancy firm", fully responsible for:
• Project management, business analysis and development of all accounting applications, hardware procurement, software installations, network design & implementation and training activities.
• Also responsible for those related activities to approve and monitor major projects, IT budgets, priorities, standards, procedures, and overall IT performance; evaluate technical proposals, conclude vendors’ contracts and monitor their implementation phases against financial condition.
• Interface and liaise with Reuters and Telerate technical support services (which provide Triple A co. with Stock exchange runtime information).
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting.
• Advice the user group on hardware procurement.
• Provide on-the-job training to users and personnel.
• Resolve software and hardware users problems.
Information Technology Consultations
Responsible for a multimedia project (Showing the different Activities in the Islamic Development Bank) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Project Manager / Senior Business Analyst in Skaks Technology Corporation (HQ - USA) assigned for SAMAREC (Saudi Marketing and Refining Oil Co., (subsidiary company of Aramco)) at the Information Services/Office Automation Section, fully responsible for:
• Implementation, installations, and documentations of Document Management System and all projects implemented by Office Automation Section.
• Business Analysis for all projects related to the Electronic Document Management Systems EDMS implemented in SAMAREC.
• Implementation of Data Processing systems for SAMAREC.
• Interface and liaise with View Star technical services.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting.
• Customize Application Software.
• Provide on-the-job training to users, administrators, and personnel.
• Advice the user group on hardware procurement.
• Resolve software and hardware users problems.
• Supervise Backlog conversion activities, define all steps required for backlog conversion activities such as scanning, indexing, quality control, archiving and batch preparation. Also, prepare and edit the operation manuals for such activities, and design all required forms.
Consulting Engineer acting as Senior Business / System Analyst and resident engineer in Phoenix International (HQ - USA) assigned for KMOFA (Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs) in the Information Center, fully responsible for:
•Implementations, installations, and documentations of Document Management System.
•Supervise the implementation procedures of the 4th implemented Image Processing system on the world for the Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
•Business / System Analyst for the Electronic Document Management Systems “EDMS”.
•Provide technical support and troubleshooting.
•Interface and liaise with Integrated Automation Co. technical services.
•Supervise Backlog conversion activities, define all steps required for backlog conversion activities such as scanning, indexing, quality control, archiving and batch preparation. Also, prepare and edit the operation manuals for such activities, and design all required forms.
Acting as a Project Manager for the last two years (1988-1990).
Programmer / Business Analyst in the Organization & Microfilming Technology Center, Al - Ahram Press Organization, Implementing Data Processing systems, Business Analyst and Programmer for different systems such as financial systems, document & correspondence management systems, tourist application, brokerage system for stock exchange, archiving systems and more using business analysis tools to document such systems, and provide technical support & troubleshooting.
