Project Manager at Ernst Young

Job description

To successfully deliver SAP projects according to SAP approved methodologies within approved budget, timelines & meeting quality

Alignment of projects to the business, IT strategies and objectives

To achieve the desired outcomes through best practices in project management and to manage & grow relationship with business and solution providers

Accountability:

• Project Manager is accountable for:J
• Impact assessment in respect of implementing business requirements
• Translation of business requirements into high-level design specification
• Determination of effort & impact out of business requirement (mandatory for Project Initiation Document)
• Preparation of detailed design and technical software application requirements
• Specification of application controls, audit-ability, security and availability within the design
• Development / customization of application software & Systems
• Development of end-user procedure manuals for new solutions
• Development of technical support documentation Build and review implementation of plans (of solutions)
• Defining and review of test strategy (entry and exit criteria) and an operational test plan methodology for business related solutions
• Training the staff members of the affected user departments and the operations group of the IT function
• Defining and establishing a secure test environment, representative of the planned operations environment relative to security, internal controls, operational practices, data quality and privacy requirements, and workloads
• Testing changes independently in accordance with the defined test plan prior to migration to the operational environment
• Deploying test environment and conduct final acceptance tests for Solutions
• Managing relationships with the project stakeholders & customers
• Desired Skills and Experience

Key responsibilities:

• Plan & Organise
• Builds and manages project charters, schedules, quality plans, budgets, and communication and risk management plans for domain related projects
• Assure the participation and commitment of project stakeholders for business related projects
• Assure the effective control of projects and project changes for business related projects
• Assure the participation and commitment of project stakeholders for IT related projects
• Assure the effective control of projects and project changes for IT related projects
• Create a software quality assurance plan for the project viz. quality plan for all deliverables, proper usage of existing intellectual property and update quality project deliverables in the knowledge base(s).
• Effectively defines, communicates and gains agreement on the project scope in the Business Case. Manages changes to the project scope Business Case across the project lifecycle. Ensures the project is correctly authorised
• Acquire & Implement
• Effectively estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful delivery of the project(s) to an agreed scope
• Track and manage application requirements during the development lifecycle and incorporate changes to requirements through an established change management process
• Develop a plan for the maintenance of software applications
• Effectively conducts research into and makes use of appropriate existing intellectual property as relevant to assigned project tasks
• Contributes to intellectual property by logging all quality deliverables in the appropriate knowledge base/s
• Accurately and completely documents all relevant business, functional and non-functional requirements in the appropriate documents (i.e. Business Requirements Definitions, Functional System Specifications) within agreed quality standards
• Evaluate training results and enhance documentation as required
• Coordinate to ensure implementation and monitoring of project databases
• Ensure that all releases are compliant to Prior to release criteria
• Deliver & Support
• Delivers projects as per cost, quality ,schedule and agreed criteria
• Effectively traces requirements across and within the relevant models and work products by referencing and linking requirements
• Provide effective leadership to the project team ensuring that team members are motivated and developing their skills and experience
• Effectively supports the execution of required solution testing (i.e.: Process and/or User Acceptance testing)
• Accurately identifies and communicates potential changes to, and their impact on, solutions. Accurately and consistently incorporates agreed changes across affected requirements documentation and simultaneously identifies, analyses and escalates project and/or solution risks and issues
• The identification, assessment and management of project risks, which could result in time or cost over-runs, or failure to deliver products which are fit for purpose.
• Maximises total average resource project utilisation (no less than 80% billable) for all project resources, ensuring that all time is captured appropriately
• Identify and characterize users’ training needs
• Build a training program
• Conduct awareness, education and training act