Description
A CPM at career stage assessed leads, organizes, plans, and delivers small, low risk, customer projects that typically consume less than 400 CPM hours, and engages less than 10 project members. These projects often form subprojects to large projects. Individually, these projects have very little impact on Business Unit results.
1.1.2 Accountabilities
1. Prepare a project specification, which describes the overall steps, milestones and resources necessary, including a specification of the contract and the expected project outcome. Establish a project budget. Develop a risk management plan inclusive of risk identification and risk response plans. Establish a quality management plan. The Project Manager may have participated in the sales process to ensure that a contract can be executed in accordance with a preliminary timetable and budget.
2. Agree with the customer on project requirements to secure closure of projects and change control. Establish a communication plan/strategy in order to meet stakeholder and customer needs and expectations.
3. Gain approval for the project from the project sponsor, based on the project specification. This is a prerequisite for initiating the establishment of the project. The project will be executed in line with PROPS/C and EBP processes.
4. Select the project members, including external contractors, which have the adequate skills and competencies to ensure that the project will deliver the expected results and be completed in time and within the agreed budget.
5. Lead and control project work, on a continuous basis, by motivating and coaching the project members. Continuously update line managers on progression in terms of timelines of the project to enable for the line managers to plan for the return of the project members to their ordinary positions.
6. Report the project progression to the steering group and sponsor, and raise questions of concern that may jeopardize the completion of the project, or matters that may delay the project or any other issue that in any way will cause problems in securing the delivery of expected results. Ensure that expected quality is delivered throughout the project. The job holder is expected to propose appropriate action, in case of deviation from the project plan, to the steering group to secure that the project objectives will be met.
1.1.3 Contacts
KAM (sponsor)
The project steering group
Line management (those sending staff to the project)
Project members
Customers
1.1.4 General qualifications
Academic degree coupled with qualified experience, including project work and at least one year of project management experience
Managerial experience is not a requirement, but is an advantage
In-depth technical skills related to the subject area