PM for Vital Statistics Electronic Birth and Death Registration Systems

Hello,

Submission deadline: 10/05/2007

We are looking for project managers to ensure a timely and successful project delivery and implementation by creating, maintaining and refining detailed project plans (including work breakdown structures); tracking project schedules and technical performance; and leading both the business and technical teams.

Project deliverables will follow the Department of Health DOH information system development methodology (RUP) and project management best practices as detailed in Program Management Book of Knowledge PMBOK and the DOH PMO.

This project manager role will help to implement requirements, develop web based training tools, allocate resources, shape priorities, and coordinate interaction with the customers, users, work group and stakeholders to keep the project team focused on the right goals. This project manager will also follow a standard set of practices that ensure the integrity and quality of project artifacts.

Requirements of the Project Manager:
Extensive experience in managing successful, large-scale IT projects that include software analysis, design and programming, and implementation
Extensive experience with User Acceptance Testing methodologies and documentation
Extensive experience using Microsoft Project to track and maintain projects
Ability to develop and maintain detailed project plans (work breakdown structures).
Extensive experience with meeting facilitation and documentation
Experience creating and presenting internal and external status reports and detailed status reports suitable for presentation to the legislature or steering committee
Ability to lead the project team and effectively conduct the project to meet project objectives
Experience in delivering the project in the agreed schedule, to the correct technical specification (i.e. defined to meet user requirements) within the approved budget, time lines and other specified criteria
Strong communication and collaborative skills
Government, legislative or health industry project experience desired
Experience working with the Rational Unified Process desired
Experience working with Rational Robot for software stress testing desired
Experience in working in a Citrix environment

Objectives:
The objectives and tasks to be performed by this project manager include the following:
Report to the Project Manager and/or Program Manager assigned to each portion of the project
Assist with the allocation of resources
Shape project-related priorities
Coordinate interaction with the customers, work group, users and stakeholders and to keep the project team focused on the right goals
This project manager will also follow a standard set of practices that ensure the integrity and quality of project artifacts.

Deliverables:
Key deliverables include weekly and monthly status reports detailing accomplishments, issues and tasks in progress and will meet PMO standards. Other deliverables include but are not limited to:
Project planning, organization, implementation
Project control processes, procedures, change control, cost analysis/cost benefits
Risk management (risk tracking, mitigation and issue tracking)
Program planning, work breakdown structures, scheduling and control
Rational use case testing plan
QA and UAT plan
UAT Test Scripts
Deployment and implementation plans
Specific EDRS project reports as required by the Social Security Administration

Let me know if you have any question.

Thanks
Raja Shekhar