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Unicenter Improvement Project. Jeni Craven-Sands Jake Hendrie Khang Le Suzi Adams. Introduction. About Unicenter Governance, Staff Management Plan and WBS (Suzi) Scope, Technical Overview (Jake) Financial Overview (Khang) Communications, Stakeholders, Risk Management Plan (Jeni).
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Unicenter Improvement Project Jeni Craven-Sands Jake Hendrie Khang Le Suzi Adams
Introduction • About Unicenter • Governance, Staff Management Plan and WBS (Suzi) • Scope, Technical Overview (Jake) • Financial Overview (Khang) • Communications, Stakeholders, Risk Management Plan (Jeni)
About Unicenter • Unicenter Improvement Project • Unicenter manages requests for services from the Information Technology Services Division • Common Off-the-shelf (COTS) Product
Project Goals • Project goals are to: • Improve reporting functionality • Allow business areas to monitor work-in-progress • Create specific request templates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Project Governance • What is IT Project Governance? • COBIT – establish a framework • Allocation of responsibilities • Task breakdown • Budgeting of time and resources • Milestones, check points • Approvals • Plus 10 other recommendations. • System of controls to ensure success and prevent failure and disasters. • Our framework includes the 5 standard phases (Project Initiation, Project Planning, Project Executing, Project Monitoring and Controlling, and Project Closing) as defined in the PMBOK Guide.
Staff Management Plan • Why Staff Management? • High-level planning and staff acquisition strategy • No project manager – team of 4! • Functional management roles • External contractors • In-house/experienced technical staff • Roles and responsibilities • Transition of staff to other assignments • Training
Staff Management Plan • Why Staff Management? • High-level planning and staff acquisition strategy • No project manager – team of 4! • Functional management roles • External contractors • In-house/experienced technical staff • Roles and responsibilities • Transition of staff to other assignments • Training