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IO Datasphere, Inc. has been providing project management, software development and IT staff augmentation services to our clients in the Midwest and throughout the U.S. since 1996. We are an approved vendor on contract to provide software development and IT staff augmentation services for the States of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. We also provide these services to businesses, as well as local and county governments, in the Midwest and nationwide. Our client is looking for a Business Analyst/Project Coordinator to provide project management and leadership services for IT-based, cross-division and agency-wide projects. This position is also responsible for providing business analysis and engagement services in the planning, development, testing and implementation phases of projects. Position functions include independent responsibility for developing project plans, solutions, negotiating project charters with appropriate stakeholders, applying new technology effectively, and providing delivery of solutions for in-house developed, software as a service, infrastructure and commercial off-the-shelf offerings. Additionally, the position is responsible for providing direction and mentoring to teams in performing those duties. The client is looking someone who preferably has QA/BA background with a passion for Project Management.
Tasks- Manage/lead projects, develop and maintain project plans and implementation schedules, identify project resources, establish proper project controls and ensure project schedules are maintained, manage overall release and individual iteration planning efforts
- Perform within the role of project manager in projects. This entails facilitating project ceremonies and meetings, creating project artifacts and documentation, providing subject matter expertise when needed and performing project planning/management tasks.
- Develop work plans to support the agency’s strategic IT plans and meet strategic objectives.
- Negotiate estimates for costs, timelines and resources.
- Ensure project implementation plans include appropriate resource estimates along with estimates versus actual expenditures and target dates.
- Use the bureau’s existing performance metrics to monitor the progress of assigned projects against plans.
- Initiate appropriate actions to assure that project deadlines and schedules are met and that project costs are controlled, including resource leveling across multiple projects, along with other agency project managers.
- Report status of projects to management. Inform management of any variance from plans.
- Prepare formal status reports and presentations to keep agency customers and management informed of project progress, milestones and issues.
- Negotiate service level agreements and report performance against defined agreements.
- Participate in the monitoring and review status of project management office capabilities, including processes, standards, policies and resources against best practices.
- Recommend and implement continuous improvements to keep pace with evolving
- industry standards and methodologies pertaining to project management and other IT
- work units.
- Implement solutions and arrange for ongoing training and education of agency staff and customers on DFI project management practices.
- Assist in defining and maintaining project management standards and methodologies for the IT bureau with a specific eye towards industry-defined standards.
- Plan, monitor and control the IT project budget and work activities on projects for the development of applications or the acquisition and installation of purchased applications.
- Establish project vision and objectives along with evaluate alternative approaches.
- Ability to simultaneously and effectively manage a variety of projects and efforts of various sizes.
- Ability to contribute to a project management office capabilities.
- Ability to communicate, both verbal and written, effectively.
- Ability to analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences or proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals.
- 5+ years - Business Analyst/Quality Assurance experience
- 5+ years - Project Management/ Project coordination experience
- Experience creating boards with Jira or similar tools
- Experience of Waterfall, and Agile-Scrum including Scrum Artifacts and ceremonies
- Ability to lead and coordinate a small to medium sized teams
- Knowledge of business analysis processes, business engagement and business relationship management practices.
- Knowledge of RFP / RFI development and processes.
- Ability to create project charters, status reports and work breakdown structures.
- Ability to create project schedules and milestones.
- Ability to conduct training, knowledge transfer and informational sessions.
- Degree in Computer Science, IT, or similar
- Knowledge of PMI framework and methodologies
- UAT facilitation experience
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