Project Management

NAVIGIST|group has managed projects with budgets ranging from five thousand to over two million dollars and spanning time from one day to two years. 

Proximity Search Mapping Service (Case Study)

• Developed and managed project plan and budget
• Identified, conducted interviews and analyzed GIS providers
• Managed internal HTML developers and external GIS provider (ESRI)
• Provided pre & post-sales customer support
• Developed data gathering and validation process Note: Often customer's location data was outdated and inaccurate, and therefore needed to be validated.
• Conducted weekly status meetings with managment
• Identified recurring budget/staffing needs

Wet Bench Revitalization (Case Study)

• Developed and managed project plan
• Managed project budget
• Set project deliverable priorities
• Managed internal and external software developers (Environment include C++, C#, & RSLogix)
• Managed external vendors (Mechanical Engineers and Robot Provider)
• Negotiated pricing and terms with vendors
• Created and managed BOM (Bill of Materials)
• Developed and executed factory and site acceptance test plans
• Acted as catalyst to resolve project problems and conflicts, escalating when necessary.
• Identified, monitored, and responded to risks
• Ensured that impacted teams were involved and informed as early as possible in the project management process
• Implemented axosoft's OnTime project management application to manage software features/requirements, track bugs/defects, provide help desk incident tracking, and provide customer with a portal to help desk application
• Coordinated international shipping and customs logistics
• Received and tracked parts inventory

Additional Project Management Tasks Completed

• Coordinated product safety certification (CE Marking)
• Coordinated product Export Controls Cooperation (ECC) certifications
• Managed design and installation of a Class 100 Clean Room
• Managed 'zero down time' facilities moves
• Performed technical and cost analysis for 7x24x365 Internet collocation facilities
• Managed software developers (Development environment include VB, C++, C#, HTML, PHP, Java, JavaScript, RSLogix, RSView, & Wonderware)
• Managed LAN/WAN Network Engineers
• The Project Manager collects metrics data(such as baseline, actual values for costs, schedule, work in progress, and work completed) & reports on project progress and other project specific information to stakeholders.
• Windows Upgrades, Windows Migration, Windows Server Installation & Upgrades, Exchange Server Integration & Upgrades