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Delivery and planning lead
Dan Smatt
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Luton, United Kingdom
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I'm offering
Specialties:
• Microsoft Azure Cloud Infrastructure
• Cyber Security
• Dependency Management
• Programme governance/management/organisation.
• PMO setup and management.
• Resource Management and Matrix
• Procedures development and implementation
• Requirements gathering and analysis.
• Change management.
• Status/progress and MI reporting.
• Configuration & quality management.
• Implementation planning
• Budgeting and Financial Forecasting
• Resource Scheduling
• Agile / Scrum
• Sprint Planning
• Product Backlog Prioritization
Skills
• Stakeholder management.
• Mentoring and Training
Tactical:
• Day-to-day project management
• Project planning and tracking
• Management Reporting
• Release & Deployment Planning
• Issue Escalation and Resolution
• Risk Mitigation
• Implementation Readiness
• Change Management
Strategic:
• Introduce iterative work cycles
• Coaching & Mentoring teams to provide effective PMO functions
• Work with business people to help them express requirements better
• Bring the business into the project management process
Tools:
• JIRA & Confluence
• Clarity Resource Planning & Allocation
• CMT (Change Management Tool)
• HP PPM
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Office Applications
• Planview
• Microsoft Azure Cloud Infrastructure
• Cyber Security
• Dependency Management
• Programme governance/management/organisation.
• PMO setup and management.
• Resource Management and Matrix
• Procedures development and implementation
• Requirements gathering and analysis.
• Change management.
• Status/progress and MI reporting.
• Configuration & quality management.
• Implementation planning
• Budgeting and Financial Forecasting
• Resource Scheduling
• Agile / Scrum
• Sprint Planning
• Product Backlog Prioritization
Skills
• Stakeholder management.
• Mentoring and Training
Tactical:
• Day-to-day project management
• Project planning and tracking
• Management Reporting
• Release & Deployment Planning
• Issue Escalation and Resolution
• Risk Mitigation
• Implementation Readiness
• Change Management
Strategic:
• Introduce iterative work cycles
• Coaching & Mentoring teams to provide effective PMO functions
• Work with business people to help them express requirements better
• Bring the business into the project management process
Tools:
• JIRA & Confluence
• Clarity Resource Planning & Allocation
• CMT (Change Management Tool)
• HP PPM
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Office Applications
• Planview
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
English
Available
My experience
2017 - ?
job
PMO Lead / Delivery Lead Azure Programme
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP.
Public Cloud programme is delivering foundational Public Cloud capability on Azure and AWS by providing Technology platform,
operating model sourcing process and robust framework that ensures risk are well managed across all cloud service models and regulatory engagement.
Programme Planning
• Working with projects & valuestreams to ensure key deliverables are captured and reported via the Azure Programme delivery plan
• Define and implement the overall planning approach, obtains acceptance and buy-in to the approach from all stakeholders and
ensure planning standards and guidelines are adhered to across projects/ programme, providing guidance and coaching to colleagues as appropriate
• Ensure right level of quality is achieved, identify planning issues, undertake QA to confirm that they have been resolved, and confirm that plans and delivery status aligns
• Ensure detailed project/programme plans are in place to the right level of quality and that progress is monitored to project
completion
Reporting and Dependency Management
• Planning and resource management in Clarity by ensuring the monthly finance forecast aligns to actuals
• Facilitate monthly cadence and ensure alignment of key deliverables are fully logged and tracked on JIRA for reporting
• Reviewing product backlog and reporting on progress to senior execs by working with Scrum Master and Product Owner during
backlog prioritisation and refinement.
Financial Tracking and Management
• Maintain financial oversight across project / valuestreams by tracking forecast spends, actuals and accruals. Ensure prior monthly
finance review session with Head of Function and Programme Director to highlight any overspend.
• Production of Full Business Cases ensuring key deliverables are captured and relevant cost and benefits are reflected in the Business case both financial and non-financial.
• Review and challenge of business case with valuestreams by ensuring key benefits to be delivered are captured and signed off by
key stakeholders.
• Raising and tracking of accruals and Purchase order by working with 3rd party supplier and facilitating Cost management approvals
for spend
Resource Management
• Stakeholder Management: Engages with a diverse group of stakeholders (typically up to Grade H director level) to influence
required actions to meet the project milestones and address risk, regulatory and financial issues.
• Resource Management: Ensures all resourcing requirements are identified and utilisation of available resource is optimised using
detailed plan.
• Internal/External Relationships: Builds and maintains relevant internal networks to share knowledge and best practice and to build
the profile and capability of the PMO and change management Community.
operating model sourcing process and robust framework that ensures risk are well managed across all cloud service models and regulatory engagement.
Programme Planning
• Working with projects & valuestreams to ensure key deliverables are captured and reported via the Azure Programme delivery plan
• Define and implement the overall planning approach, obtains acceptance and buy-in to the approach from all stakeholders and
ensure planning standards and guidelines are adhered to across projects/ programme, providing guidance and coaching to colleagues as appropriate
• Ensure right level of quality is achieved, identify planning issues, undertake QA to confirm that they have been resolved, and confirm that plans and delivery status aligns
• Ensure detailed project/programme plans are in place to the right level of quality and that progress is monitored to project
completion
Reporting and Dependency Management
• Planning and resource management in Clarity by ensuring the monthly finance forecast aligns to actuals
• Facilitate monthly cadence and ensure alignment of key deliverables are fully logged and tracked on JIRA for reporting
• Reviewing product backlog and reporting on progress to senior execs by working with Scrum Master and Product Owner during
backlog prioritisation and refinement.
Financial Tracking and Management
• Maintain financial oversight across project / valuestreams by tracking forecast spends, actuals and accruals. Ensure prior monthly
finance review session with Head of Function and Programme Director to highlight any overspend.
• Production of Full Business Cases ensuring key deliverables are captured and relevant cost and benefits are reflected in the Business case both financial and non-financial.
• Review and challenge of business case with valuestreams by ensuring key benefits to be delivered are captured and signed off by
key stakeholders.
• Raising and tracking of accruals and Purchase order by working with 3rd party supplier and facilitating Cost management approvals
for spend
Resource Management
• Stakeholder Management: Engages with a diverse group of stakeholders (typically up to Grade H director level) to influence
required actions to meet the project milestones and address risk, regulatory and financial issues.
• Resource Management: Ensures all resourcing requirements are identified and utilisation of available resource is optimised using
detailed plan.
• Internal/External Relationships: Builds and maintains relevant internal networks to share knowledge and best practice and to build
the profile and capability of the PMO and change management Community.
QA, Platform, UP, Framework, Forecast, Production, Community, Regulatory, Resource management, Business cases, Business Case, Technology, Sourcing, Service, Change management, Finance, Management, Cloud, Product owner, Stakeholder Management, PMO, Azure, Scrum master, AWS, Jira, Scrum, Coaching
2016 - 2017
temp
PMO / Delivery Lead Accelerated Delivery
Group Strategic Programme.
introducing agile delivery in a safe and consistent way, as an additional option to Waterfall and Iterative. Provide a control framework for the entire organisation, covering the project/programme, portfolio.
Business Case / Governance / Financial Management
• Ensure and Support production of Full Business Cases ensuring key deliverables are captured and relevant cost and benefits are
reflected in the Business case both financial and non-financial.
• Define planning standards based on agile and Kanban delivery of key activities
• Provide high level view of key Business case benefits and liaise with finance team to ensure the figures indicated fully aligns to the benefit delivery
• Review and challenge of business case with programmes by ensuring all the key benefits to be delivered are captured and signed
off by key stakeholders.
• Facilitate monthly cadence and ensure alignment of key deliverables are fully logged and tracked on JIRA for reporting
• Established project methodologies to control, log, manage and monitor project timescales, costs, risks, assumptions, change
control, issues and dependencies milestones and outcome. Ensuring the right level of quality is achieved and escalating as
appropriate to overcome delays, difficulties
• Finance: Maintains financial oversight across project / programmes by tracking spends and accruals are captured prior monthly
finance review ensuring programme is within budget.
• Stakeholder Management: Engages with a diverse group of stakeholders (typically up to and including Grade G level) to influence
required actions to meet the project milestones and address risk, regulatory and financial issues.
• Ensures detailed project/programme plans are in place to the right level of quality and that progress is monitored to project
completion
• Internal/External Relationships: Builds and maintains relevant internal networks to share knowledge and best practice and to build
the profile and capability of the PMO and change management Community.
• Raising and tracking of accruals and Purchase order by working with 3rd party supplier and facilitating CMU approvals for spend
• Reviewing product backlog and reporting on progress to senior execs by working with Scrum Master and Product Owner during
backlog prioritisation and refinement.
Business Case / Governance / Financial Management
• Ensure and Support production of Full Business Cases ensuring key deliverables are captured and relevant cost and benefits are
reflected in the Business case both financial and non-financial.
• Define planning standards based on agile and Kanban delivery of key activities
• Provide high level view of key Business case benefits and liaise with finance team to ensure the figures indicated fully aligns to the benefit delivery
• Review and challenge of business case with programmes by ensuring all the key benefits to be delivered are captured and signed
off by key stakeholders.
• Facilitate monthly cadence and ensure alignment of key deliverables are fully logged and tracked on JIRA for reporting
• Established project methodologies to control, log, manage and monitor project timescales, costs, risks, assumptions, change
control, issues and dependencies milestones and outcome. Ensuring the right level of quality is achieved and escalating as
appropriate to overcome delays, difficulties
• Finance: Maintains financial oversight across project / programmes by tracking spends and accruals are captured prior monthly
finance review ensuring programme is within budget.
• Stakeholder Management: Engages with a diverse group of stakeholders (typically up to and including Grade G level) to influence
required actions to meet the project milestones and address risk, regulatory and financial issues.
• Ensures detailed project/programme plans are in place to the right level of quality and that progress is monitored to project
completion
• Internal/External Relationships: Builds and maintains relevant internal networks to share knowledge and best practice and to build
the profile and capability of the PMO and change management Community.
• Raising and tracking of accruals and Purchase order by working with 3rd party supplier and facilitating CMU approvals for spend
• Reviewing product backlog and reporting on progress to senior execs by working with Scrum Master and Product Owner during
backlog prioritisation and refinement.
Governance, UP, Framework, Production, Organization, Community, Regulatory, Support, Business cases, Safe, Business Case, Kanban, Change management, Finance, Management, Product owner, Stakeholder Management, PMO, Agile, Scrum master, Budget, Jira, Scrum
2010 - 2010
temp
Planning Manager (Contract)
RBS CORPORATE BANKING.
Part of the Programme team within the Corporate Banking Division on a strategic divestment programme, with focus to scope the sales
transaction, selecting a buyer for the business and agreeing the terms of sale. Responsible for establishing and embedding Programme
planning and Dependency governance best practice in compliance with RBS Group Framework & governance.
Programme Planning
• Consolidation of all work stream / project plans into the Overarching Programme Plan (MSP)
• Coach train and mentor change managers to create and maintain plans L1 to L4 and Providing expertise and advising Senior
change managers on project planning and control
• Define the planning and dependency process for the programme
• Provide best practice processes and procedures around planning with each of the delivery teams
• Be the main point of contact within the programme on queries regarding Programme and Project Planning
• Drive effective Working Groups and PCC (Project Control Committee) meetings and planning workshops
Change Control & Dependency Management
• Drive effective change control process around planning and Milestone reporting
• Create a log to capture, track and monitor dependencies raised by Workstreams and programme i.e. (inbound & outbound)
transaction, selecting a buyer for the business and agreeing the terms of sale. Responsible for establishing and embedding Programme
planning and Dependency governance best practice in compliance with RBS Group Framework & governance.
Programme Planning
• Consolidation of all work stream / project plans into the Overarching Programme Plan (MSP)
• Coach train and mentor change managers to create and maintain plans L1 to L4 and Providing expertise and advising Senior
change managers on project planning and control
• Define the planning and dependency process for the programme
• Provide best practice processes and procedures around planning with each of the delivery teams
• Be the main point of contact within the programme on queries regarding Programme and Project Planning
• Drive effective Working Groups and PCC (Project Control Committee) meetings and planning workshops
Change Control & Dependency Management
• Drive effective change control process around planning and Milestone reporting
• Create a log to capture, track and monitor dependencies raised by Workstreams and programme i.e. (inbound & outbound)
Mentor, Management, Governance, Sales, Compliance, Banking, Workshops, Coach, MSP, Framework, Processes, Manager
2010 - 2010
temp
Planning Manager (Contract)
RBS GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS.
Based on transfer of Trades and Risk to RBS from ABN AMRO; the cutover of new business; and the novation (transfer of trades from ABN AMRO) of existing client contracts to RBS. Migration of existing business to Sabre system
Programme Planning
• Responsibility for the creation and management of all detailed project plans for Novations / Dress Rehearsals
• Conducting both high level and details plan reviews prior to Novations / Dress Rehearsals.
• Responsible for the management of all key dependencies; and also ensuring that any resultant Risk and Issues are analysed for their impact on the plans
• Provide a 'challenge' function and quality assurance on all elements of the plan
Risk and Issue Management
• Track, maintain and report on Programme / Project Risks & Issues escalated to Programme Level
• Facilitate meetings, reviews and workshops involving business and offshore resources
• Responsible for the tracking and reporting of programme activities.
• Assist with identifying and recording of project risks and issues and maintain project risk reduction profiles on behalf of project
managers
Programme Planning
• Responsibility for the creation and management of all detailed project plans for Novations / Dress Rehearsals
• Conducting both high level and details plan reviews prior to Novations / Dress Rehearsals.
• Responsible for the management of all key dependencies; and also ensuring that any resultant Risk and Issues are analysed for their impact on the plans
• Provide a 'challenge' function and quality assurance on all elements of the plan
Risk and Issue Management
• Track, maintain and report on Programme / Project Risks & Issues escalated to Programme Level
• Facilitate meetings, reviews and workshops involving business and offshore resources
• Responsible for the tracking and reporting of programme activities.
• Assist with identifying and recording of project risks and issues and maintain project risk reduction profiles on behalf of project
managers
Contracts, Management, Offshore, Quality Assurance, Workshops, Issue management, Contracts, Manager
2008 - 2009
temp
Planning Manager (Contract)
HEWLETT PACKARD.
Working for HP Middle East as a consultant to support the successful completion of the Alinma Bank Programme involving setting up of the largest Bank in the Middle East with a budget of 650 million dollars
Programme and Project Planning
• Creation of detailed Workstream plans for each area / business lines for incorporation into the Enterprise Programme Plan
• Track and report on the delivery of major milestones and deliverables
• Develop and maintain a matrix covering all key dependencies at programme and project level and coordinating these
dependencies with all the various programmes
Release Planning
• Consolidate all aspects of release planning into a single plan and approach
• Ensure each of the individual projects required for the version releases are fully resourced, scheduled, and delivered
Project Risk and Issue Management
• Track, maintain and report on Programme / Project Risks & Issues escalated to Programme Level
• Facilitate meetings, reviews and workshops involving internal and external participants
• Responsible for the tracking and reporting of programme activities.
Programme and Project Planning
• Creation of detailed Workstream plans for each area / business lines for incorporation into the Enterprise Programme Plan
• Track and report on the delivery of major milestones and deliverables
• Develop and maintain a matrix covering all key dependencies at programme and project level and coordinating these
dependencies with all the various programmes
Release Planning
• Consolidate all aspects of release planning into a single plan and approach
• Ensure each of the individual projects required for the version releases are fully resourced, scheduled, and delivered
Project Risk and Issue Management
• Track, maintain and report on Programme / Project Risks & Issues escalated to Programme Level
• Facilitate meetings, reviews and workshops involving internal and external participants
• Responsible for the tracking and reporting of programme activities.
Budget, Management, Workshops, Support, Issue management, Enterprise, UP, Manager
2007 - 2008
temp
PMO Lead / Planning
VISA EUROPE (London & Reading).
Global information security Programme across the whole of Visa Europe, looking at existing infrastructure and application and enhancing the security protocols by reducing the level of system risk, through implementation of security and secure system changes
Project Planning
• Liaison with Project managers to produce medium level and high level plans for the projects
• Assisting with the identification of project dependencies, recording and reviewing of these with project managers and programme office team
• Governance & Reporting
• Resource Tracking
• Risk, Issue and Change Management
Project Planning
• Liaison with Project managers to produce medium level and high level plans for the projects
• Assisting with the identification of project dependencies, recording and reviewing of these with project managers and programme office team
• Governance & Reporting
• Resource Tracking
• Risk, Issue and Change Management
Change management, Information Security, PMO, Management, Governance, Security, Implementation, Infrastructure, Office
2007 - 2007
temp
PMO Manager
TESCO GROUP.
PMO, Manager
2007 - 2007
temp
Programme Management Office Planner
FIRST DATA INTERNATIONAL.
Management, Office
My education
Middlesex University
BSc, Information Systems
BSc, Information Systems
City AND Islington College
N/a, Microcomputer Business Application
N/a, Microcomputer Business Application
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