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PORTFOLIO OF PROJECT ROLES

We have on call for your business, all the project specialists you require to make your project work.

Caravel's project professionals deliver the benefits you need from your project, while allowing your organisation to stay focused on normal business operations.

Our project team people are experienced and qualified professionals covering all conceivable roles in project delivery. The sheer range, extent and volume of our project experience provide your business with a definite knowledge advantage.

Top of Page Programme Manager Project Manager/Director Project Scheduler Project Administrator Business Analysts Business or Technology Subject Matter Experts Contract Administrator Solution Architect Technical Writer Risk Manager Quality Manager

Programme Manager

The Programme Manager manages a portfolio of projects usually focused on achieving a common business strategy. The manager will retain a big picture view of the overall performance of your projects as a whole, taking action where necessary to retain individual project focus. Successful programme management requires a close link between strategic management of business and projects.

The Programme Manager responsibilities usually include:

drawing up and reporting on the capital and operating budgets for the programme of work
oversight of the status of the component projects of the programme
establishing project priorities
identifying and leveraging off potential synergies
overall resource planning
reporting standards
management reporting
project approvals
steering group influence.

Programme Manager Paper

Project Manager / Director

The Project Manager / Director plans, initiates, executes, controls and closes out projects.

The Project Director is a senior Project Manager with experience in handling strategic project management issues. They are skilled negotiators, have a very commercial outlook, and may have an executive role in programme management. The Project Manager manages a single project, is implementation focussed, and is closer to the technology than a Project Director.

Project Manager / Director Paper

Project Scheduler

The Project Scheduler maintains the task and time plan for your project, and often assists with the recording of the plan during the planning process. Usual duties include:

liaising with project team members
collecting progress information
updating the time and task plan
analysing and identifying conflicts and constraints, errors and logic, resource issues, critical path, and opportunities for improvement.
reporting and distributing planning information on a cyclical basis.

Project Scheduler Paper

Project Administrator

The Project Administrator provides general project secretarial functions. These include:

collection, collation, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information related to the project
document management and control
formal document production
co-ordination of meeting arrangements, functions, travel arrangements, and accommodation.
collection of progress reports,
manages action point and issues registers, and manages project infrastructure logistics such as office supplies, security, access, PC's etc.

Project Administrator Paper

Business Systems Analyst

The Business Systems Analyst develops their system specifications based on the functional needs of your business. Their systems specifications enable the programming of applications to support the business.

The Analyst will produce a specification of business functions, processes, rules, & data using a suite of documentation techniques referred to as Information Engineering. They may also undertake the design of new business processes or the alteration of existing ones.

Business Systems Analyst Paper

Subject Matter Expert

The Subject Matter Expert provides advice or knowledge to give greater understanding of subject matter detail. The expert can be used to complement project management, general management, and specific knowledge areas.

Organisations do not always have a specific Subject Matter Expert in-house, or available at the right time. Engaging independent expertise from outside the organisation can be very cost effective. The process may also enhance the quality of the information from within the organisation.

Subject Matter Expert Paper

Contract Administrator

The Contract Administrator ensures the intent and purpose of a contract are realised. The Administrator must fully understand the details of the contract and have access to any information to determine contract performance.

Effective contract administration begins with a sound contract. Both detailed specifications and contract purpose should be clearly defined from the outset. Greater detail in the specification/schedules will mean more work in managing variations and verifying compliance.

Contract Administrator Paper

Solutions Architect

The Solution Architect produces a technology based framework to address an identified business need. They will be an IT professional with the ability to marry detailed technical knowledge with the wider aspects of the IT&T industry and the specific needs of your business.

Their output will include high level architectural plans showing how hardware, software and networks are integrated to provide a total solution. The Architect must have:

the knowledge and understanding of corporate IT infrastructure requirements,
the ability to integrate new requirements with current resources,
the ability to take a strategic and detailed view of the network.

Solution Architect Paper

Technical Writer

The Technical Writer has specialist writing and publishing skills in the particular subject matter (or narrow group of subject matters) being documented.

The Technical Writer is able to phrase the document so that it is targeted at a particular audience. For example, writing a product guide for general consumers requires a different approach from writing a technical paper for professionals. Whoever the audience may be, your Technical Writer will be able to perceive and satisfy their needs.

Technical Writer Paper

Risk Manager

The Risk Manager effectively identifies and mitigates risks that can harm your project or business. This includes directing the culture, processes and structures required for the management of potential opportunities and adverse effects.

The Risk Manager builds, actions, and maintains the Risk Management Plan. The Risk Manager is responsible for ensuring that the appropriate line or functional managers:

are aware of the risk profiles in the risk management plan, and
are taking action to mitigate or eliminate the effects of the respective risks.

Risk Manager Paper

Quality Manager

The Quality Manager ensures that the expected quality standards are being implemented and maintained throughout the business and project process.

Quality is the ability of a set of inherent characteristics of a product, system or process to fulfil requirements of customers and other interested parties. It is the Quality Manager's role to build, action and maintain the quality management plans which support these requirements. Effective and efficient quality management is essential to support the total project and business management.

Quality Manager Paper