Location: Lansing, MI (Start: April 5th)
Duration: 1 year
Positions: 1
Resume must clearly reference the required skill/experience (date
ranges) and indicate how that skill was utilized in prior assignments. The resume must also be clear in demonstrating the minimum years of experience per skill/experience have been met.
REQUIRED skills:
• Minimum of four years of recent IT project management experience and
have demonstrated expert knowledge skills and abilities in project management.
• Four years experience in analyzing, validating and documenting,
project scopes, and business requirements.
• Four years experience in facilitating meetings with clients and
stakeholders for software development projects.
• Four years of professional experience directing information
technology developers.
• Demonstrated leadership ability in complex projects involving
multiple vendors and in-house resources within all levels of an organization.
• Demonstrated experience with adherence to state’s PMP methodology
and knowledge of SUITE and provide documentation to support.
• The Project Manager should possess a current professional
certification in Project Management, such as the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute or George Washington University, or be able to show equivalent work/ training experience.
• This position requires possession of a bachelor’s degree with 21
semester/32 term credits hours in an Information Technology related major.
• Must have knowledge of and experience with requirements gathering
for web application development projects.
• Must have knowledge of and experience with software development
quality assurance and testing.
• Must be skilled in MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint.
Other skills and/or experience:
• Documented experience in successfully managing Information
Technology projects in which the budget funded by a grant award and the project timeline was greater than 2 years.
• Documented experience in successfully managing multiple concurrent
IT projects whose scope included project management, risk analysis of the current system problems and process deficiencies, and recommendations for business process and system improvements. Prefer experience with web-based IT projects.
• Thorough experience with software system development life cycle
(SDLC)
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be willing to work extra hours, as necessary
• Must be able to mentor and train
This position will have the responsibility of managing the deliverables associated with the grant and leading the project management activities throughout the project management lifecycle.
This will include the facilitation of requirements gathering and user acceptance testing (UAT). This position may be used for other MDE application development activities as needed.
Description of the requested work, including deliverables and knowledge transfer Provide direction to MDE and DTMB Agency Services senior-level resources, during project initiation and planning. This includes recommendations on scope, resources and cost, as well as the best course of action/approach to attain the project objectives.
Responsibilities also include the management of deliverables required by the Safe and Supportive Schools Grant, for which MIPHY is being altered to meet.
Provide project management for all project activities to ensure that project will be completed on time, within budget and within scope.
This includes the development and execution of detailed project plans (and supporting documents) for all phases of the project including defining and analyzing client business requirements and developing statements of work for vendor services.
Develop, maintain and execute a comprehensive project plan and project artifacts for each phase of the project following the State’s project management methodology (SUITE).
Manage the business and system assessment documentation process working closely with the client stakeholders and subject matter experts. Review and analyze the results, alternative strategies, and recommend a plan to move forward to DTMB Agency Services/MDE.
Facilitate working sessions to gather and document business requirements.
Facilitate sessions for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Develop and execute a Communication Plan, detailing communications
interactions with team, management, and stakeholders. Plan for and
assist the Project Sponsor in sponsor-led communications and events.
Develop and implement change control system; produces change management plans related to risk, costs, scope and time as part of the
change control system. Practice and implement effective control
processes to ensure project is delivered within scope and on time and on budget.
Provide State of Michigan resource planning, forecasting and role and skill descriptions.
Maintain records of work completed and deliverables. Insure all program and system documentation is complete before approvals and payments are made.
Monitor deliverables as defined in the Safe and Supportive Schools grant.
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