Project Lead
The Project Lead achieves high performance standards for his or her team by:
- Managing client and company projects to a high degree of execution
The Project Lead reports to the Project Management Director; he or she oversees the following duties as designated by functional area.
Project Planning
- Oversees project planning process by coordinating with the Project Management Director to cover performance measurements, baseline management, possible variances
- Coordinates with Project Management Director and defines team roles and responsibilities with relation to members of different WebCreek departments
- Oversees kick-off meeting with client
- Defining business vision and strategy
- Defining project vision (from sponsor)
- Defining roles and responsibilities
- Defining team commitments
- Defines decision-making process
- Coordinates with client, CEO, and Business Analyst to examine and outline project requirements
- Key milestones, approaches, risk analysis, and other components as dictated by the size and nature of the project
Project Execution
- Oversees project execution, managing team member duties and reporting to the General Manager or CEO as needed on tasks performed during the execution phase, which include:
- Managing team process developments
- Resource management
- Procurement management (if needed)
- Setting up tracking systems
- Ensuring task assignments are executed
- Overseeing status meetings
- Updating project schedules
- Modifying project plans as needed
- Communicating clearly and with clients
- Monitors Key Performance Indicators during execution phase, such as:
- Project Objectives
- Measuring if a project is on schedule and budget is an indication if the project will meet client or company objectives
- Quality Deliverables
- Determining if specific task deliverables are being met
- Effort and Cost Tracking
- Accounting for the effort and cost of resources to see if the budget is on track.
- Project Performance
- Monitoring changes in the project, taking into consideration the amount and types of issues that arise and how quickly they are addressed, e.g. unforeseen circumstances and scope changes.
Project Closure
- Creates closing documents for work phases, including final budget and final report