Overview
What you need to do:
Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage.Monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.
Must haves:
Education
Master/bachelor’sdegree in computers or a related discipline
Management skills
Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables.
Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
Assess current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods.
Initiate ,review, or approve modifications to project plans.
Schedule and facilitate meetings related to information technology projects.
Director coordinate activities of project personnel.
Develop implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI).
Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources.
Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing.
Perform risk assessments to develop response strategies.
Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing , and summarizing information and trends.
Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs.
Develop and manage annual budgets for information technology projects.
Establish and execute a project communication plan.
Develop and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects.
Monitor the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback.
Coordinate recruitment or selection of project personnel.
Assign duties, responsibilities, and spans of authority to project personnel.
Negotiate with project stakeholders or suppliers to obtain resources or materials.
Technology Skills
Exposure orexperience in the following category of technology applications
Access software
Industrial control software
Accounting software
Information retrieval or search software
Analytical or scientific software
Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software
Application server software
Map creation software
Backup or archival software
Medical software
Business intelligence and data analysis software
Metadata management software
Calendar and scheduling software
Mobile location based services software
Communications server software
Network monitoring software
Computer aided design CAD software
Network security or virtual private network VPN management software
Configuration management software
Object or component oriented development software
Customer relationship management CRM software
Object oriented data base management software
Data base management system software
Office suite software
Data base reporting software
Operating system software
Data base user interface and query software
Pattern design software
Data mining software
Portal server software
Desktop publishing software
Presentation software
Development environment software
Program testing software
Document management software
Project management software
Electronic mail software
Requirements analysis and system architecture software
Enterprise application integration software
Sales and marketing software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Spreadsheet software
Enterprise system management software
Transaction security and virus protection software
Expert system software
Transaction server software
File versioning software
Video creation and editing software
Financial analysis software
Web page creation and editing software
Graphical user interface development software
Web platform development software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Word processing software
Human resources software
General Skills
Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Active Learning
-Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
Persuasion
-Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
Management of Financial Resources
- Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Management of Material Resources
-Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
Quality Control Analysis
- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Operations Analysis
- Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
Programming
-Writing computer programs for various purposes.
Operation Monitoring
- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Science
- Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Technology Design
-Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
Troubleshooting
-Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
Operation and Control
-Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Equipment Selection
-Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
Installation
- Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
Equipment Maintenance
- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Repairing
- Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.