Projects
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Company / Client: ABSA (Amalgamated Banks of SA, member of Barclays) Group IT
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Project Name: IBM® Rational® Deployment
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Year Started & Project Duration: 2003; 6 Months
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Project Purpose / Goal: Providing the Bank with an enterprise-wide solution enabling them to deliver early and frequent value across all their projects by embedding an incremental-iterative project delivery approach, underpinned by the IBM® Rational® Toolset
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My Role/s – This Project: Project Manager, Agile Coach & IBM Rational Toolsmith
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Project Budget: ZAR 400K
Client Achievements
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Successfully established (defining, authoring and implementing) configuration management policies for the ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) division in one of the largest banks on the African continent
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Established new service level agreements for all of the bank’s external vendors at the time
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Performed configuration audits and set up revised configuration management environments
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Performed periodic reporting on configuration status and authored revised configuration management plans
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Assisted project managers to produce improved project metrics reports on IBM® Rational® ProjectConsole
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Investigated the possible integration of TeamMate with IBM® Rational® configuration management tools, and made recommendations in this regar
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Set up project environments to optimally function in the IBM® Rational® environment
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Project managed the software development process improvement effort undertaken by ABSA MCA (Multiple Channel Architectures) Solutions
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Implemented and assisted project managers with metrics reporting on IBM® Rational® ProjectConsole
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Assisted the ABSA MCA Solutions process owners with specific software development process guidance in their respective areas of interest, which mapped to the IBM® RUP® disciplines
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Successfully enhanced the project delivery capabilities within the MCS (Multiple Channel Architectures) portfolio – across all areas looked after by 10 program and project managers.
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Successfully established updated and revised project management processes, procedures and policies, based on IBM® Rational Unified Process® and PMBOK – following a detailed health assessment.
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Successfully deployed a portfolio management tool – used for portfolio metrics reporting (IBM® Rational® ProjectConsole®) – this tool had been used by 10 program and project managers in the MCA (Multiple Channel Architectures) division of the bank.
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Successfully established revised configuration management plans, principles and processes following configuration audits I performed in the ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) division of the bank.
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Successfully set up new CM (Configuration Management) environments in the ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) division of the bank.
Referrals
"Andre is a passionate self starter, capable of exceeding delivery expectations on any mandate presented to him. His enthusiasm flows out and ignites others. Through his role as Manager Frameworks and Methodologies within Africa Central PMO at ABSA (now Africa Technology, Barclays Africa Group Limited), I have experienced him to be a true leader. He does not hold back on sharing his vast knowledge of different change frameworks and methodologies e.g. Agile, Waterfall, instead he incorporated the information gathered from various sources and created an optimal delivery process based on good practices. He believes in what he has delivered and he evangelized the approved Change Framework convincing even the most hostile of audiences. He is a respected voice in the Africa Central PMO as well as in the Project Management and Leadership community of Africa Technology."
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"Andre's extensive knowledge and expertise on frameworks and methodologies made him instrumental in guiding our project team to adopt a new methodology and way of working. Andre can be considered as a true subject matter expert and his keen professional acumen makes him the obvious choice as consultant."