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A Sampling of Projects

 ‘Clean Slate’ - Major New Application System

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Type	Programme Management of Application Development Project to provide a Mission Critical system.
Description	Deliver integrated system to capture requests from the public and other government organisations.  This system is core to the operation of the Privacy department of the Ministry of Justice, with the public and other government organisations dependent on its availability and reliability.
Organisation	Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
Budget	Capex:  $2.1M
Duration	20 Months
Team	Self (Programme Manager) plus … 1 x Project Manager 1 x Business Analyst 1 x Systems Architect 5 x Developers 1 x Business Expert 5 x Testers (IT, business and partner organisations) Ad hoc involvement of other MoJ teams
Environment	All versions current release level… Java/J2EE/SQL BEA WebLogic (development, test and production) Oracle Database (development, test and production) Unix servers (development, test and production) Netware network CSV and XML data exchange with external organisations (Police and Ministry of Economic Development) Directly interfaced and batched data exchange with two other Java/Oracle systems
Outcome & Achievements	Successful… Delivery on time (to meet government legislated requirement) Delivery significantly under budget (actual $1.6M of budgeted $2.1M) Results applauded by users, MoJ executive and MoJ minister
Other Added Value	Although budgeted for seven developers, the project was held at five Impact on the business minimised Additional functionality delivered and some functionality deferred, by business decision, to phase II Concurrent with this project, the existing system being replaced was enhanced by my core development team to provide interim functionality Moved to support team without increasing team numbers Managed other projects (up to six others of varying sizes) running concurrently, in addition to managing my core support and development team

‘Inmate LAN’ - New Citrix-Based ‘Inmate LAN Centralisation’ System

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‘Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal’ - New Application System 

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Type	Programme Management of Application Development Project to provide a Mission Critical system
Description	Deliver integrated system to manage cases lodged with the Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal.  This is the core case management system used by the Disputes Tribunal.
Organisation	Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
Budget	Capex:  $255K
Duration	14 Months
Team	Self (Programme Manager) plus … 1 x Project Manager 1 x Business Analyst 3 x Developers 1 x Business Expert 3 x Testers (IT, business and partner organisations) Ad hoc involvement of other MoJ teams
Environment	All versions current release level… Java/J2EE/SQL BEA WebLogic (development, test and production) Oracle Database (development, test and production) Unix servers (development, test and production) Netware network XML data exchange with external organisation (Ministry of Economic Development)
Outcome & Achievements	Successful… Delivery on time (to meet government legislated requirement) Delivery under budget (actual $202K of budgeted $255K) Results applauded by users and MoJ executive
Other Added Value	Project achieved under a very tight deadline Impact on the business minimised Additional functionality delivered Moved to support team without increasing team numbers Managed other projects (up to six others of varying sizes) running concurrently, in addition to managing my core support and development team

‘Jury Management System’ - System Upgrade 

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Type	Project Management of Application Development Project of a Mission Critical system
Description	Enhance existing system to allow for legislated changes to jury processing to provide a Mission Critical system
Organisation	Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
Budget	Capex:  $50K
Duration	3 Months
Team	Self (Project Manager) plus … 1 x Business Analyst 1 x Developer 2 x Testers (IT and business)   Other resources from my core team provided expertise and support in several areas, testers from the MoJ test team and ad hoc involvement of other teams
Environment	PowerBuilder v8.0 Oracle Database v8.0 (development, test and production) Unix servers (development, test and production) Netware network
Outcome & Achievements	Successful… Delivery to time (to meet government legislated requirement) Delivery on budget Results applauded by MoJ executive
Other Added Value	Project achieved to meet a very tight deadline Impact on the business minimised Additional analysis for future upgrade of PowerBuilder and Oracle added to the project scope Managed other projects (up to six others of varying sizes) running concurrently, in addition to managing my core support and development team

Telecommunications H/W, S/W, Services & Support - Tender

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Type	Project Management of Telecommunications Tender Project
Description	Tendering supply and support for hardware, plus provision of set price national, cellular and international calls, replacement of six PBX’s, supply of service for support of the telecommunications systems and cabling. Specific charges: Achieve targeted savings over existing annual operating costs Upgrade six PBX’s to current technologies Upgrade hardware, software and cabling to current technologies Achieve ‘One stop shop’ supplier of service
Organisation	BOC Gases NZ Ltd
Budget	Capex:  $6M
Duration	8 Months
Team	Self (Project Manager, reporting to the Finance Director), three vendors and business testers
Environment	Existing environment Mix of Telecom, Ericsson, Telstra Clear and other brands and technologies Various cable suppliers and technical specifications Cellular and international calls charged at full individual call rates  Moved to ‘One stop shop’ (Telecom) for all services and hardware Five Lucent PBX’s installed and other hardware upgraded Sixth Lucent PBX installed in the Call Centre and other software and hardware enhanced or added Category six cabling installed at all three major sites and at subsequent new and renovated sites Service agreements set in place at attractive monthly-charge-base calling rates for national, cellular and international
Outcome & Achievements	Successful… Delivery to time Delivery on budget Exceeded the required cost savings Provided upgraded hardware and software, as required Results applauded by BOC executive
Other Added Value	A significant scope change was accommodated midway through the project and all targets were still achieved Impact on the business minimised

Building Security System - Tender 

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Type	Project Management of Security System Tender Project
Description	Tender supply and support for building security system
Organisation	BOC Gases NZ Ltd
Budget	Capex:  $600K
Duration	2 Months
Team	Self (Project Manager, reporting to the Finance Director) plus five vendors and business testers
Environment	Existing environment Chubb security swipe card system MS DOS server  Moved to Nedax Security proximity card system Unix style server
Outcome & Achievements	Successful… Delivery to time Delivery on budget Exceeded the technology required Excellent reliability of service achieved Results applauded by BOC executive
Other Added Value	Impact on the business minimised Continued to manage core team and other work concurrently

Computer Accessories Order System - International Analysis 

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Type	Project Management of International Business Analysis Project
Description	Project Management and Business analysis for international parts ordering system based in New York, with onsite analysis work in Singapore, Japan and Canada
Organisation	IBM Ltd
Budget	Capex:  USD150K
Duration	4 Months
Team	Self (Project Manager and Business Analyst, reporting to IBM’s IT Development Centre in New York) plus business and IT teams in USA, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Canada and France
Environment	Analytical analysis of the business for the development of an international ordering system over IBM mainframes.  The system was subsequently developed (IBM development team in Canada) and used in all 80+ IBM worldwide sites
Outcome & Achievements	Successful… Delivery to time Delivery on budget Exceeded the expectations of the sponsors Results applauded by the sponsors back to New Zealand executive Received an, ‘outstanding achievement’, award recognising the quality of the work
Other Added Value	Assisted IBM development centre on a number of other projects whilst based in New York

Warehouse Inventory and Shipping System - Major System Installations 

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Type	Project Management of System Installation Projects x 2 Initial project as pilot country Enhancement project one year later
Description	International system for warehouse management tracking system
Organisation	IBM Ltd
Budget	Capex:   1st Pilot release - $3M               2nd release - $1M
Duration	12 Months and 6 Months, respectively
Team	Self (Project Manager IT, reporting to IBM NZ IT Director) plus… 1 x Business Project Manager 2 x Business Analysts 4 x (NZ) Developers 4 x testers, in IT and business 2 x Business experts Teams from Canada and Japan
Environment	Installation on IBM 4331’s in New Zealand
Outcome & Achievements	Successful… Delivery to time Delivery on budget Skills, dedicated focus and results achieved were applauded by Canadian IT and local management Received an ‘outstanding achievement’ award
Other Added Value	New Zealand development teams not only identified application issues but provided IBM Canada with code fixes Not only was New Zealand recognised as an ideal pilot site, due to the size of the country, but also because of the skills the teams had and their absolute determination to ensure the project was a success

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