Program Management

Program Management


Activities

  • Establish Project Baseline Plan for most efficient resource utilization and predictable product completion (schedules, budgets and staffing, resource plan development)
  • Project Risk Analysis, Management & Ongoing Mitigation
  • Continuous monitoring and active adjustment to ensure project remains on-schedule, on-budget and meets program requirements
  • Real-time adaptation of program plan to changes in program scope or technical discovery during the R&D phase
  • Technical architecture validation to ensure that project hits program business goals
  • Detailed Resource and Material Tracking
  • Vendor and Supply Chain Management
  • Design Control Management
  • Design History File (DHF) Management
  • Project Status Updates
  • Formal Stage Gate Program Reviews
  • Issue Tracking, Management & Resolution
  • Defect Management and Tracking (With Web based tools)
  • Multiple site development
  • New Product Introduction
  • Single Point of Contact

Tools

  • MS Project, GANTT charts, WBS
  • Extensive D&K project knowledge base
  • i-Project: Proprietary Status, Effort,  Material tracking and reporting tool

Characteristics

  • Customer Service Focused
  • Flexible Management Process Suitable to Project Requirements (management resource allocation scaled to size of program)
  • Co-development management when applicable
  • Concurrent engineering management
  • History of performance to tight schedules and budgets
  • Responsible for client satisfaction
  • Industry-specific development processes