ADEMOLA EMMANUEL ABIODUN-Project Planner / Snr Master Scheduler

An energetic organized Project Planner / Snr Master Scheduler / Quality Inspector, detail oriented and extremely self-motivated individual, who can also be described as an Innovative goal-driven strategic thinker seeking challenging work experience and projects within Business Environment. Expert in Primavera P6 & MS Project 2007 & 2010.

            VECTRUS,                                                                                                Vicksburg, MS

            Senior Master Scheduler

•                                                                                                                                                                                                     December. 2014 – April.  2015

Worked on the largest IT Integration and Enhancement Project in replacing the current state of multiple outdated and disconnected systems with 3 new IT Applications fully integrated and advanced platform.

·  Worked in collaboration with IT infrastructure team in replacing older systems at software lifecycle.

·  Coordinate with IT infrastructure and application technical team in understanding dependencies and ensure that project scope are adhered to within budget.

·  Acted in concert with project lead to continually assess project status, made decisions and took necessary actions to achieve project objectives and quality standards.

·  Coordinated multiple project activities involving vendors meetings, Trilogy project team meetings, validation sessions, and Exercises.

·  Acted as the sole Coordinator on the Trilogy IT projects interfacing with 3 project managers and reporting to 2 program managers representing the IT and Business sectors of the enterprise.

·  Continually reviewed and maintained plans and procedures to ensure that documented information is current and recovery strategies support the corporate strategy.

·  Updated /Maintained documentation (Documented project artifacts and saved in SharePoint).

·  Interfaced with IT application and infrastructure component “owners” to ensure applications and systems are appropriately assessed for business risk and that current and adequate plans exist for those determined to be critical to our business

·  Tracked and reported project progress, issues and improvement strategies to Program Manager.

·  Managed project resource allocation for entire Trilogy Projects.

·  Gathered various reports from SME’s in various formats i.e. Excel, word and imported them to Ms Project.

·  Coordinated and collaborated with IT System integrators in understanding the implementation road map of the new IT application Software (Allegro, SunGard Align and Synthesis software)

·  Trained Project Managers and Coordinators on extensive use of Ms Project.

·  Uploaded Projects Schedule from Ms Project to SharePoint and PWA. (Project Web Access).

·  Evaluated resource allocation with Assignment reports in Ms Project.

·  Managed administrative, technical, and resource management aspects of a project including planning, resourcing loading, and scheduling, coordinating, communications, monitoring, evaluating, and problem-solving

·  Scheduled, managed and provided meeting summaries for all project meetings and communicated outcomes and proactively managed open items through resolution

·  Established a strong working relationship with product, development, infrastructure and end user organization and functioned as the end users’ representative on technology issues

·  Collaborated with cross functional teams to align dependencies, resolve issues, managed meetings and promoted team communication

·  Directed teams and ensure resources have clear direction and assignments as well as ongoing follow up

·  Participated in requirement gathering and validation sessions with business teams.

·  Developed a detailed project plan to guide projects. 

·  Utilized the project plan to provide ongoing status on progress and inter-project dependencies.

·  Produced project artifacts to include status reports, project metrics, dashboards, statistics etc.

·  Analyzed the project schedule, monitored progress and highlighted potential cost/schedule variances. 

·  Recommended Corrective Action Plans for Project Management approval.

·  Maintained change order inquiry, request and approval log to ensure that all changes are captured.

·  Assisted in managing and maximizing project margins.

·  Analyzed critical path and restraints to determine the effect of changes to the schedule. Recommends work alternative solutions.

·  Advised management of risks that may affect project profit, costs, schedules and client relations.

·  Supported the Project Management team in maintaining timely and effective change management.

·  Provided weekly facilitation, including scheduling, planning the agenda, capturing meeting notes and monitoring action items.

·  Produced weekly status reporting to project business and IT stakeholders as well as progress reporting to management.

·  Wrote and maintained detailed project plans using MS Project.

·  Recorded and maintained project issue logs, action item and risk logs

·  Liaison activities between IT and business teams as well as business partners

·  Contributed to process improvements, tools and templates, where possible.

·  Managed projects in support of the business operations.

·  Worked with project teams to decrease process variation, improve product quality, and increase customer satisfaction.

Schlumberger, – Master Project Scheduler                                                               Odessa, TX

Senior Master Scheduler

December   2013 – August 2014

·  Served as an integral member of the Program Management Office (PMO)

·   Developed and maintained the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for various projects in both MS Project 2010 and Primavera P6.

·   Generated and maintained the critical path networks and logic.

·   Controlled and tracked changes to the schedule baseline.

·   Determined risk with tasks within the project schedule critical path network

·   Coordinated and maintained with program management the integration of multiple project schedules into an overall Master Program Schedule

·   Provided schedule performance visibility to program management through metrics, reports, and briefings.

·   Managed and maintained a Master schedule with 4500/ 7800 line Items.

·   Reviewed, compared, and analyzed schedule performance against baseline program plans

·   Analyzed schedules and identify and make recommendations to ensure completeness while minimizing risks and promoting processes to help ensure schedule viability and usefulness to the customer, including discovery and tracking of critical paths for decision-making.

·   Collaborated with program and project managers to derive and create metrics for process improvement.

·   Forecasted performance and performed risk analysis of schedules, and provided management with an understanding of the current schedule, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to ensure future performance.

·   Developed schedules which served as master plans from which customer portfolio program offices and management have an up to date picture of operations.

·   Identified all major events and dates

·   Prepared and documented the exact sequence of work taking into account inter relationships between events

·   Related schedules to the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) clearly defining when all tasks start and finish.

·   Identified and documented time constraints, and / if possible, those resources required for each event.

MISTRAS Group,                                                                                     Pasadena, TX             

Project Planner / Master Scheduler   (Primavera/ MS Project)                        

October  2012 – October 2013

·  Updated Master project Schedule estimates, dates, resources, and milestones with information from PM and other project team members

·  Performed weekly update of the key project artifacts (project schedule/timeline, status report)

·  Responsible for developing and/or leading the preparation and maintenance of large, complex Integrated Master Plans (IMP and/or schedules (IMS) using Microsoft Project & P6.

·  Worked closely with capture/program managers and control account managers to ensure timely proposal preparation and program execution using Raytheon's Integrated Product Development and Earned Value Management Systems.

·  Integrated IMP/IMS proposal requirements within Microsoft Project or Primavera P6 recommendations from internal and external audit teams to ensure project compliance

·  Reviewed project time sheets (internal and contractor) to identify and remedy discrepancies

·  Reviewed project expenses against project budget to identify and remedy any non-approved charges

·  Updated/maintained Team Calendar on Project Workspaces

·  Facilitated Root Cause and Problem Statement sessions

·  Monitored, controlled and tracked Project schedule to ensure that team members are updating tasks for each Sprint

·  Coordinated and ran Project Meetings (bi-weekly ), reports in Project Manager's absence - engage team members, follow up on blockers, note action items

·  Captured, communicated and followed up on meeting Action Items / reviewed overdue actions or issues and contacted team members for updates.

·  Prepares and coordinates the plans and schedules for new or existing programs.

·  Determined, monitored, and reviewed IMS schedule.

·  Responsible for Program integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and ensure that proper scheduling techniques are applied by all functions affected by the schedule.

·  Analyzed and reported involve costs and budget performance by use of Earned Value Management System (EVMS).

·  Supported and participated in negotiations with Program Management and all functions in an integrated Product Team environment.

·  Analyzed effects of projects upon various areas such as Engineering, Facilities, and the labor pool to determine the most practical and cost-efficient methods to obtain the required resources.

·  Resolved proposal preparation problems and assessed the progress against established plans and parameters.

·  Formulated and recommended corrective action measures such as schedule revisions, manpower adjustments, fund allocations, and work requirements.

·  Ensured that projects are completed on schedule following established procedures and schedules.

·  Focal Point between Project Manager & Project team (supervisors at equivalent level or one level higher).

·  Liaised with partners, suppliers and US Army regulatory agencies.

FISVER - Project Scheduler                                                               Houston, TX                    

September 2010 – August 2012

·  Defined and managed WBS guidelines, standards and templates

·  Built dependencies and integration between the program activities

·  Provided scheduling support to team project managers to build PM detailed task plans

·  Managed milestone and activity plan and maintain linkages to PM detailed task plan

·  Managed the resource pools and administer resource assignments and activities

·  Analyzed resource leveling and coordinate with activity owners to resolve resource overload and conflicts

·  Defined and monitored closely the program critical path

·  Understood, integrated and managed dependencies and linkages with initiatives external to the program

·  Created, maintained, monitored and controlled various Project schedules with 2880 line items, 2000 line items and 2700 line items.

·  Assisted project leaders and team leads in the creation, monitoring and changing of project plans, resource plans and milestones, ensuring adherence to approved standards

·  Reported out master plan schedule impacts and shifts

·  Prepared and conducted regular cadence with PM to review the status of master project plan and identify corrective actions

·  Established guidelines for time reporting and generated exception reports

·  Managed and reported financial allocation and status of project activities and milestones

·  Uploaded Projects Schedule in various formats Primavera P3, Ms Project to SharePoint and PWA. (Project Web Access).

·  Evaluated resource allocation with Assignment reports in both Primavera P3 & Ms Project.

·  Managed administrative, technical, and resource management aspects of a project including planning, resourcing loading, and scheduling, coordinating, communications, monitoring, evaluating, and problem-solving

·  Acted in concert with project lead to continually assess project status, made decisions and took necessary actions to achieve project objectives and quality standards.

·  Tracked and reported project progress, issues and improvement strategies to Program Manager.

·  Served as quality manager and oversees quality assurance on all deliverables.

·  Prepared and presented status on project schedule, project costs, project deliverables, project risks, and risk containment strategies.

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