Description of
assignment:
HCL project managed a nation-wide project that implemented a bespoke IT
internal trading system in all trading areas of the organisation. The project team
comprised six regional project managers and a team of approximately sixty staff.
HCL established the project by putting in place all the necessary
resources for the project, including senior management sponsorship of the
project and detailed project plans. HCL established clearly defined
relationships with the IT technical team and external contractors. HCL
also prepared the Finance case for the project,
comprising
capital spend of £3m and revenue costs of £3.5m.
HCL had full budgetary and planning control
and the project delivered all of its objectives on time and to budget.
The system was adopted by a 2000+ user base covering all regions. Through
pragmatic change management techniques, we enlisted the aid of a wide spectrum
of users and sponsors committed to realising the maximum benefits available from
the system. A significant part of these benefits arose from redesigning business
processes and implementing common ways of working across the regions.
