Project Scheduler
Washington, DC
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Utilize schedule management best practices and processes across assigned projects to develop and maintain project schedules coordinating with the project teams.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on scheduling and schedule management activities assisting PMs as required.
• Analyze, establish, and define program plan requirements.
• Analyze and develop project resource estimates and requirements.
• Working with the project teams identify all tasks, start and end dates and named resources to build fully resource loaded schedules.
• Identify project constraints, upcoming due dates, report on missed dates /delays and identify significant schedule risks producing an overall performance report on the project schedule.
• Baseline schedules for Information Technology (“IT”) projects.
• Perform in-depth analysis to optimize program plans in an ongoing basis.
• Generate and provide detailed project status reports of projects.
• Use latest version of MS Project and/or online MS Project Client to create and maintain a project artifact repository, project communications and resource leveling plan.
• Prepare and distribute meeting agendas.
• Record, document and distribute meeting minutes.
• Capture and maintain the project change log and documents.
KEY DELIVERABLES:
• Creation and maintain fully resource loaded project schedules, making weekly updates, and communicating schedule status.
• Identify and communicate resource constraints found in schedules.
• Identify and capture risks and issues related to project schedules.
• Produce project status reports.
• Produce project meeting materials.