Quality and risk manager

Description

The quality and risk manager supports the project sponsor with an independent assessment of the project. He recommends measures to achieve the project objectives.

Responsibility

  1. Assessment of compliance with the specifications of the core organization
  2. Assessment of the procedure and the outcomes of project management, project organization and cooperation in the project
  3. Comprehensive assessment of the processes of project steering, project management and project execution concerning all project partners
  4. Evaluation of the project outcomes from a qualitative point of view
  5. Assessment of the project status and forecasts
  6. Assessment of risks
  7. Recommendation of measures to deal with risks and achieve the project objectives
  8. Transparent reporting to the project sponsor

Powers

  1. Recommendations on completion and release of phases to the project sponsor
  2. Recommendations on measures to the project sponsor
  3. Can gather all the information needed to assess the project (with direct access to all project participants)

Skills

  1. In-depth knowledge of project management, particularly concerning the aspects of controlling, quality assurance and risk management
  2. Business administration knowledge
  3. In-depth knowledge of HERMES, attested to by a certificate
  4. Ability to work in a team, to communicate and to resolve conflicts
  5. Good writing skills, e.g. to create reports

Relationships

TableĀ 43: Quality and risk manager relationships
Module Task Task responsibility Outcome Involved in creation of outcome
Project steering Decide on project closure Project sponsor QA and risk report Quality and risk manager
Project decision steering Project manager, Project committee member, Quality and risk manager
Decide on phase release Project sponsor QA and risk report Quality and risk manager
Project decision steering Project manager, Project committee member, Quality and risk manager
Decide on project release Project sponsor Project decision steering Project manager, Project committee member, Quality and risk manager
Steer project Project sponsor QA and risk report Quality and risk manager
Project decision steering Project manager, Project committee member, Quality and risk manager
Project management Decide on an option Project manager Project decision management & execution Quality and risk manager
Agile development Decide on agile development using SCRUM Project manager Project decision management & execution Quality and risk manager
IT system Decide on system architecture Project manager Project decision management & execution Quality and risk manager
Procurement Decide on contract award Project sponsor Project decision steering Project manager, Project committee member, Quality and risk manager
Decide on call for tenders Project sponsor Project decision steering Project manager, Project committee member, Quality and risk manager
Deployment organization Decide on launch of operation Project sponsor Project decision steering Project manager, Project committee member, Quality and risk manager
Decide on acceptance Project manager Acceptance report Operations manager, User representative, Application owner, Developer, Quality and risk manager
Project decision management & execution Quality and risk manager
Decide on preliminary acceptance Project manager Acceptance report Operations manager, User representative, Application owner, Developer, Quality and risk manager
Project decision management & execution Quality and risk manager
IT migration Decide on acceptance of migration Project manager Acceptance report Operations manager, User representative, Application owner, Developer, Quality and risk manager
Project decision management & execution Quality and risk manager
Information security and data protection Decide on ISDP concept Project manager Project decision management & execution Quality and risk manager