Louise Jane Calver, Bsc, Mapm Email & Phone Number

Farnham, Gb

Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom

Drive for Efficiency Ltd was established to support programme and project delivery and provide challenge and assurance to enable organisations to make improved management decisions. The Company has acquired industry experience from a “Big Four” firm and is equipped with best practice knowledge, tools and techniques based on PRINCE2 and P3O methodologies.

Hook, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Hook, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Hook

• Developed a process and tools required to implement and operationalise (for the 1st time at Virgin Media), the dynamic prioritisation of the Portfolio. Embedded management reporting of prioritisation metrics to help drive appropriate decisions to support delivery. Developed a snapshot report to provide Senior Management with an overview of the outcomes from engagement conducted with Sponsors and Finance across Q3/Q4 2015 in order to plan and scope the current Portfolio. • Responsible for designing, developing and quality assuring the input across the Portfolio for all Executive Level Forums, ensuring the needs of Senior Management are met. • Successfully designed and implemented an end to end Dependency Management process including working with developers to update the in-house PPM tool. Delivered training sessions across the Portfolio to make the changes sustainable. Dependency Management Information is now reviewed on a regular basis by Senior Management Team and this is used to understand the complexity of the Portfolio and to drive required mitigation actions.

Longcross, Chertsey, Surrey

Aim of this role is to successfully ensure smooth running the IT PMO and delivery of the PMO projects on a day-to-day basis, using Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies, encompassed by best practices and procedures to deadlines and within budget. This will be based on the the provision of good technical and business decision making to ensure good quality deliverables are achieved and risks & issues are managed effectively.My ambition is to bring best practice change into the organisation with the aim to gain acceptance of a more disciplined approach to programme management, project management and the running of the PMO.

Warwickshire

Working across IT on a Strategic Change Programme. Provided background information and guidance to new Programme Manager to assist in the creation of Programme Initiation Document. Agreed and delivered the following scope of work: (1) Design and standardisation of an end-to-end IT High level Delivery Framework across the 4 IT departmental silos(2) Redesign of business processes and implementation of new ones(3) Designing and implementing end-to-end processes for Risk Management and Benefits Realisation Management(4) Working with the Leadership Team to design, develop and implement a top level Governance structure (Portfolio Review Board, Architecture Review Board and Service Review Board)

Warwick, Warwickshire

Initial scope of work to conduct analysis of the IT Portfolio to provide Senior IT Leadership with management information needed to prioritise and optimise the pipeline of work. Facilitating Governance Forums and driving engagement across the IT functions to enhance maturity of the IT wide project and programme management processes. Lobbying and engaging with Stakeholders for the establishment of an end to end IT Delivery Framework and associated governance model for how the IT Organisation should manage projects from idea generation through to transition to business-as-usual and the realisation of benefits.

London, United Kingdom

Worked on the following projects achieveing top half performance ratings: Global Aerospace & Defence Company – Rapid Project Health Check - Project ConsultantGovernment of Ethiopia Agency – In-country Programme Office Manager Leading Water Company – Asset Data Improvement Programme - Project Manager PwC ClimateWise Fourth Annual Independent Review – Workstream Manager Feasibility Study for a Large Retail & Commercial Bank – Programme Officer NHS Trust Cost Savings Programme – Workstream Lead

Basingstoke

Thales UK-wide Oracle Implementation – Communications Workstream ManagerDelivered programme-wide communications and provided guidance to local businesses in adopting the UK communications strategy and plan in support of a UK-wide Oracle implementation for Thales. Thales UK-based benchmark for Programme Management – Project ManagerProject managed the development of a best practise set of process models using the ARIS™ BPM Tool Set and best practise model design to demonstrate the standard process for excellence in programme management for Thales in the UK. These were published in the company’s reference system for adoption by each UK division.

I successfully led the Programme Management Office and supported the delivery of an Offshoring framework on behalf of the Programme Manager. This involved delivery of the programme budget (£5.9M) within portfolio tolerance for 2006, recruiting and managing a Programme Officer. I drove efficiency and improvement across the PMO infrastructure by formulating and delivering continuous training to the portfolio and programme office teams on budgets, planning and governance. I was nominated and recognised as a SME in budgetary management. Specific project management responsibilities included programme planning, programme reporting, financial management and cost reporting, stakeholder management, input into programme business case and defining success criteria, preparation for end of stage assessments and quality assuring gate document submissions (Direct reports: 1, Budgetary responsibility: £5.9M, Geographic spread: Global)

I was appointed to support a senior Programme Office Manager in providing a consultative role for Project Managers on the Offshoring programme. This involved consulting the programme on their financial planning needs and as a result, formulating and delivering training material for the programme office management community on the newly established standards for financial management. I also initiated training with project managers on cost reporting and variance analysis and played an active role in the co-ordination and control of the new ‘QMS’ standards and procedures required within the programme. I developed and agreed a transition plan to take over responsibility for the Offshoring programme office. Specific project management responsibilities included providing guidance and support to project managers on best practise, programme risk and issue management, configuration management, programme planning, programme level progress reporting and financial management (Geographic spread: Global)

I was appointed to support a project delivering new e-business functionality to support the Companies IFA network. Specific project management responsibilities included deputising for the Project Manager and taking the lead in their absence and managing the change control procedure to ensure that the projects remained within tolerances set for time, cost and benefit (Geographic spread: National)