Programme Planner

**darmstadt** · 6 April 2011, 17:19

19:30 - 20:15 Achtung Kontrolle, Kabel 1
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**MaryPoppins** · 6 April 2011, 17:47

You've got the job darmstadt

**The Agents View** · 7 April 2011, 15:46

Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post

You've got the job darmstadt

I know one who speaks Dutch if you want him? He speaks better English than I do too. I don't want any agency shennanigans for him - he's one of my friends - Just relocated from Holland, previously been a project and programme planner with a geotechnical company in holland over about 6 years - has a programming background. PM me if you want more details. If you need a particular software package I might have to think about whether he'd be right, but he would be quite cheap.

Brad

**Freamon** · 7 April 2011, 22:06

Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post

Any experienced Programme Planners on here looking for a contract?

Do you mean Programme Manager? Surely asking someone to Plan something they are never going to have to actually Manage themselves is asking for trouble?

**TykeMerc** · 8 April 2011, 00:33

Originally posted by Freamon View Post

Do you mean Programme Manager? Surely asking someone to Plan something they are never going to have to actually Manage themselves is asking for trouble?

Nope, in this case I suspect they need someone who's capable of integrating multiple project plans from multiple PM's into a single programme plan with critical milestones shown.
It's a different skill from programme management and takes quite a while to do right. Programme planners work fairly closely with the PM's (debug their plans and act as a sounding board) and the Programme Manager, set templates for project plans, level resources across the programme, produce various reports to support the Programme Manager and senior management, it's pretty damn handy to have a good programme planner around.
Obviously a good programme manager can do programme planning, but having someone available to take that chore on allows more time for decision making and managing the actual programme and stakeholders rather than chasing Gantt charts round.

**MaryPoppins** · 8 April 2011, 05:34

Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post

Nope, in this case I suspect they need someone who's capable of integrating multiple project plans from multiple PM's into a single programme plan with critical milestones shown.
It's a different skill from programme management and takes quite a while to do right. Programme planners work fairly closely with the PM's (debug their plans and act as a sounding board) and the Programme Manager, set templates for project plans, level resources across the programme, produce various reports to support the Programme Manager and senior management, it's pretty damn handy to have a good programme planner around.
Obviously a good programme manager can do programme planning, but having someone available to take that chore on allows more time for decision making and managing the actual programme and stakeholders rather than chasing Gantt charts round.

Correct, egg man. I am a programme planner overseeing two sizeable programmes, need to find someone to work under me.

As you say above, they need to be someone who can implement a programme view and identify multiple critical paths.

TAV, much as I hate this line, does he have finance experience? This involves FSA regulation which it would be useful to have experience of.

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