You bring a holistic perspective, integrating change initiatives across programmes and build lasting solutions which are owned by the whole business.
NCF Category: Working In Projects
Business change (Level Five)
You understand the business and technological drivers for change and communicate that vision with stakeholders within and beyond the technological functions.
Implementation (WP4.3)(Level Five)
You engage with the wider business, project managers and stakeholders to map out all necessary resources and activities including education in new ways of working and enhancing data-literacy in the business for effective and sustained implementation.
Pilots and testing (WP4.2)(Level Five)
You oversee the reported risks and issues affecting data and digital roles in projects and programmes.
Project management (WP4.1)(Level Five)
You ensure the team’s project delivery activities have sufficient resources to co-exist with business as usual.
Resource identification (WP3.1)(Level Five)
You ensure fully funded resources for projects are in place and optimised across any programmes, convincingly arguing their business value to non-data and digital colleagues and project stakeholders.
Advice and monitoring (WP2.1)(Level Five)
You advise on the balance of the portfolio of projects as it affects or is dependent upon the availability of data and digital skills and resources for projects. You advocate for the portfolio to include data and digital projects which will promote the sustainability of the business.
Scope (WP1.2) (Level Five)
You analyse the portfolio of projects in data and digital and liaise with others to ensure projects of the greatest utility for the business are supported by senior leaders, drawing on lessons learned within the data and digital community.
Business cases (WP1.1)(Level Five)
You promote accountability for all digital and data staff involved in project work by modelling the highest professional standards.
Pilots and testing (Level Four)
You manage the risks and issues affecting data and digital roles in the project or programme.
Implementation (Level Four)
You engage with project managers and stakeholders to map out all necessary resources and activities for effective and sustained implementation
Skill (Level Four)
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Communications (Level Four)
Business cases (Level Four)
You instigate business case development and work with project management colleagues to define project requirements, scope and overall time, quality and cost constraints.
Business change (Level Four)
You promote how data and digital can champion business change and identify further technological opportunities to bring about business benefits.
Scope (Level Four)
You define and engage stakeholders.
Assurance (Level Four)
You provide assurance that the business benefits identified for a project can be realised, refining options for delivery and managing change control processes.
Reviews (Level Four)
You advise on the coherence of programmes in data and digital to maximise the effectiveness of time and available skills within the business.
Evaluation (Level Four)
Quality assurance – Data and digital (Level Four)
You lead quality assurance in data and digital, drawing on external expertise where necessary, learning lessons and sharing those with the wider data and digital community for their project work.
Advice and monitoring (Level Four)
You monitor and manage the capacity of data and digital teams to meet current project plans, escalating any issues with skills, timeframes and other resources impacting upon project plans with colleagues in project management.
Complexity (Level Four)
Scheduling (Level Four)
Refinement (Level Four)
Resource identification (Level Four)
You ensure resources for projects are in place and optimised across any programmes, communicating their business value to non-data and digital colleagues and stakeholders.
Skill acquisition and management (Level Four)
Additional tools and resources (Level Four)
Resource allocation (Level Four)
Project management (Level Four)
You ensure the team’s project delivery activities have sufficient resources to co-exist with business as usual.
Evaluation (WP5.3) (Level Three)
You ensure appropriate solutions are evaluated and viable alternatives are considered to deliver the intended business benefits.
Assurance (WP5.2)(Level Three)
You positively influence stakeholders, building networks and alliances and lead the focus within data and digital on customer satisfaction.
Business change (WP5.1)(Level Three)
You understand the business case for change and how data and digital can facilitate that, collaborating with project managers to define an achievable technological outcome which fosters new ways of working.
Implementation (WP4.3)(Level Three)
You engage with project beneficiaries to co-ordinate effective roll-out.
Pilots and testing (WP4.2)(Level Three)
You lead on the scoping of testing and pilots, reporting key findings and re-assessing the expected benefits.
Project management (WP4.1)(Level Three)
You manage the allocation and co-ordination of project-related activities, collaborating with project managers to establish and embed key risk management and issue resolution processes.
Additional tools and resources (Level Three)
You cost and acquire, deploy and contract for the support of additional tools and resources such as hardware, software, training and data sources for the course of the project life cycle.
Skill acquisition and management (WP3.2)(Level Three)
You plan for the recruitment of staff with additional required skill sets, liaising with HR and/or other providers to source skilled staff to fulfil project roles, onboard and manage them and their workloads.
Resource identification (WP3.1)(Level Three)
You identify and budget for the resources required to fulfil the project plan’s requirements.
Scheduling (WP2.3)(Level Three)
You sequence the activities in data and digital projects logically, effectively and efficiently, incorporating any lessons learned from similar past projects.
Reviews (WP1.3) (Level Three)
You contribute to project reviews, documenting and communicating where lessons are learned.
Scope (WP1.2) (Level Three)
You adopt rigorous scope, quality and change management practices and ensure they are adhered to throughout the team.
Business cases (WP1.1) (Level Three)
You assess business requirements with stakeholders and draft business cases for your area of expertise, highlighting benefits, risks and costs and ensuring issues such as sustainability are addressed where appropriate.
Implementation (Level Two)
You engage with project co-ordinators and change agents to facilitate the implementation of a project and nurture its sustainability.
Communications (Level Two)
You communicate effectively with others, adapting your style and approach as and when required.
Business cases (Level Two)
You advise on the effort required and perceived risks and benefits during the development of business cases.
Business change (Level Two)
You understand the business case for change and how your team can facilitate that change.
Scope (Level Two)
You ensure the team’s work conforms to project scope, adjusting as necessary following any authorised changes, allocating work efficiently whilst maintaining quality standards within the allocated timescales.
Assurance (Level Two)
You contribute to ideas generation and the evaluation of appropriate solutions which deliver the intended business benefits.
Reviews (Level Two)
You report progress effectively using the project management framework in use demonstrating accountability for the team’s output.
Evaluation (Level Two)
You are an advocate for the project and the benefits to be realised.
Quality assurance – Data and digital (Level Two)
Advice and monitoring (Level Two)
You advise on data and digital project plans to ensure they thoroughly encompass all the activities and resources required to ensure a successful outcome and that the planned benefits can be realised.
Complexity (Level Two)
You understand and can articulate when the complexity of a proposed project requires further professional management or support.
Scheduling (Level Two)
You schedule project work appropriately for yourself and the team, ensuring business needs are met both within the project and in business as usual.
Refinement (Level Two)
You refine the plan within your work area to take account of any authorised changes communicating actions, progress and results with project managers.
Resource identification (Level Two)
You identify the resources required to fulfil the project plan’s requirements.
Skill acquisition and management (Level Two)
You plan for the recruitment of staff with additional required skill sets, liaising with HR and/or other providers to source skilled staff to fulfil project roles.
Additional tools and resources (Level Two)
You plan for the acquisition, deployment and support of additional tools and resources such as hardware, software and data sources for the course of the project.
Resource allocation (Level Two)
You plan the allocation of existing resources to project work whilst effectively maintaining business as usual wherever feasible.
Project management (Level Two)
You identify and co-ordinate team project-related activities to conform to cost, time and quality limitations, reporting and, where approriate, managing any risks and issues locally.
Pilots and testing (Level Two)
You advise on or lead pilot and testing programs and report on progress, findings and lessons learned.
Business cases (WP1.1) (Level Two)
You advise on the effort required and perceived risks and benefits during the development of business cases.
Assurance (WP5.2)(Level One)
You are aware of the possibiliy of disbenefits and interdependencies of the project with business as usual.
Business change (WP5.1)(Level One)
You understand the ‘to be’ state and your part in achieving that change and how its benefits are intended to impact on stakeholders.
Communications (WP4.4)(Level One)
You use appropiate, effective and timely methods to communicate with project co-ordinators and change agents throughout the lifecycle of the project with a solution focused approach to issue management.
Implementation (WP4.3)(Level One)
You engage with project co-ordinators and change agents to facilitate the implentation of the project.
Pilots and testing (WP4.2)(Level One)
You engage with any pilot and testing programs and report on progress, findings and lessons learned.
Project management (WP4.1)(Level One)
You co-ordinate your project-related activities to conform to cost, time and quality limitations, escalating any risks and issues.
Skill acquisition and management (WP3.2)(Level One)
You seek information about resource interdependencies to improve planning and utilisation.
Resource identification (WP3.1)(Level One)
You utilise the tools allocated for project work appropriately, escalating any shortfalls or issues and engage in any skills development activities provided to support project success.
Scheduling (WP2.3)(Level One)
You monitor your own performance against schedule and escalate any risks in timescale, quality or resource availability that you identify to the project plan.
Complexity (WP2.2)(Level One)
You schedule your own time to achieve the project outputs alongside any business as usual activities.
Advice and monitoring (WP2.1)(Level Three)
You advise on and monitor budgets for time, resources and other costs for data and digital project activities enforcing budget controls.
Advice and monitoring (WP2.1)(Level One)
You understand the position of your work within the sequence of events in the project plan together with any immediate dependencies.
Reviews (WP1.3) (Level One)
You seek advice should any regulatory, legal or ethical questions arise around the implementation or final product of a project.
Scope (WP1.2) (Level One)
You ensure your work adheres to the project scope and meets with any necessary or desirable quality benchmarks.
Business cases (WP1.1) (Level One)
You understand the time-bound nature of projects and the business requirement for any project you contribute to.