YAKUB FATADE

Summary

Experienced Project Planner in developing and implementing successful project plan with good knowledge on working in digital project delivery environment with hands-on experience in change management solution and agile methodology with a heavy emphasis on service delivery. I have exceptional track record in IT project planning environment ensuring aligning project interdependencies to enable change road maps are completed and achievable, working with various stakeholders to ensure requirements are well communicated and planned out properly and accurately. Having an Engineering background coupled with technological awareness has helped me with the abilities to develop method of presenting project information and reports to assist with the communication of project activities. Constantly maintaining a high standard of knowledge in project management practice and procedures. Keen to find a challenging position in a reputable organisation where I will utilize my skills effectively, develop my abilities and make significant contributions

Overview

years of professional experience

Work history

Project Planner / Scheduler

TRITEK Consulting Limited

2023.09

Designing the pre-construction, Master, and target programs; all including project milestones, design submittals, logistics, procurements, and delivery to project
Working collaboratively with Project Managers, workstreams Leads, and stakeholders to develop plans
Manage, Track and Own Programme Plans to ensure on-time delivery
Reporting any plan slippage and highlighting areas of risk and opportunity within escalation where needed
Ensure adherence to established Project Management Methodologies and standards including the preparation of project plan standards
Monthly updating of the Programme to ensure that progress are captured and measured against the baseline
Track Critical Path Activities and report on key delivery Milestones to allow the client make informed decisions
Creation of several reports that meets the client expectations, reports include Monthly Progress reports, Critical path report & 4 weeks lookahead reports, Milestones and key dates reports which are always displayed on site office to drive delivery during Progress meeting
Monitoring and reporting on schedule progress and deviations including assisting in developing corrective actions with all parties involved in the project, along with producing and issuing variance reports to concerned stakeholders
Maintain and update project schedules and baselines
Resolved schedule issues or make recommendations to realign schedule where possible
Implemented Earned Value Analysis (EVA) to support the project team in assessing achieved and predicted performance against time and budget
Activity Coding of the Programmes to facilitate issuing Programmes to subcontractors based on the work packages and showing coordination with others
Attending weekly Progress Review Meetings.

Project Planner

Brainbox IT Consulting

2020.03 - 2023.08

Contributing to Project Initiation and management documents
Gathering information and progress updates from various meetings & Project Leads to produce a robust management information
Creating and maintaining Project Plans, and producing reports from the programme board
Collaborate with Project Managers to produce status reports, update the project plans and produce recovery plans
Supporting change management processes by populating the Baseline Change request form, putting it through approval and implementing the change
Coordinating Risk review meetings, and chasing up actions with owners
Maintaining the team document library ensuring robust document configuration is in use at all times
Supporting Project Managers Produce the required documents for gateway approvals
Coordinate with cross- functional teams to gather timeframes and ensure timely completion
Conduct regular meetings to review plan status and address any issues or concerns
Prepare and present reports on performance, including key metrics and milestones
Maintain accurate documentation of activities including schedules, resources allocation and labour requirement
Continuously improve planning processes and tools to ensure efficiency and effectiveness
Attend planning meetings.

Project Support officer

Gloace Limited

2019.06 - 2020.03

Day to day Support for Programme managers to ensure effective programme delivery according to cost, budget, timeline, and the overall Programme scope
Carrying out Budget and resource management
Creation and maintenance of Project documentation and standardised the PMO
Monitor and analyse programme data, Leading on programme assurance activities and proffering solution to diverse problems
Scheduling, Planning and Coordinating meetings both with internal and external Stakeholders
Coordinating Resources, activities and Schedules/work packages
Ensure all key information assets, products, documents, etc
For the project are identified, controlled, tracked, and securely stored
Participating in requirements gathering and working with workstream leads to create user stories
Provide expert advice on planning processes throughout the lifecycle of the project
Actively managing Stakeholders at all levels
Risk and Impact Assessment
Creating/maintaining baseline project plans while setting key milestones, RAIDS and action log and dependency management
Establish and maintains the Risk, Issues and Assumptions database and register(s) for the change initiative(s)
Produces periodic and ad-hoc reports, including qualitative and quantitative analysis on risks, issues and actions across the programme and projects
Liasing with all workstream leads including Tech Lead to get updates and discuss programme progress
Monitoring programmes progress (Status and Highlight reports) against baseline and milestones
Generation of dashboards
Ensuring that strict project management guidelines/procedures are adhered to, by programme team (version control, documentation repository)
Contributing to Business Change procedures and supporting the team through the change process
Leading Change management Processes and Circulating Project documentation to the whole team.

Education

MSc Chemical Engineering with Advanced Practice, Distinction -

Teesside University

2022.01 -

BSc Industrial Chemistry, Second Class Lower Division - undefined

University of Ilorin

2007.01 -

Skills

Strong Leadership and team management abilities
Proficient in Primavera P6 & MS Project
Earned value management
Project planning, Scheduling, Monitoring & Control
Milestone Report Analysis
Critical Path Analysis

NEC3 Standard forms of Contracts
Progress report
Cost /Resource loading
Stakeholder Management
Strong communication skills
Project Appraisal & Evaluation

Custom

Project Management and Business Analysis Training
Primavera P6 & MS project Training

Timeline