Listen to the Experts :: My Week at Work
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Name:
Fran Loughrey
Age:
29
Job title:
Senior IT Project Manager
Employer:
British Sky Broadcasting*
Time in present role:
1 Year
Senior IT Project Manager
* BskyB is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels.
Monday breaks down into the following jobs:
Server Team meeting - talk about a new exchange cluster that we are buiding.
'Mitigation plan' - we plan what to do if the exchange cluster is not ready by the date we have agreed.
'Support plan' - this plan enables us to continue to function normally as a business while we incorporate new applications.
Presentation for colleagues - to demonstrate how different operating systems can work on our platform.
Plan network configuration changes.
Software and hardware - in big businesses you create a 'procurement' or 'purchase' order when you want to buy something. This new software and hardware is necessary to integrate the new exchange cluster.
Backup for remote offices - organise technical support for smaller BskyB offices in different towns and cities. This will help them as we move to the new platform.
New intranet site - Check progress on development of new site.
Communication - non-technical colleagues need to know what will happen when we move to the new platform. I prepare a presentation for them.
Finally, I arrange for technical support while the desktop migration occurs.
Design Team meeting - network design for remote sites.
Financial application team meeting- talk about financing future projects and I tell them about current migration plans.
Telephone meeting or conference call - we discuss installation of new servers and network equipment.
Communications - I present the plan I wrote yesterday to non-technical colleagues. I explain what will happen and what they need to know.
Test plans - my own team meets to discuss these.
Procurement orders - for installation of server and network equipment.
Conference call - I meet the network provider to discuss changes.
Plan - I schedule outage (time when the network is offline) when we will change fibre.
Recruitment companies - while this work is happening, we will need extra staff. I meet a company to organise this.
Procurement order - the new, temporary staff will need Blackberry access while they work with us. I arrange this.
Weekly team meeting - this is a chance to talk about all the projects and decide what we need to do next.
Review - after the meeting I review our 'milestones' - the phases of the project that we have successfully completed.
Meeting - I meet the network provider to review the project and decide if future improvements are necessary.
Complete weekly reports
Spend statistic reports - reports that show the money we have spent
Reports on time billed against projects - how many hours employees spent on different projects
Weekly meeting with management - this is a chance to review the week's activities with my bosses.
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