Telecommunications software project manager
Description
These professionals oversee projects involving the assessment and development of telecommunications software, being responsible for managing the human resources assigned to a project and the technical quality of the end product. In general, these projects also involve designing the hardware components on which the software system will operate. In most cases, these software projects provide real-time responses and are able to manage concurrent demands, in other words, allow simultaneous access to telecommunications systems. Real-time systems offer immediate responses, an essential feature in fields such as the control of space satellites. In addition, these communication systems are subject to simultaneous (concurrent) access and demands where information is concerned, for which reason they must be able regulate these demands' processing sequence in order to avoid erroneous responses and respect different priorities. These professionals work on the basis of these differential and specific factors within the field of telecommunications software development. For this reason, the hardware elements are also often modified in order to meet these essential requirements.
Tasks
- Provide technical advice in the production of business proposals.
- Plans the project in terms of the calendar and human capital.
- Convert the customer's the requirements into technical specifications and develop the initial design of blocks onto which the product software is structured.
- Carry out the follow-up of the project's execution and assigns tasks corresponding to the members of the project team.
- Produce the test plan for the integration of the project and controls its performance.
- Act as interlocutor with management internal to the client company. Participation is necessary, above all, in the resolution of incidences and informative tasks regarding the advanced degree of the project.
- Control the quality of the project, starting from standards established by the company.
- Manage and control project costs.
- Assess the extent to which project teams members fulfill the needs of their post.
- Identify new service opportunities for clients.
