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Dolores Donovan
Consultant Project Manager at Project Report
Senior Project Manager focused on delivery. Experience in private and public sectors. Skilled in Project Office Management strategic planning and project portfolio reporting. Design document standards; compile tenders. Enjoy training project managers, presenting workshops and mentoring.
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Show profile Hide profileProject Report, Cape Town, September 2012 - present
Project management consultant for clients in retail, hotel industry and government. Currently managing a team of vendors on a hotel project. Responsible for compilation of tender documents, contract documentation, editing academic theses and dissertations.
Datacentrix, Cape Town, 2006 -2012
Project Office Manager. Set up a Project Office. Designed and implemented project management processes and standards. Presented PM workshops. Responsible for governance on large development programmes. Managed projects for numerous clients, implementing project management standards and facilitating project workshops. Projects included VMware, infrastructure rollouts, ECM, audio visual and ICT, for clients in telecommunications, hospitality, finance and the public sector. Managed breakfix hardware support for client with 4500 desktops and notebooks, and 300 servers.
Senior Project Manager. (2006-2007) Managed projects at Provincial Government. At Transport & Public Works defined and managed two ECM development projects through to project closure. Completed a pilot project providing direct electronic access to key documents, policies and processes. Provided mentoring for PMs.
Centre for E-Innovation, PGWC, Cape Town, 2004 -2006
Project Portfolio Manager and Project Office Manager, Centre for E-Innovation PGWC. Created a Project Office for e-government projects; introduced PM standards based on Prince2 processes. Commenced strategic project portfolio reporting for six newly amalgamated clusters with 200 projects at financial year end 2004/05. Provided reports for offices of the Premier and the President for projects in health, education, community development, agriculture. Presented PM workshops; mentored and supported PMs.
Knowledge Economy & E-Government, PGWC 2002 -2004
Project Office Manager. Created a Project Office reporting to the Chief Director on strategic projects. Drove the completion of the Cape Gateway project.
Project Manager, Old Mutual, 2000 - 2001
Completed a multidisciplinary feasibility project reviewing critical client information, and proposing methods and standards for maintaining accurate client data in large databases. Completed a successful business case for a programme of projects on maintaining the accuracy of client information.
IBM South Africa 1998 - 2000
Project Co-Ordinator for an umbrella project consisting of Y2K projects for large outsource customers. Liaised with the Legal Department on Y2K legal documentation requirements.
Gold Fields of South Africa Limited, Johannesburg 1982 to 1998. IT Department, Special Projects.
1997 - 1998. Project Manager responsible for Y2K awareness for Gold Fields Group including head office, ten mines, and six Group companies in South Africa and Namibia. Designed and presented Group awareness programme. Provided training for Y2K managers. Published articles for Group publications. Gold Fields' Representative at the South African Institute of Mining & Metallurgy Y2K IT Committee.
1995 - 1996. Project Leader. Liaison for the implementation of a new hospital system at two hospitals, two clinics and five mine medical stations. Project Leader for the implementation of electronic office systems for the Executive Division at head office; for the Group upgrade from DOS to Windows. 1993-1994. Conducted business analyses; provided support for non-standard systems such as medical testing systems at the mines.
1982-1992. Project Leader Office Automation. Responsible for the installation and management of PCs at mines and Group Companies.
Project Report, Cape Town, September 2012 - present
Project management consultant for clients in retail, hotel industry and government. Currently managing a team of vendors on a hotel project. Responsible for compilation of tender documents, contract documentation, editing academic theses and dissertations.
Datacentrix, Cape Town, 2006 -2012
Project Office Manager. Set up a Project Office. Designed and implemented project management processes and standards. Presented PM workshops. Responsible for governance on large development programmes. Managed projects for numerous clients, implementing project management standards and facilitating project workshops. Projects included VMware, infrastructure rollouts, ECM, audio visual and ICT, for clients in telecommunications, hospitality, finance and the public sector. Managed breakfix hardware support for client with 4500 desktops and notebooks, and 300 servers.
Senior Project Manager. (2006-2007) Managed projects at Provincial Government. At Transport & Public Works defined and managed two ECM development projects through to project closure. Completed a pilot project providing direct electronic access to key documents, policies and processes. Provided mentoring for PMs.
Centre for E-Innovation, PGWC, Cape Town, 2004 -2006
Project Portfolio Manager and Project Office Manager, Centre for E-Innovation PGWC. Created a Project Office for e-government projects; introduced PM standards based on Prince2 processes. Commenced strategic project portfolio reporting for six newly amalgamated clusters with 200 projects at financial year end 2004/05. Provided reports for offices of the Premier and the President for projects in health, education, community development, agriculture. Presented PM workshops; mentored and supported PMs.
Knowledge Economy & E-Government, PGWC 2002 -2004
Project Office Manager. Created a Project Office reporting to the Chief Director on strategic projects. Drove the completion of the Cape Gateway project.
Project Manager, Old Mutual, 2000 - 2001
Completed a multidisciplinary feasibility project reviewing critical client information, and proposing methods and standards for maintaining accurate client data in large databases. Completed a successful business case for a programme of projects on maintaining the accuracy of client information.
IBM South Africa 1998 - 2000
Project Co-Ordinator for an umbrella project consisting of Y2K projects for large outsource customers. Liaised with the Legal Department on Y2K legal documentation requirements.
Gold Fields of South Africa Limited, Johannesburg 1982 to 1998. IT Department, Special Projects.
1997 - 1998. Project Manager responsible for Y2K awareness for Gold Fields Group including head office, ten mines, and six Group companies in South Africa and Namibia. Designed and presented Group awareness programme. Provided training for Y2K managers. Published articles for Group publications. Gold Fields' Representative at the South African Institute of Mining & Metallurgy Y2K IT Committee.
1995 - 1996. Project Leader. Liaison for the implementation of a new hospital system at two hospitals, two clinics and five mine medical stations. Project Leader for the implementation of electronic office systems for the Executive Division at head office; for the Group upgrade from DOS to Windows. 1993-1994. Conducted business analyses; provided support for non-standard systems such as medical testing systems at the mines.
1982-1992. Project Leader Office Automation. Responsible for the installation and management of PCs at mines and Group Companies.
