Project Team
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Name |
UWM Role |
Project Role |
| Melissa Woo |
Network & Operations Director |
Sponsor |
| Jeff Lange |
Network Infrastructure Supervisor |
Team Lead |
| Matt Baran |
Network Engineering Technology Architect |
Team Lead |
| Ken Jolly |
Network Operations Wireless Specialist |
Team Lead |
| Paula Brossard |
Operations & Data Center Project Manager |
Project Mgr |
| Dan Siercks |
Letters & Science IS Technical Services Specialist |
Team Member |
| James Kavanagh |
Letters & Science IS Supervisor 2 |
Team Member |
| Beth Schaefer |
Client Services Acting Director |
Team Member |
| Ann Nehring |
UWM Help Desk & CCL Support Supervisor |
Team Member |
| Tanya Choice |
UWM Information Security |
Team Member |
| Wendy Luljak |
Senior IT Communications Strategist |
Team Member |
| Kim Silbersack |
Libraries Admin Program Manager |
Team Member |
| James Lowrey |
Libraries Automation Assistant Director |
Team Member |
| Kelly Jeglum |
Auxiliary Svcs IS Network Services Sr |
Team Member |
| Ben Seefeld |
Auxiliary Svcs IS Network Services Tech |
Team Member |
| Susan McKay |
Creative Services Designer |
Team Member |
| Shane Stimac |
Creative Services Web Developer |
Team Member |
| Tim Miles |
Creative Services Web Developer |
Team Member |
| David Jaske |
Net Ops Middleware AD Administrator |
Team Member |
| Mark Rank |
Net Ops Middleware Architect |
Team Member |
| Mick Brickner |
UITS Professional Development/Training |
Team Member |
Roles & Responsibilities
Sponsor:
• Appoints the project Steering Committee members• Approves all related project deliverables
• Prepares the business case
• Manages policies and procedures impacted by and required for the project
• Provides input into tactical decisions and provides support for resolution of project issues
• Assists the Team Lead with coordinating resources from the appropriate UITS areas
• Evaluates the Team and provides feedback where needed
• Informs Team of approval to proceed upon receipt of a satisfactory plan
• Communicates the status of the Team’s activities as appropriate to UITS colleagues
Project Manager:
• Manages all phases of the project• Leads Team meetings
• Determines the need for face-to-face and/or virtual meetings
• Proposes/Creates an agenda for each meeting
• Maintains focus on meeting topics
• Provides meeting minutes to project team members
• Maintains project documentation
Team Member:
• Provides technical understanding of capabilities, functionality and configuration during analysis and planning• Assists in creating project plans
• Reviews requirements for a common understanding of project implementation
• Analyzes, designs, develops and/or implements the proposed solution
• Provides regular and timely status updates of activities to the Project Manager
• Attends all Team meetings
• Identifies and raises issues and risks as needed
• Represents the interests of stakeholders
• Ensures two-way reporting between the Team and the area that one represents
Stakeholder:
• Provides knowledge of end users needs• Provides knowledge of business processes and procedures
• Proposes implementation requirements