Project Management
Project Management
Zircon is a corporate member of the Association for Project Management (APM) and all training is based around the principles laid out in the APM Body of Knowledge, a well-established collection of project management knowledge.
Zircon holds BSI ISO9001:2008 (TickIT) accreditation and for every project a quality plan will be developed. You will be asked to approve this, and it will identify the design, verification, validation and test controls to be applied to the project.
Project control is maintained through the planning and monitoring of tasks by our Project Managers. They will achieve this through quality management system procedures which include project plans and project reports. Progress will be monitored through meetings and management reports. Information about tasks and progress will be collated and monitored using Microsoft Project.
Change control, configuration management and fault reporting are all handled by the tried and tested processes defined in our quality management system. We regularly carry out internal quality audits on all projects and you are also welcome to undertake your own audits.
Project Team
A project team will be created. Led by the Project Manager, it may also contain a separate Technical Authority, development and test teams.
Project Start-Up
A project start-up pack is produced at the outset. This outlines the key members of the Zircon team and their contact details. It also details our responsibilities, and your responsibilities, so these issues are clear from the start. This ensures your last minute questions or queries can be highlighted and answered, whilst also giving you full confidence that your project is being rigorously managed.
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