Application Technical Lead Teradyne, Rhone-Alpes, France
Test development projects are a mix of engineering disciplines spanning PCB design and layout, software engineering, measurement technology, test system configuration and test cell setup, a complex and interdependent ecosystem. A project manager, who is primarily focused on schedule, is unable to oversee the many disciplines and adequately assess technical risks in each area and across the entire project. This inability to assess risks and their impact on the entire project is often the root cause of catastrophic project failures and missed delivery schedules. By including a technical project lead in the project, there is a single point of responsibility for assessing technical risk across the project, developing mitigation plans and driving countermeasures to completion. This paper will address: - The role the technical project lead plays with each stakeholder in the project and to the project as a whole, including: o solution architecture o resource identification and allocation o technical execution of the project o issue mitigation and resolution o and communications with both internal and external stakeholders - Qualifications of a technical project lead - An overview of the risk assessment and mitigation process - Expected benefits to the project, team and working environment
