Martell Consulting - Jonn Martell

Jonn Martell - Project Management Professional - PMP

Jonn Martell is a member of PMI (Project Management Institute) and is a PMP with years of experience with large projects. Jonn is an experienced Project Manager with years of experience with multimillion dollar projects. He specializes in network infrastructure projects.

Jonn Martell is Project Manager in Vancouver, BC. As Project Manager for the UBC Wireless deployment from 2001 to 2004 he delivered a massive wireless network ahead of its time, on budget and on time. Although additional scope was added, the project stayed motivated and on track.

In 2005, he completed the campus-wide deployments of the UBC VOIP system for the Life Sciences building and the Micheal Smith building providing UBC with a multi-hub firewall data and voice IP network built with the latest technology using the best practices. Most new buildings on campus are on VOIP and UBC benefited from a much needed firewall technology for core networks.

Jonn inspired teams to delivered by getting in the trenches with them. Many lessons were learned in the successful deployment of these projects including why it's important to use your experts to cost estimates and scope the project timetables.

Jonn was also able to negociate substantial discount with major providers by identifying win-win solutions. The VOIP Project research was completed in February 2005, Scope was scope approved in April 2005, RFP awared in June 2005 and production operational in August 2005! Projects this since and complexity don't happen overnight. The team was motivated, understood the deliverables and delivered. UBC saved thousands and ended with infrastructure.

Jonn's Project Management skills as an experienced project manager focus on:

Scope Definition: What needs to be done to achieve success on your project?
Timeline expections: Although most project managers are focused on meeting time expections, we focus on meeting the timelines when they are required. Let's face it, when projects that need to be completed in time, need to be completed in time, Jonn Martell, Project Manager delivers. But unless you are moving to a new building or plan an special event that is time sensitive, most IT projects can, and should, slip.
Cost: We're cost effective. All our projects have come under budget. When scope was added, budgets was added and we met all expectations on the financial side. We feel that all Team Members should be well compensated for exceptional performance and we feel this critical in developing the best project teams.

Essentials in Project Management. It's important to focus on what are the success factors for projects before they even start. Once success factors are established, the work begins to:

What type of organisation are you?

Are you a process-driven organisation that needs to outsource project management while retaining very strong integration and acceptance?
Are you a matrix type of organisation that can make projects thrive by involving operations early and ensuring smooth transitions top operations?
Are you a Project Management centric focused on project management without worrying about operations?

We can adapt, but you need to help us define the type of organisation you are!

Do you know what you want to accomplish and when? How important is the "when"? Do you have a budget? Is the budget fixed? Who estimated the budget and how?

For Project Managers to deliver on projects, the decision makers responsible for the budget need to define what they want to accomplish and when. There are three constraints in Project Manager: Deliverables (scope), timeline(completion date or timeframe) and cost (of "the final bill from all fronts").