Project Management

First Nations Management Consulting is a project management solution and will plan, organize, motivate, and control resources to achieve a specific goal.

The project is planned to an appropriate level of detail including time, cost and resources to estimate the work and to effectively manage risk during project execution.

Project Management Plan consists of

  • determine the nature and scope of the project;
  • acquire, coordinate and manage Project team, identifying roles and responsibilities to complete those deliverables, and develop a schedule;
  • financial analysis of the costs, estimating the resource requirements for the project, including a budget;
  • risk planning;
  • gaining formal approval to begin work;
  • planning for communications;
  • determining what to purchase for the project;
  • holding a kick-off meeting;
  • direct and manage the project plan to accomplish the project’s requirements and keep it on-track, on-time and within budget;
  • quality assurance of deliverables is monitoring the project and identify corrective actions to address issues and risks properly;
  • ensure complete transparency through robust business reporting, reports can be scheduled to run automatically at set intervals;
  • manage stakeholder expectations;
  • when changes are introduced to the project, the viability of the project will be re-assessed;
  • closing includes the archiving of the files and documenting lessons learned. Finalize all activities across all of the process groups to formally close the project;
  • After projects are concluded, managers extract data from the First Nations Management Consulting database.

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About Cynthia Rayner, BA, PBDM, MBA, PhD Business Candidate

Cynthia Rayner, BA, PBDM, MBA, PhD Business Candidate at Athabasca University and currently in her 6th year of a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) with a focus on key factors for economic development success on First Nations lands. This research investigates the critical alignment of sovereignty, governance, leadership, management, and culture to achieve generational self-sufficiency in First Nations economies. Her extensive academic background includes a completed Diploma in Business, a Degree in Business majoring in marketing, an MBA, and a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Management at a Master’s level. She has worked for BC First Nations for 28 years, with 22 years in senior management positions. Cynthia is the Principal Consultant and Owner of First Nations Management Consulting (FNMC), where she actively applies her expertise to business development and strategic planning across British Columbia. FNMC specializes in producing comprehensive business, marketing, labour market, and tourism plans, actively fostering business development tailored to unique cultural and social factors. A key aspect of her knowledge mobilization is the course she developed on Indigenous Business for Athabasca University, and she developed and taught a course on Understanding Reconciliation for Pacific Coast University. She is dedicated to fostering economic self-determination, drawing on a blend of academic rigor and practical experience.
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