Jan Festjens
Programme manager · Partner · 15+ years
Analytical and calm. Jan orchestrates people, plans and partners so that at the end there's something that works.
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Jan Festjens.
Jan is a programme manager and partner at Make IT So. He has 15+ years of experience with digitalisation projects in industry, fintech and SaaSSoftware die je als dienst afneemt in de cloud, in plaats van ze zelf te installeren..
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Who Jan is.
Jan has guided complex projects at Beeple, Cloudalize, Bebat and SPG Dry Cooling. Each time, situations where several parties had to deliver something together and nobody was guarding the whole. That's his comfort zone: orchestrating people, plans and partners so that at the end there's something that works.
His approach is analytical and calm. At the start he listens a lot and judges little. Only once it's clear what's really being asked does he put a plan on the table. And then he holds on to the scope when everyone, with the best of intentions, starts pulling at it.
Where he's at home: stakeholderIedereen met een belang bij of invloed op een project. In het Nederlands een belanghebbende of betrokkene. management, planning and budgeting a project, drawing up roadmaps, and coordinating all the parties. He approaches a project from the whole and steers the scope in a more efficient direction when that's needed.
What makes the work enjoyable: the moment when a team that was talking past each other a few months ago reads a report on Friday saying the planning is on track and the scope is clear. No more mystery.
You have to respect the order: first discovery, then analysis, then development, and only then go-live. In the discovery phase everything has to be sharply defined, or you build something that works technically but doesn't hold up in substance.
Contact.
Mobile: +32 473 52 49 31
Email: jan@makeitso.be