Internship and Thesis in the Project Management Office (m/f/n), Merl

Creos Luxembourg S.A. is the operator of electricity and natural gas networks in Luxembourg. Nearly 900 employees currently serve the company.

Creos is responsible for the planning, construction, maintenance, and operation of high, medium, and low voltage electricity networks, as well as high, medium, and low pressure natural gas pipelines that it owns or has been entrusted to manage. The networks managed by Creos include more than 12,000 km of electricity lines and approximately 2,200 km of natural gas pipelines, serving over 317,000 electricity customers and around 50,000 natural gas customers.

Tasks

• Academic and Methodological Foundations
• Review suitable methods for requirements engineering, feasibility analysis and software selection
• Select and justify an approach for interviews, workshops, prioritisation and evaluation
• Define quality criteria for complete, unambiguous, testable and traceable requirements
• Analysis of the Current Situation
• Examine the current PMO, project and portfolio management processes and the systems and data sources in use
• Identify weaknesses, manual handovers, duplicated work and information needs
• Define the scope of the study and the relevant user groups
• Stakeholder and Requirements Analysis
• Identify and involve the relevant departments and roles in a structured manner
• Conduct and evaluate interviews and workshops
• Gather functional, non-functional, technical and organisational requirements
• Prioritise, consolidate and validate the requirements with the responsible stakeholders
• Preparation of the Requirements Specification
• Transfer the results into a version-controlled requirements catalogue with unique references
• Describe the target state, scope, processes, data, interfaces, roles, operating model and constraints
• Define measurable evaluation criteria and suitable acceptance criteria
• Prepare a formally structured and print-ready requirements specification as a Word and PDF document and, if required, as a printed version
• Market Analysis and Selection Concept
• Research suitable tool categories and suppliers without anticipating the later procurement decision
• Develop a weighted evaluation model based on the prioritised requirements
• Design a transparent selection process, including roles, decision stages, supplier demonstrations and a potential proof of concept
• Prepare a longlist or shortlist and, if organisationally possible, support the practical evaluation
• Assessment and Recommendation
• Assess organisational, technical and economic feasibility
• Present risks, dependencies, implementation effort and outstanding decisions
• Derive a reasoned recommendation for the next steps

Profile

• Studies in Business Information Systems, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management or a comparable field
• Knowledge of or strong interest in requirements engineering, business process analysis, project management or software selection
• Ability to work academically and document methods and results in a transparent manner
• Confidence in interviews and workshops and an interest in cross-departmental collaboration
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills and a structured, independent approach
• Good knowledge in German and English; French is an advantage