Ensure that External Designs comply with Global Delivery Center entrance criteria before proceeding with Internal Design activities Liaise with External Designers and participate with design walkthroughs; discuss/explain functional requirements and dissect into logical functional sections. Convert External Designs into Internal Design Specifications (pseudo code, edit rules, decision logic, etc.) that will be used by Developers to program the system; varying the level of specification based on the skills of the proposed programming team to ensure that the idea is clearly understood by the Developer Reviewing system requirements, designs, and assist the development team with application integrations.  Develop/review detailed estimates for design and development phases based on functional requirements.  Work with the Project Manager to create a budget and project plan for the Internal Design, Development, Testing, and Support effort.  Perform quality and functional reviews during the Design and Development phases.  Provide regular status reports to the Project Manager