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This blog post is a presentation that the author delivered to the Lebanese American University (LAU) Engineering Student on 26 February. The post is from slide share and is only slides. Later on, we will work to add voice recording to it. To access the presentation, click here.

How to build universal methodology for managing projects?

Let us expand on the question: how to build a universal methodological approach, for managing projects that is flexible enough to adjust for project type, domain, classification, or a learning platform (international standard)? First, let us include some definitions.

Would you go to a restaurant with one item on the menu?

The questions in the image is for people working in project management, their managers, and executives. We tried to put the question as simply as possible to draw an analogy to project management certifications.  When any of us go to a restaurant, we are either given a menu automatically, or we ask for one. Why?...

Is the Project Manager the jack-of-all-trades?

Did some of the project management associations and organizations screw up the role of the project manager? Are they (or some of them) making the role of the project manager as the jack-of-all-trades and the master of none? Or, are some of these organizations confused about the role of the project manager and cannot make up...

This article is a guest article – and not core project management. Please, let us know if you think these articles belong here or not to include again. Thank you – Mounir Ajam

This article was also published on Mr. Mounir Ajam personal blog site, because it is a personal opinion. It is a follow up to the previous post. However, we decided to share it here as well although it is not a SUKAD blog article.

In recent years, the Project Management Institute (PMI) has launched many certifications. These certifications were in addition to the PMP (Project Management Professional), CAPM and PgMP. The recent certifications (last 5 years or so) include: PMI-RMP: Risk Management Professional PMI-SP: Scheduling Professional