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A large percent of organizations – at least in the “West” – have project management offices (PMO), so why are we saying “forget about building the PMO”? Well for once to grab your attention:). On a serious notes, some organizations that are implementing a PMO, they implement with it the project management system and this...

As I mentioned in the last post, I have recently been corresponding with a colleague on project management and how to apply project management in the not-for-profit / non-governmental-organizations (NGO) environment. Our correspondence led to two questions: What are the basic project management mechanisms to implement projects in the private sector? This was the topic...

I have recently been corresponding with a colleague on project management and how to apply project management in the not-for-profit / non-governmental-organizations (NGO) environment. This colleague is a professor of public administration in a North American university and has interested in NGO and whether NGO can enhance their effectiveness if they use proper project management...

SUKAD VP Drafted Into UAE National Karting Team SUKAD Vice President and Principal Consultant, Mr. Luc Bauwmans received an invitation to partake in the ROTAX Grand Finals karting championship as part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) National team. This event takes place from 19 to 26 November 2011 at Al Ain Raceway in Emirate...

This is a summary blog! We have recently been publishing on case studies. In the last two weeks we published four case studies and we had published another one in the past. The following is a list of the blog posts specific to case studies: Case Study | A failed PMO implementation Case Study |...

This article is the fourth in a series of articles on case studies from the author own projects’ experience. We have recently presented these case studies as a workshop; part of a Project Management Conference (PM360) in Singapore that was organized by Knowledge Method, sponsored by RMC Project Management, and supported by SUKAD and two...

This article is the third of a series of articles specific to case studies from the author own projects’ experience. We have recently presented these case studies as a workshop; part of a Project Management Conference (PM360) in Singapore that was organized by Knowledge Method, sponsored by RMC Project Management, and supported by SUKAD and...

Are, Project and Program Management skills, core skills for knowledge workers and their managers in the knowledge organization? The Background A couple of months ago, while Mounir and I were presenting a SUKAD Program Management course, we showed a slide of a front cover of Business Week magazine, featuring a photograph of Peter F. Drucker,...

We title this post as Managing Project Success, since it is the same topic as a workshop we are planning for this September in the Island of Cyprus. We usually do not use this blog to announce courses but we are making an exception this time due to the value of this topic to project...