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Most of us who work on projects and project management understand that a project has a project life cycle; some like to call project life span. The project life cycle indicates starting and ending points. Further, the PMBOK(r) Guide defines the project as “temporary,” implying the beginning and end. However, do we know or agree...

I was talking with a friend about investing in The Uruk Platform. He does some work with government agencies, like ministries of transportations, oil & gas, and other entities that build “facilities.” Further, these government entities have highly defined specifications and requirements for every part of the project, like Design Management, Construction Management, etc. Therefore,...

If you are one of the professionals who follow our blog site and social media, you probably know that SUKAD Corp is developing the Uruk Platform. Further, you might know that we have launched an equity crowdfunding campaign. Crowdfunding is necessary to raise funds to continue developing this pioneering cloud-based solution. Consequently, today we decided...

Finally, we have achieved a major milestone. It is an achievement, but it is only a stepping stone on the journey of project management excellence. The news today is that, with the help of WeFunder, we have submitted our plan for an equity-based crowdfunding campaign with the US Government, and we are ready to roll....

The Project Management Servant Leader Initiative is a program that we have launched in SUKAD Corp. The program is to promote applied project management knowledge and know-how. Further, it consists of five major elements, as we will describe later. It is primary goal is to help individuals, organizations, and startup benefit from the strategic value...

As we continue working on the development of the Uruk Platform, many questions come up. Some of these questions are about terminology and using terms out of context. For example, when you hear the term ‘project cost,’ estimated cost, budget, approved plan, forecast, or actual? The same thing for the project duration or the completion...

Another article (without video this time) in the “It Depends” educational series. Today we discuss the common confusion on project variances and project changes. We will also discuss corrective actions, preventive actions, and the different types and categories of change. Further, we will discuss whether variances are changes or not.