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Do we still need the role of the project manager? We ask this question because we often see posts on social media, suggesting the demise of this role. Posts with titles like: would AI (artificial intelligence) eliminate the need for project managers, and so on. We also see posts that claim in the age of...

What does it take to have a co-founder spirit? Let me start with a personal story first. In the story, which is personal, I will give you an implicit answer; i.e., read between the lines. Then I will be more explicit. Early Childhood The Civil War I grew up in a small village in Lebanon....

I am writing this article based on observations and monitoring of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) Pandemic and how the global response or lack of. I have also monitored, from a distance, how the response varies from one country to another. For example, I see my home country, Lebanon, a country weakened by decades of corruption...

We often see posts that tell us about the role of project manager, with a list of responsibilities. These posts often appear to be by “experts” and the content is presented with certainty. In other words, the post might be erroneous or present the role from a narrow perspective, yet it is presented as THE...

Would you be interested in project management seminars?

Project Management Seminars Would you be interested in attending an evening (or daytime) project management seminar? This article is to seek your input on selecting topics for a project management seminar series. We also want to address organizations if they would be interested in partnering with us by hosting one or more of these seminars...

In the previous post, we talked about Who are the people involved in delivering a project? In that article, we discussed the various components of the Extended Project Team, Project Team, and Project Management Team. So regardless of what team we are talking about, is there one team for a given project? What we mean here...

Kids were having steak for lunch so they were steakeholders 🙂 Well, our topic today is not about steakholders but stakeholders and shareholders. No cup holders for today. Honestly, this topic is easy and straight forward. We do not often see too much confusion between the two terms in our workshops. People understand the term shareholder...