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As you read this article you replace over budget with behind schedule and overrun with delayed to shift the discussion from cost to schedule and reach the same conclusion. In recent days I have posted on Social Media about delayed mega projects and even did a video on the subject but in Arabic.

In this post we address two important concepts about project management, which are: How to manage projects in organizations, and How to manage projects successfully. We split these topics since the first deals with the organizational system – policies – procedures – processes – methodology, among other factors. The other topic, deals with offering a...

We had published this article in the past on a different platform and we republish here for its importance. One in six major IT projects go 200% over budget – Knowledge Centre – ITP.net. This is an article published by ITP Publications By Mark Sutton Published August 27, 2011. However, the article actually reflect a...

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 |...

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...

This is the fourth and last article in a four-article series on the subject of project success. Article 1 was mostly an introduction to the subject; article 2 was explaining the four dimensions; article 3 provided an example, real case study, and this article, compares the application of this concept to PMBOK® Guide. Background In...

This is the second article in a four-article series on the subject of project success. Introduction In the previous article, we stated that we are discussing project success, From an organizational perspective; not individuals, and From the owner perspective; not the service provider. With the above in mind, what are the four dimensions?