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In this video, we discuss the common misconception, at least in some regions or countries, that project management is limited for engineers or engineering/construction projects. هل ادارة المشاريع للمهندسين فقط؟ هل ادارة المشاريع للمشاريع الهندسية والانشائية فقط؟ او ممكن ان نقول ان ادارة المشاريع هي لكل الامور الحياتية والمهنية؟  

Sorry changed the title after the initial release This post is a personal story, which is a lesson I learned in 1999. and I remember it every time I am working with a team, especially in a volunteer environment. I have included this story in one of my books and possibly also posted about here on...

This post is somewhat related to the previous two posts. Please note – discovering your genius is not about reaching a genius level. Some are judging the article without reading. It is about being the best that you could be whether you have average or high intelligence! As I work with professionals and youth, some...

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.

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...

In this post, we decided to share an interview that Bayt.com (“The Middle East’s #1 Job Site) conducted with our CEO, Mr. Mounir Ajam, as part of their Employer and Careers Insights. The interview is from November 2009. We include here without editing!

This article is a follow-up on two prior posts that we published recently. It is also in response to various online exchanges on the topic of Accidental Project Manager. The previous articles were: Are you an accidental project manager? and Are you an accidental project manager? My wife is.

If you read our last article and you are reading this article now good news and welcome back to a fun article. So, are you an accidental project manager? In the last article we talked about the accidental project manager and we explained that the term is not offensive at all; if it was offensive, my...

Are you an accidental project manager?

Are you an accidental project manager? I hope that no one gets offended by this term since the use of this term in our view is not offensive at all, rather it reflects a common reality. It is for those non-project managers who are asked and expected to manage projects. However, if anyone objects to the...