by Mounir Ajam | May 14, 2020 | Careers, Entrepreneurship, Human Aspects of Project Management
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...
by Mounir Ajam | Jun 30, 2015 | Applied Project Management (4PM), Community Development, Human Aspects of Project Management, Youth Leadership
Earlier this week, I stumbled upon an online post on LinkedIn, where a project management training provider[1] conducted a CAPM® certification preparation class to high school students. This post brought a short debate with the instructor, who posted the original...
by Mounir Ajam | Oct 15, 2014 | Organizational Project Management, Project Management Maturity - The 7Es
This article (actually a presentation) is a follow up to the last post on OPM. At the end of September 2014, we had the pleasure and opportunity to support the Dubai International Project Management Forum (DIPMF.ae) where we led a 3-hour workshop on how to build the...
by Mounir Ajam | Oct 11, 2014 | Organizational Project Management, Project Management Maturity - The 7Es
In the past we did publish a few articles about project management office (PMO), organizational project management (OPM), project management methodology, and similar topics. At the end of September 2014, we had the pleasure and opportunity to support the Dubai...
by Mounir Ajam | Sep 3, 2013 | Applied Project Management (4PM), Business and General Management
This article is the first of a series that we published in a regional magazine a few years back. The concepts that we discussed then and the message of these articles are still applicable today, hence the republication here! In a place like Dubai, Jeddah, Doha, Abu...