by Mounir Ajam | Jan 29, 2013 | Business and General Management, Methodology-CAM2P, Organizational Project Management, Project Management Maturity, Project Success
We had originally published this post more than a year ago on our old blog platform. We re-publish an updated version here through a short series of articles. We will also provide links to a chapter from an upcoming book by the author and a presentation on the...
by Mounir Ajam | Dec 3, 2012 | Entrepreneurship, Lessons Learned
Introduction As an entrepreneur, I have made many mistakes and I will write about them in due time. Out of the numerous mistakes I made, three in particular almost devastated the company I co-founded. Today we will talk about one of those mistakes. The objective of...
by Mounir Ajam | Oct 4, 2012 | Organizational Project Management, Project Management Case Studies
In the last few posts, we have focused on PMO (project management office) and PMO Implementation. Here is what we published so far: What is a PMO and how to differentiate between PMOs? Eight possible functions of a PMO: the PMO Continuum Why some PMO fails or are...
by Mounir Ajam | Oct 1, 2012 | Organizational Project Management
Why some (or maybe many) Project Management Offices, PMO fails? What are the gaps in PMO implementation that could be contributing to their failures? What is the organizational impact? Why a failed PMO might damage project management in the organization or at least...
by Mounir Ajam | Sep 18, 2012 | Human Aspects of Project Management, Organizational Project Management
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...