by Mounir Ajam | Mar 10, 2019 | Human Aspects of Project Management
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...
by Mounir Ajam | Jul 13, 2018 | Agile "Project Management", Organizational Project Management
In recent weeks, I have been trying not to comment on Agile Project Management and Agile Project Manager topics, on LinkedIn and other social media sites. I have been successful in avoiding these discussions, well, most of the time. But This morning, in the shower,...
by Mounir Ajam | Dec 30, 2017 | Knowledge Management, Organizational Project Management, Project Management Maturity, Project Management Methodology
In numerous discussions online, even in guides like the PMBOK Guide, there is so much focus on the project rather than the organization and on the project manager rather than organizational project management. What I mean is related to many topics. For example:...
by Mounir Ajam | Sep 19, 2017 | Agile "Project Management", Organizational Project Management, PMBOK Guide
We have been hearing about the #PMBOK Guide going Agile for a year now; or more. However, now the new #PMBOK Guide is out, where is #Agile? This question reminds me of an old Wendy’s commercial about “where is the beef?” I ask this question despite...
by Mounir Ajam | Jan 20, 2017 | Human Aspects of Project Management, Project Management Training
I hope this post will not be misunderstood and taken for what it is – sharing a personal career path that started in 1984 in engineering and shifted to project management in 1990 and continuing to today. This is a sample career path and we hope it will inspire...