by Mounir Ajam | Jul 7, 2020 | Agile "Project Management", Project Management Methodology, The Uruk Platform
Since 2007, we in SUKAD has been advocating the necessity for organizations to develop or adopt a project management methodological approach. A project management methodology that is an essential component of the organizational project management system. Further, we...
by Mounir Ajam | Jun 13, 2020 | Project Management Methodology, Project Management Software, The Uruk Platform
We posted an image on LinkedIn with a short post, but we think it led to some confusion. We will reshare the image later in this post and explain the steps of how to start a project on the Uruk Platform. Some of you might have heard about this cloud-based solution...
by Mounir Ajam | May 19, 2020 | Megaprojects, Risk Management
Part of the following is from our book on Leading Megaprojects, A Tailored Approach. It is about the illusion of risk transfer that project owners might experience as a result of fixed-price contracting. We will first address the culture of fixed-price contracting,...
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 | Apr 16, 2020 | Methodology-CAMMP, Project Life Cycle, Project Management Methodology
In the past, we wrote a series of posts and recorded videos on project scheduling, including rolling wave planning. Further, in our main book on CAMMP, Project Management beyond Waterfall and Agile, we also addressed planning in general. In the book, we stressed the...
by Mounir Ajam | Apr 8, 2020 | Organizational Project Management, Project Management Methodology
When we discuss the Uruk PPMPlatform, we often say that Uruk PPM is not a software tool, it is a solution. What does that mean? What are the differences between a tool and a solution? We will answer these questions in the context of project portfolio management. Also,...
