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...
by Mounir Ajam | Sep 14, 2016 | Project Management Maturity, Project Management Methodology, Project Management Training
Is the project management community receptive to new ideas? Maybe we should zoom in and ask: are professionals who subscribe to one professional association open to things from outside the association? Will share a couple of stories. Story 1 A few years ago, we were...
by Mounir Ajam | May 28, 2015 | Project Management Training
Every time I am delivering a course or workshop on the PMBOK® Guide it is like love-hate relationship. Project management is my passion and what I have been enjoying full-time for at Mounir Ajam Personal Website. I have also been a PMP (was) since 1998 and have been...
by Mounir Ajam | Nov 16, 2014 | Project Management Certification, Project Management Training
In the past we have written a few posts about the quality of project management training and even the quality of some providers that have been approved by PMI as Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.). Exhibit 1 Here are examples from an email I received today: Notice...
by Mounir Ajam | Oct 24, 2014 | Human Aspects of Project Management, Knowledge Management, Organizational Project Management, Project Management Training
It is common to hear the following comments in feedback to classes and workshops: “it would have been great to link the materials to our own internal way of doing things”. Another comments, “it would also be great if the examples and case studies are...
by Mounir Ajam | Sep 22, 2014 | Applied Project Management (4PM), Project Management Certification, Project Management Training
Recently we have published an article on Myth and thoughts about project management. Today, after a couple of independent exchanges on Facebook, we are writing this post with an emphasis on myths about PMI (The Project Management Institute) and PM training. Some of...