by Mounir Ajam | Jun 30, 2020 | Project Success
How do we assess project success? Before one can answer this question, we need to provide the proper context and the various variables. For example, project success from whose perspective? Do we assess project management success, technical success, or objectives...
by Mounir Ajam | May 18, 2019 | Megaprojects, Organizational Project Management, Project Management Maturity, Project Success
Let us repeat the title question: Do project owners need help transforming to lead megaprojects? Studies by the Independent Project Analysis (IPA) and others have clearly identified a few key facts. The facts include project owners that manage their own projects...
by Mounir Ajam | Dec 14, 2017 | Management, Methodology-CAMMP, Organizational Project Management, Project Success, Strategy
In this post, we will view CAMMP™ by the numbers and images First, CAMMP™ can be called a stage-gate process and the full name is The Customizable and Adaptable Methodology for Managing Projects™. Three Dimensions (3) CAMMP™ is a...
by Mounir Ajam | Jun 28, 2017 | Project Management Maturity, Project Success, Projects Failure
Many, if not most people in project management know Murphy or Murphy’s Law. According to the Murphy’s Law Website, “If anything can go wrong, it will”. For more information about the origin of this law,...
by Mounir Ajam | Apr 30, 2017 | How to, Lessons Learned, Methodology-CAMMP, Organizational Project Management, Project Life Cycle, Project Management Case Studies, Project Management Maturity, Project Management Maturity - The 7Es, Project Management Methodology, Project Success, Projects Failure
This post is specific to Executives, especially those leading Project Owners’s Organizations. How to lead large and complex (mega) projects to success? How you can minimize the chance of delays and overruns and maximizing value to your shareholders? In a recent...
by Mounir Ajam | Apr 17, 2017 | Organizational Project Management, Project Management in Government Sector, Project Management Maturity, Project Success, Projects Failure
I am writing this article with the feeling that I am either courageous or stupid since what I will write about might be touching many or stepping on people soft toes. I must start by saying, I am writing this article based on observations from working in this region...