PERSPECTIVE: Importance of Sprint Retrospective

One of the four items in Agile Manifesto is: value individuals and interactions over processes and tools And one of the twelve principles induced from the manifesto is: Build projects around motivated individuals, give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done Unfortunately, in practice, most of Scrum … Continue reading PERSPECTIVE: Importance of Sprint Retrospective

PERSPECTIVE: Projects Failure Countermeasures – no templates

Very often, in training session and discussions, I am ask ed to share project management templates. Requesters  believe by using templates project management will be easier and projects will succeed! My consistent response is: I won’t share any! Don’t judge me! I am not mean. I am just against anti-patterns1; relying on  

PMP Preparation Course – Ramadan 2016

In coordination with NewHorizons Qatar, I conducted a two weeks PMP preparation evening course for a group of enthusiastic and motivated professionals in Doha, Qatar. Though the time was very short as it’s the holy month of Ramadan, It was really interesting and challenging  I have personally learned a lot from the experiences of the … Continue reading PMP Preparation Course – Ramadan 2016

Public PMP Reparation Course April 2016

Another session of evening PMP preparation course was held this month in New Horizons Qatar. 15 enthusiastic delegates participated with great determination to pass the PMP exam. I have never been challenged with same amount of questions that reflects a real deep practices and experience in project management. I would like to thank all of … Continue reading Public PMP Reparation Course April 2016

Public PMP Reparation Course May 2016

Another session of evening PMP preparation course was held this month in New Horizons Qatar. 16 enthusiastic delegates participated with great determination to pass the PMP exam. Time went very quickly as we moved between slides, Business  case and Question Races – which were introduced for the the first time in this course -. I … Continue reading Public PMP Reparation Course May 2016

TRAINING: ITIL Foundation – ATKINS – February 2016

Yes we did it! It was really a mission impossible. It was really very challenging to have a complete ITIL foundation training in addition to the exam over one weekend. However, I realized, if you have the right delegates it’s is doable, and that what happened at ATKINS Doha on Feb 19th and 20th. All … Continue reading TRAINING: ITIL Foundation – ATKINS – February 2016

TRAINING: PMP preparation course – Ministry of Health, Qatar – Feb 2016

Had a nice 2 weeks training highly educated and energetic engineers of the Ministry of Health in Qatar. The course was a real pleasure and I  learned a lot from the group. Their questions and discussions reflected a very good experience and knowledge in the field of expertise, as well as, project management. It has … Continue reading TRAINING: PMP preparation course – Ministry of Health, Qatar – Feb 2016