http://kareemshaker.com Everyday is a New Day Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:05:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/5-tips-to-sell-your-pmo/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/5-tips-to-sell-your-pmo/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:51:51 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=932 The rollout of the Project Management Office is best managed by approaching it as a project, even if the ultimate objective of the project is to develop the PMO business case, it would be more effective to approach feasibility study and business case development as a project. You can use these five tips to sell [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/5-tips-to-sell-your-pmo/feed/ 5 http://kareemshaker.com/portfolio-management/are-you-running-the-right-projects/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/portfolio-management/are-you-running-the-right-projects/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:05:30 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=831 The project selection process by an organisation or department is fundamental to success.  In talking with many clients this year the common theme is one of budget cuts and headcount reductions so the selection of the “right” projects is even more important than ever. I can however think of a number of well-known & profitable [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/portfolio-management/are-you-running-the-right-projects/feed/ 1 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/do-the-right-things-right/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/do-the-right-things-right/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:13:16 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=473 What do you do if you get asked to handle a wrong project that if it was your call you wouldn’t do it at all? I have seen many discussions about this topic on Twitter, while the main duty of the project manager is to deliver the project within the triple constraints, yet effective project [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/do-the-right-things-right/feed/ 7 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/a-project-manager-going-gaga/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/a-project-manager-going-gaga/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:24:07 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=313 Few days ago a thought hit my mind about the relationship between a project and a life, and I found both pretty much similar in so many aspects, in fact have been so busy trying to organize my life, feel purposeful, have SMART goals, be better time manager, and get things done. I found myself [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/a-project-manager-going-gaga/feed/ 4 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/why-projects-fail-part-two/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/why-projects-fail-part-two/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:29:25 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=164 Initiating is one of the most overlooked phases of a project lifecycle (so as is Closing), you have to keep in my mind that if you start wrong, chances are you will end wrong, just like a building’s foundation, if the foundation is not solid the building may collapse any time before or after completing [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/why-projects-fail-part-two/feed/ 0