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/why-do-projects-really-fail/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/why-do-projects-really-fail/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:42:33 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=686 Project failure has always been a hot topic. Yet the mystery behind what drives projects off track is starting to fade. Organizations have come a long way when it comes to ferreting out the root causes of failure. Here are some of the top reasons projects fall short – and rips for how you can [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/why-do-projects-really-fail/feed/ 3 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/microsoft-project-does-not-make-a-project-manager/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/microsoft-project-does-not-make-a-project-manager/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:36:00 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=610 Through the years I have seen many people who use Microsoft Project (aka project management software) and claim they are project managers, I have also seen PMP certified people who don’t know the basics of Microsoft Project, and sadly I have seen project managers who are managing projects and don’t know the theory nor the [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/microsoft-project-does-not-make-a-project-manager/feed/ 10 http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/scope-creep-and-gold-plating-are-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/scope-creep-and-gold-plating-are-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:06:10 +0000 Kareem http://kareemshaker.com/?p=507 While Scope Creep and Gold Plating may appear as two different issues in project management, they are relevant and very likely to result in unsatisfied customers, the creep term is so true, you start a small change and accept it without enough analysis then you find yourself doing another change in order to implement the [...]]]> http://kareemshaker.com/project-management/scope-creep-and-gold-plating-are-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/feed/ 8