Free breakfast seminar in Doha to show managers and business leaders how to implement global best practices in project and program management
Strong management processes can substantially reduce costly problems arising on multi-billion dollar major projects taking place in Qatar, according to an industry expert.
With rising costs and ever-tighter budgets, effective management processes are essential for project managers to cut down on the unexpected surprises which could put projects at risk. Program managers are also generally responsible for managing large, multiple project initiatives within a single customer site that carry a high risk factor.
ESI International, a market leader in the provision of program management training, will be providing a free breakfast seminar on 8th April 2008, at the Four Seasons Hotel, Doha, designed to address strategic business aims and provide the tools required for program managers to develop additional business skills.
The thought-provoking presentation in Doha on "Effective Project Management in High Performing Organizations and How to Build a Project Management Profession" will identify how organizations maximize project success.
Leading the seminar will be Raed S. Haddad, ESI Senior Vice President of Global Delivery Services. "Today’s business world is full of challenges that organizations must overcome if they are to be successful," he said. "By effectively implementing a comprehensive project management approach in their organization, many organizations are thriving in the face of adversity.
"We aim to show how companies can learn from their experiences and provide a road map to establish project management as a key competency in organisations."
The road map focuses on three areas - people, process and tools – including actual examples from work with various ESI clients. "At least one tool in each area will be identified that can be implemented back on the job immediately," Haddad said. He will also outline a case study and highlight the lessons learned and key results that were realized during the journey to better project management capabilities.
“We will be examining how change is influencing organisations to focus on developing their talent—especially program managers,” Haddad added. “Based on observations with global clients and formal research, we will look at the framework which highlights human capital—a paradigm shift for many organisations in the region, having historically focused on financial capital.”
Breakfast seminars are part of a series of educational courses run by ESI International that have been created for project managers and people involved in project work who seek a foundation in project management methodology and best practices. ESI covers a whole range of project management issues, such as planning and scope, risk management, scheduling, leadership and more.
Raed S. Haddad is the Senior Vice President of Global Delivery Services at ESI International. He is responsible for maintaining client solutions and leveraging ESI’s training and consulting services to meet the clients’ performance objectives.
Haddad joined ESI in 1991 and has worked with clients on course customization/development and instructed various project management curricula to practicing professionals and executive audiences around the world.
Over the past 20 years, Haddad has had extensive first-hand project management experience on numerous programs worldwide. As a professorial lecturer at The George Washington University, he currently teaches graduate-level courses in project and program management; cost/schedule and quality control; and decision-making techniques.
