Find out how executive management support protects your project against uncertainty. I’ll start by sharing my experience about a time when I went camping with my friend who is an …
Mustafa Hafızoglu
Mustafa Hafızoglu
Mustafa Hafizoglu, PMP, BS, M.Sc., is the co-founder and previous President of the PMI Chapter in Turkey, Program Director at Space & Defence Technologies Co., a part-time instructor at Middle East Technical University. He has 20 years of experience in hardware and software development projects, in the aerospace and defense industry. Mustafa established the PMO at SDT Space and Defense Tech and co-authored the book: Project Management Analytical Approaches. He’s also a speaker at PMI Global Congress and various international seminars. Mustafa writes about program management and risk management. See Mustafa's Articles
Time to redefine project success
What is project success? Specifically, how do you define project success? This is a straightforward question, as most project managers will tell us that triple constraints, namely time, cost, and …
Using risk-based thinking to reduce deviation from planned results
Looking for ways to reduce deviations? The answer can be found in risk-based thinking. Risk management is a key knowledge area that supports project managers in achieving project success. The …
Managing uncertainty vs. the cost of change?
In my lectures, when it comes to the topic of managing risks, I start with a figure just to illustrate the importance of managing risks. This figure shows that the …
How To Be Flexible When Faced With Project Uncertainty
Every successful project manager knows that managing risks is indispensable for project success. Being proactive, especially at the beginning of the project, where uncertainty is at the highest level, helps …
Data and flexibility: Keys to managing uncertainty
Uncertainty is inevitable. What are the keys to managing Uncertainty? There are two main ways to tackle uncertainty: You can either decrease the level of uncertainty or increase flexibility. My …
Creating learning organizations by using program management
Creating learning organizations by using program management. “Projects are one-time efforts in the organizations. As they are finished, all the resources including the people are adjourned. Then what happens to …
What are the real enablers behind projects and programs?
What are the real project and program enablers? In the project management challenge 2007 video below, Scott Horowitz, a former astronaut and NASA associate administrator for the exploration systems mission …
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4 Steps to improve your benefits realization
Find out about benefits realization management and how to improve benefits realization. It was my first time traveling to South America and for the first time. I was traveling with …