By: Eng. Hammam Elmahi Introduction In the business field and project management, communication is vital to keep teams, stakeholders and managers posted about important information at the workplace. To keep the communication process, moving smoothly in a company functional, and project managers should develop their interpersonal skills (power skills) and emotional intelligence as well as…
Predictive and Agile procurements for PMP
Introduction Contracts and procurements are vital for project management, because the project team may not be able to develop or complete every activity or produce all the required services. in these circumstances, the management may decide to acquire these products, services or deliverables from outside the project, in other words, outsource it.To make such a…
Agile, Waterfall, Iterative and Incremental Approaches
By: Hammam Elmahi Introduction When the Project management body of knowledge PMBOK guide illustrates the project management development approaches PMD, it is categorised into 5 different methods which are: traditional, iterative, incremental, agile and hybrid.A deep understanding of the principles of these approaches in essential for the PMP exam, because some of the exam questions…
Emergency Procedures: Why They Matter?
By: Hammam Elmahi Introduction At workplaces, incidents and accidents might happen at any time, due to unsafe acts or unsafe conditions, and we all believe we cannot control the workplace by 100%, there is always some failure and flaws, however, we must control the risk as much as reasonably practicable.The employer is responsible for reasonably…
Hierarchy of control examples
Hammam Elmahi Introduction One of the crucial concepts to digest is the hierarchy of control, which is useful when occupational safety and health practitioners try to estimate the risk of a specific activity, in other words, it is used in risk assessments.Hierarchy of control is important for NEBOSH IG learners; it is practically used in…
NEBOSH IG: Risk profiling vs risk assessment
By, Hammam Elmahi Introduction One of the main topics for all health and safety practitioners is the risk assessment, it is generally the core work of occupational safety and health because it is the document that covers all hazards and risks associated with the tasks and activities going on in a workplace.The occupational health and…
Earned value analysis
by E.HAMMAM ELMAHI When we plan the project, we focus on the main three constrains which create the baselines. We start by collecting the requirement, and the quality of data here is very critical for calcifying the scope of work, the main output here is the scope baseline. Based on the scope, we manage the…
Agile velocity & Estimating project duration
Introduction: Scheduling and time management plays a vital role in projects management because time is a constraint which can affect the project scope and cost as they contain the overall goal of carrying out the project, business case and strategic objective.In the predictive Approach, the most important output of the schedule planning is the schedule…
The PMI Talent Triangle® updates
Introduction The great thing about PMI is their commitment toward continuous improvement and empowering project manager, with most effective skills and capabilities to complete their works in efficient and effective ways.One of the PMI core concepts is the talent triangle, which summarise the abilities, skills, knowledge and experience required for project managers. The triangle stems…