Chief Trainer’s Profile

A good Project Management Methodology (PMM) instills structure to the project life cycle thus driving consistency and yielding better predictability of results.

Quality Assurance is the ‘king’ of the Project Quality Management Knowledge Area. It takes some of the outputs of Quality Plan and Quality Control and can also use their tools too while having its own tools of Audit and Process Analysis.

Do perform schedule compression during ‘Develop Schedule’ process but don’t forget to update ARR(Activity Resource Requirements)

Remember when using Schedule compression techniques, ‘Crashing’ often results in increased cost while ‘Fast Tracking’ often results in increased risks.

Think of WBS dictionary as work package dictionary which defines the overall scope of the work package.

If a scope has to be curtailed then first look to get rid of requirements with higher costs and lesser benefits

Projects are ‘strategy enablers’. They should be professionally handled to achieve required strategic results.

WBS is a good tool for communications and team buy in.

Identify stakeholders as early as possible, create their management strategy and manage their expectations throughout the project life cycle.

c to look for unexpected impacts of implemented risk responses.

Methodology is not a silver bullet that can fix projects by itself. But it does help in giving a clear roadmap for achieving project success.

'Collect Requirements' is an important process for the success of a project. If stakeholders requirements are not collected adequately that leads to a scope which is poorly defined. If the scope is wanting then the deliverables are not well defined and if that is so then project creates deliverables that do not match customer expectations. In such a scenario even though cost and time objectives may have been successfully met the project is deemed unsuccessful. Thus project requirements must be diligently understood and well captured in scope to deliver right project results for enabling stakeholders' satisfaction.

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A good Project Management Methodology (PMM) instills structure to the project life cycle thus driving consistency and yielding better predictability of results.

Asad Kazim B.Eng, MSc, MBA, MBB, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP, CSSGB, CSSBB, LMC, ITILF(V3 & V4), SCT, SSMC, SMC, SPOC, SDC, A/CCRF, A/CCRP, A/CRMF is founder of CONSAK Inc. and is currently deployed as its President and Chief Trainer. He has more than 35 years of real world experience out of which greater part has been spent in managing and directing mid and large sized programs/projects pertaining to Defense Electronics, Telecommunications and IT industries. Asad started his career as an Avionics Engineer and later did a Master’s degree in Electronics from University of Southampton, UK and an MBA degree from Preston University Karachi, Pakistan. Beside his sound academic credentials, he holds PMI credentials of Project Management both for Traditional (PMP) and Agile (PMI-ACP) methodologies and is certified as a Risk Management Professional with PMI-RMP credential to his credit. He is a PMI certified PMP Trainer. As Six Sigma practitioner, Asad is Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB), Black Belt (CSSBB) & Master Belt (MBB). His passion for knowledge has also resulted in his attainment of Lean Management Certification (LMC) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation (V3 & V4) certification. Additionally, he is a qualified Scrum study Certified Trainer (SCT), having gained the credentials of Scaled Scrum Master Certified, Scrum Master Certified (SMC), Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC) and Scrum Developer Certified (SDC). His most recent credentials are in Cyber Resilience for Fundamental and Practitioner level. Enriched with long industry experience, coupled with excellent professional track record, Asad likes to stay passionately involved in sharing his professional knowledge and experiences. His uncanny knack to make complex concepts appear simple, makes him a well sought and top class teacher. As President of CONSAK INC his aim is to provide ‘Continuity to Success and Knowledge’ for the clients. As a Subject Matter Expert (SME) he appears on radio and TV talk shows and as well as hosts Webinar and Seminars for dilating on the subjects pertaining to PMP, Six Sigma, Lean, Agile, RMP, Scrum and ITIL applications. His selection as a speaker at 2012 Annual symposium arranged by PMI-CTT chapter at Waterloo, Ontario is case in point. In pursuit of his passion for teaching Asad has been associated as a Professor at Sheridan College to teach Project Management courses in the Continuing Education Program. He is married and has 3 children (The youngest being Anam Kazim has the honor to have become the Member Legislative Assembly (MLA), Alberta Canada). Though an avid golfer, he also likes to play tennis. Another dimension of his personality is his keen interest in Arts and Literature- He is an English poet too, with two published books to his credit.