Monthly Archive: June 2011

Jun
19

Part 1. Makkah Expansion Projects, past, present & future

Abraj Al Bait Project 2004-2011

  At our meeting in the Hotel’s bustling Caffe Cino, Mr Ibrahim Atwa, Director of Business Development at the Makkah Hilton & Towers made the statement;   ‘There is only one Makkah, there is only one black cube’   This was a perfect summary to the many questions I had asked him for my next …

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Jun
11

Functional Manager & Project Manager in the same organisation?

Job Role - Project Manager & Functional Manager

More than once now I have come across Managers who in one organisation have two very different roles. This person is both the Department / Functional Manager (FM) responsible for a specialist area and the Project Manager (PM) responsible for a cross organizational project. I find myself asking the question is this healthy for the …

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Jun
06

Where are the regions organisations & project professionals on social media?

Social Media Definition

About 2 months ago my experiences of social media were rather select I had FB and LinkedIn and I can’t say I used any to its full potential. So when a friend suggested I join twitter as well I scoffed at her because I couldn’t see any value to it. To my mind apps like …

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