12/06/2025 Ziad Al-basir Main Pages, PMO, Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Management Office

Delivering Value Through Performance Domains

Interactive SPA: Delivering Value Through Performance Domains Delivering Value Through Performance Domains An interactive guide to the modern project success framework, aligned with the PMBOK® Guide, 7th Edition. The Core Shift: From Processes to Performance Modern project management is evolving. Foundational structures like the WBS and CBS are no longer enough. The focus has shifted from rigid processes to a holistic, value-driven strategy centered around eight interconnected **Performance Domains**. True success now comes from integrating these domains to deliver tangible […]

11/12/2024 Ziad Al-basir Business Transformation, Main Pages, PMO, Portfolio Management, Project Cost Controls, Project Governance, Project Portfolio Management Office

Project Governance: Beyond Initial Plans

Project Governance: Beyond Initial Plans Project Governance: Beyond Initial Plans Exploring the realities of project management and the critical balance between rigid plans and adaptive leadership. 📊 Reflecting on 2024: A Project Year in Review In the end of 2024, I am sure you all get to a conclusion, how much achievements and delays you had by now in your projects comparing to the initial plans. Let’s hope, you as a leader, this year encountered a situation where one of […]

04/08/2024 Ziad Al-basir Cost Control, Main Pages, Project Governance, Project Portfolio Management Office, Scheduling

Gate Review Scheduling Models

On 2015 study, PMI research indicated that poor decisions because of ineffective communications is the first factor for projects failure with 56% of the studied cases. Gate reviews is a form of communication which is a crucial part of project governance, especially for large and complex projects. Sometimes, this process might take months before you can get an approval. In this period, many events and developments happened before even you can go to a gate review Some governance designs the […]

10/06/2024 Ziad Al-basir Annual Budget, Bidding & Tendering, Budget, PPMO, Project Cost Controls, Project Portfolio Management Office

Project Reporting: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Survivorship Bias

Project Reporting: Avoiding Survivorship Bias Project Reporting: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Survivorship Bias As the mid-year report review for your project’s approaches, consider the type of project reports you are reviewing. Do they include any Survivorship Bias understanding and reporting? 🤔 What is Survivorship Bias? Survivorship bias or survival bias is the logical error of concentrating on entities that passed a selection process while overlooking those that did not. This can lead to incorrect conclusions because of incomplete data. These […]

02/06/2024 Ziad Al-basir Budget, Business Development, Business Transformation, Cost Control, EPMO, EPPM, Main Pages, PMO, PPMO, Project Cost Controls, Project Portfolio Management Office, Resources Planning

Mastering Real Estate Development: Your EPMO Blueprint

Mastering Real Estate Development: Your EPMO Blueprint Mastering Real Estate Development: Your EPMO Blueprint Are your real estate development ambitions crumbling under the weight of chronic delays and budget overruns? Every missed deadline and overrun erodes profit margins and turns strategic goals into dust. Are you ready to take control and stop the risk of failure? — Is This Your Reality? 💔 Is this the legacy you want to leave as a business leader – a trail of stalled projects […]

02/06/2024 Ziad Al-basir Project Cost Controls, Project Portfolio Management Office, Scheduling Leave a comment

Project Recovery: Your Blueprint for Success

Project Recovery: Your Blueprint for Success Project Recovery: Your Blueprint for Success Do you ever feel like a project leader caught between a rock and a hard place? You’re diligently leading your team, but deadlines seem to slip further and further out of reach. Perhaps you’re working on a project with a completion date that’s planned for last year, with no clear path to closure in this year yet you are doing what is in your control to do. Here’s […]

27/03/2023 Ziad Al-basir Cost Control, Forecast, Leadership, Main Pages, Planning & Control, Project Cost Controls, Project Portfolio Management Office, Strategic Planning

“How Big Things Get Done” Book Review – Part 2, The Success

Success road is always paved with failure. Success which creates value and benefits is rare as shown in part 1 of this review. That’s why part 1 of the Book “How Big Things Get Done” review was first about failure not success. Success starts by learning from others’ failures before you learn from yours. The provided cases give us very good positive learning. The book discussed many successful mega medium and small projects cases to understand how projects team succeed […]

19/03/2023 Ziad Al-basir Business Transformation, Forecast, Leadership, Main Pages, Planning & Control, PMO, Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Management Office

How Big Things Get Done Book Review, Part 1 The Failure.

Understanding history is crucial for achieving success in the future, particularly when accompanied by comprehensive data analysis. This concept is effectively conveyed in the book “How Big Things Get Done” authored by Prof. Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner. The book offers valuable insights based on years of experience and digs into the analysis of project data spanning to decades of years after delivery which gives us the full story of the project benefits real outcome. Upon reading the book I […]

16/01/2023 Ziad Al-basir Planning & Control, Portfolio Management, Project Cost Controls, Project Portfolio Management Office

Fighting Corruption In Construction Industry

The USA, Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs released the following on 14th Nov 2022 “A construction company owner became the third person to plead guilty for his role in a bid-rigging and bribery scheme involving California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) improvement and repair contracts. According to a plea agreement filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento, Bill R. Miller engaged in a conspiracy, from April 2015 through at least December […]

15/01/2023 Ziad Al-basir Cost Control, Planning & Control, Portfolio Management, PPMO, Project Cost Controls, Project Portfolio Management Office

Bidding Project Portfolio System

Winning new projects nowadays is very tough considering the market conditions and high competition. To compete successfully, businesses must have a clear understanding of their industry, the competition, and their customers. They must also create and implement strategies to differentiate themselves from the competition. This can include having a unique product offering, providing superior customer service, offering competitive pricing, and utilizing effective marketing and advertising tactics. Additionally, businesses must stay on top of industry trends and be agile in responding […]

15/01/2023 Ziad Al-basir Cost Control, EPMO, EPPM, Planning & Control, Portfolio Management, Project Cost Controls, Project Portfolio Management Office

Cost Management For Contractors

Cost management is more crucial to the contractors than other parties during contract execution. Some contractors are still in the dilemma on working on huge unsecured excel sheets and late reports from site and misalignment between the construction team and the head office departments which support and monitor the project. EVM system is on tool to monitor the cost and profit on real time every single day using Primavera P6 EPPM system. Earned Value Management (EVM) is a widely used […]

27/11/2022 Ziad Al-basir PMO, Portfolio Management, Project Cost Controls, Project Portfolio Management Office

Project Charter

The project charter is an important part of the project development. It is the first control ground for the project. If the project doesn’t have a project charter, the project owner is missing a very important control of the project. Having an approved project charter / brief means that the project manager and the board are: 1- Understand and agree the terms of reference of the project. 2- They are willing and able to commit their time to the direction […]

12/06/2022 Ziad Al-basir Project Portfolio Management Office

أهم مصطلحات تخطيط المشاريع

هيكل تجزئة الأعمال Work Breakdown Structure – WBS أو هيكلية تقسيم العمل، ويُسمّى أيضًا مخطط تحليل الأنشطة (Activity Decomposition Chart) أو نمذجة شبكة المشروع (Project Network-Modeling)، وهو الهيكل أو المخطط الذي ينتج من عملية تقسيم نطاق المشروع (Project Scope) بأكمله بيانيًا إلى عناصر عمل ليسهل إدارتها ومراقبتها والتحكم بها. يَعرض هيكل تجزئة العمل الذي يُعر نطاق المشـروع Project Scope هو مصطلح يُستخدم في مجال إدارة المشاريع ويشير إلى جميع المتطلبات والأعمال اللازمة لإتمام مشروع ما، حيث يتيح تحديد نطاق المشروع […]

25/05/2019 Ziad Al-basir Business Transformation, EPMO, EPPM, PMO, Portfolio Management, PPMO, Project Portfolio Management Office

How Old Are You In The PPMO Maturity?

How old are you in the PPMO maturity? The integration maturity of Project Portfolio Processes with Business Processes is the core of a successful PPMO to achieve the business goals of selection the right projects and delivering the projects according to its established goals. This article is a an important to read to understand the organisation maturity to manage expectations and to do the right implementation planning. This article is discussing , the project portfolio management office (PPMO) maturity levels […]

20/05/2019 Ziad Al-basir Planning & Control, PMO, Portfolio Management, Project Cost Controls, Project Portfolio Management Office

Project Controls Vs. PMO

In the world of project management, there are several different terms used to describe the organizational structures that oversee projects. These terms include project control departments, Enterprise Project Management Offices (EPMOs), Program and Portfolio Management Offices (PPMOs), and Project Management Offices (PMOs). While each of these structures serves a similar purpose, there are some key differences between them that are important to understand, particularly for contractors and developers. Project Control Department A project control department is a centralized unit within […]