PMI REP No.

1419

The Future-Proof Project Manager:

Developing Your Digital-Age Project 27 October - 30 October 2019
Kempinski Hotel, Mall of the Emirates,
Management Skills Dubai, UAE

Understand The Dynamics Of Change And Transformation And Its Impact

On Project Management. Leverage Agility And An Innovation Mindset And
Develop Key Skills For The Digital-Age And Beyond

On This Course, You Will:

Be acquainted with trends a ecting the business and project management profession

Be equipped with innovative frameworks to solve business challenges and respond to

changing demands

Explore disruptive trends and technologies that require a project manager’s attention

Learn how to keep up with digital-age skills, new demands and frameworks to
future-proof your project management career

Discuss real-life examples of complex transformation journeys and learn how project
management is adaptable to best t now and then

Abdallah Nasrallah - PMP, ACP, PBA

International Management Consulting
PMI Talent Triangle Advisor and Business Leader

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COURSE INFORMATION
Course Overview Meet Your Expert Course Leader

Change and transformation projects in the digital age require a di erent approach and additional skills than
traditional project management skills. This is the main reason why the project management profession
should always be improved and enhanced with skills that are anticipated in-line with future demands. When
transformation and dynamic functions like project management hit each other head on, the results can be
game changing. Project managers should embrace agility, innovative models and tools to make their jobs as
impactful to the organisation as they can be.
The Future-Proof Project Manager: Developing Your Digital-Age Project Management Skills course is
geared towards helping participants gain the power to think more creatively in expanding their project
management skills. It is tailored to familiarise participants with performance-enhancing techniques to drive
professional, personal, and organisational growth in project management.
During the course, you will discuss and practice innovative ways to align your skills with what is needed in
the future as far as the project management profession is concerned. You will learn about disruptive trends
a ecting organisations both strategically and operationally and how to be well-equipped to lead the way
forward.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for anyone who is involved in project/program management and needs to
understand the dynamics a ecting organisations and project managers in the digital age.
Functional managers involved in project/program management/transformation
Transformation Project Managers
Transformation team members
Change Managers involved in project management
Abdallah Nasrallah - PMP, ACP, PBA
International Management Consulting Advisor and Business Leader
Abdallah is an international management consultant, a trusted advisor, a business
leader and a coach with over two decades of experience in the MENA region
optimising and transforming organisations through successful strategy and
portfolio management, program/project delivery, business process optimisation,
promotion of governance and compliance and enablement of business through technology and
innovation.
With a special blend of expertise in the industry, consulting, and solutions spaces, Abdallah served
numerous organisations operating in the government, telecommunications, healthcare, digital,
transportation, construction, services, hospitality and tourism, information technology and education
sectors. Entities include Dubai Holding, Orange Telecom, AW Rostamani Group, Du, A.T. Kearney, and
Dubai Municipality amongst others.
He holds an Executive MBA from Bradford University, and a BSc degree in Information Management. He
is a Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP), Agile Certi ed Practitioner (PMI-ACP), and Professional
in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA).
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Entrepreneurs establishing new organisations

Experienced Project/Program managers who are involved or planning to be involved in

transformation programs
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COURSE OUTLINE
Course Timings: Registration will be at 08:00 on Day One. The course will commence at 08:30 every day and end at 14:30. There will be breaks for refreshments at approximately 10:30 and 12:30 and lunch will be served at the end
of each day’s session.

Day One
Industry knowledge and interpersonal skills
Introduction To Transformation Self-transformation for the digital age project manager

Types of transformation – The What and How? Exercise: Self-Assessment

Business transformation

Organisational transformation Day Two

Digital transformation
Disruptive Trends That Require The Project Manager’s Attention In The Digital Age
Transformation mindset for a project manager
Potential bene t and impact of trends on the project management profession
Transformation and strategic change
The trends and why should you care?
Transformation roadmap phases
Industry 4.0 and impact on future operations
Traditional vs. change vs. transformation projects/programs
Arti cial Intelligence a ecting work and results
The PM As A Transformation Leader Utilising Machine Learning for the bene t of business

Six basic rules to successful transformation using project management Robotic Process Automation (RPA) as an enabler

Strategic alignment Blockchain

Capability management Edge computing

Value focus Virtual reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)

Drive sustainment Cyber security

Agility and exibility Internet of Things (IoT) and the Internet of Everything (IoE)

Talent management
Workshop: Putting It All Together; Re ective Impact Analysis

Case Study – IKEA Transformation

Top Digital Age Skills For Project Management
Project Management In The Digital Age, Concepts, Realities The PM skillset matrix

What’s in it for project managers – A macro view Recommended digital age skills: Approach and mindset

De ning future-proof project management Data science skills as an enabler

Project management role – Analysis and growth Adapt an innovation mindset

Historical project management profession improvements Security and privacy knowledge

Organisational trends impacting projects and teams Legal and regulatory compliance acquaintance

Positioning future-proof project manager as a business leader and a strategic innovator

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 Ability to make data-driven decisions Adaptive project management and value-driven delivery

Collaborative leadership skills Embracing the digital age culture

Understanding the need of a digital age culture

Exercise: Personal PM Skills Transformation
Tools for creating awareness

Actionable model to change

Day Three
Future-proof skillset matrix
The Concept Project Management 3.0
Discussion: Model Application
Design thinking as a future to management

Re ning project management aspects:

Day Four
Control, agility, responsiveness, and value

Projects as part of a bigger picture

Developing The Innovation Mindset

Leading projects as business Innovation in project management

Project scope and constraints The innovation and creativity agenda

Project roadmap and planning Innovation as a key to unlock future potential

Transformation actors Project management growth strategies

Communication, engagement and support Mastering value delivery and innovation opportunity

Risk management for change and transformation Innovation in business, process, and technology

Lean project management concepts

Team Exercise: Develop Your Project Innovation Agenda And Toolkit

Smart Project Management

People, Project Management And The Organization
Disrupt the project management practice
People engagement and motivation
Smart project management tools
Digital age people considerations
Smart control boards
Promoting visibility through project management
Smart dashboards
Manage predictions utilising data and facts
Kanban and Scrumban
Performance management and relevant metrics
Workshop: Project Of The Future
Growth strategies and next steps

Future-Proof Project Management Framework (Putting It All Together) Workshop: Evaluate Visibility And Performance In The Digital Age

Future-proof project management framework

Framework goals, and pillars

Framework governance

Extensions to the framework

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The Future-Proof Project Manager: Developing Your Digital-Age
Project Management Skills
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