Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

Plan, execute, and finalise projects within triple constraints of delivering on time, within budget and scope objectives, including acquiring resources and coordinating efforts of team members in order to deliver projects according to plan. Identify, communicate, and resolve project issues and risks. Develop risk mitigation plans. Communicate project status to project stakeholders. Coach, mentor, and motivate team members to take action and accountability for assigned work. Direct project portfolios.

Since I work in several projects in parallel, each of them being at different phase, my typical day may include several tasks, most of them described above.

I like organising things and working in a group. I also enjoy having no specific routine.

The challenging aspects have to do with the integration of different technologies, R&D and production issues, as well as customer requirements.

Everyday, I have to deal with time/cost/quality management. Also risk management is very important. I believe that it helps a lot if one is a good communicator and decision maker.

I have had lots of training; they had to do with company’s products, project management theory and tools, as well as business management s/w. However now I also perform as an instructor for project management issues, either for companies or students.

Engineer in Information Systems and Multiservice Networks Dept
• Project management for enterprises projects, including the National Greek PTT, and the Organizational Committee of Athens Olympic Games 2004.
• Participation in presales procedures and creation of contracts.
• Composition of templates regarding professional services.
• Documentation regarding provided services, project procedures, customer satisfaction etc.
• Participation in the organisation on the department of Information Systems and Multiservice Networks and its corresponding laboratory.

Project Manager, Telco Solutions Project Management Dept
• Project management of projects concerning Enterprises and other Organizations in Greece and abroad (i.e. Cyprus, Turkey, Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria). Often travelling abroad due to project needs. Language used: English.
• Projects included provision of telecommunication solutions created by third party vendors, as well as provision of professional services by company’s engineers.

Project Manager, Project Management Office (PMO)
• Project management for national and international enterprises and other organizations.
• Most of the projects included the provision of company’s manufactured products as well as services.
• Member of the company’s group regarding the training of the project managers, as well as the composition of company’s project procedures (PMO Office).

Project Management Instructor
• Cooperation with Hellenic American Union, Hewlett Packard, tuition centers and enterprises regarding project management courses. Last work concerned teaching IT project management in AIT, http://www.ait.gr/ait_web_site/faculty_teaching13.jsp
• Instructor of in class and e-learning courses
• Development of material for e-learning courses using Blackboard, Moodle and other elearning platforms

Project Manager, Project Implementation and Support Dept
• Project management for international projects regarding enterprises and other organizations; it includes initiation, planning, execution control and closure of the projects that were signed for the provision of telecom materials and relevant services. Also act as the key contact point for all project shareholders. Language used: English.
• Major projects run in India and Russia (i.e. project in Russia values> 107M $ till now, while the project in India values>50M$ till now). Cooperation with local offices regarding the routine service provisions to the customer and customs clearance tasks.

I like project management a lot; based on that aspect, and I would like approach fields that cultivate/promote innovation.

First they have to learn to be engineers and then to manage engineers. Apart from a degree in a science field, they also have to study project management.

Shadab  MSc Control Systems (2010)
Control Systems Engineer / Project Manager  (Engineering and manufacturing)

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