24 October 2013 | Focus Group Event | Secrets of a Great Career Revealed

Life is too short not to have a career that you don’t absolutely love! At Ignite Global we are obsessed with the difference between those talented and capable people who seem to effortlessly reach their professional goals (climbing the corporate ladder, managing career around family or simply doing meaningful work with interesting people at great companies) and those equally talented and capable people who lose their way or lose their passion.

It prompted us to ask the question; – what makes the first group so successful? Is it education, experience, raw talent, personality, luck? We’ve discovered (much to our shock) that it’s none of these things.

23 September 2013 | Driving Service Improvement Programs using 'CMMI for Services' - A best practice approach 

In today’s world organizations have to face multiple complex challenges and have been in a constant quest for solutions that enable better, cheaper and faster services that deliver business goals. Over the years, organizations have leveraged best practices from ITIL/ ISO/ Lean/ Six Sigma/PMBOK etc. to support Service excellence programs and initiatives. However, leaders of global operations are realizing that the next evolution is in institutionalizing deployment as well as boosting the business benefits while continuously enriching best practices. 

With the release and rapid massive adoption of the CMMI for Services (CMMI-SVC) – a new best practices framework oriented towards a service provider organization (internal or external), several global organizations are already reaping greater value from their Service Management programs and practices.

23 August 2013 | Focus Group event
Managing a Portfolio to Implement Strategy: A Leadership Team Role

Identify the potential Projects that enable organizations reach its strategic goals and excercise enough control to ensure projects are successful.

This event is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances

Facilitator:

Dr Shaligram Pokharel
Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University

Ph.D. Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, 1997
M.A.Sc. Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, 1992
BE (Honors) Mechanical Engineering, Regional Engineering College, University of Kashmir, India, 1985

Dr. Pokharel is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University. Shaligram joined Qatar University in August 2010 as an Associate Professor.

6 July 2013 | 1 Day PMP Boot Camp | 7 PDUs

From the Attendees:

- "Instructor was good"

- "Informative"

- "Very good referesher course 2 weeks before taking the PMP exam"

- "Good examples"

- "Great notes"

The PMP (Project Management Professional) is a professional qualification recognized world-wide awarded by Project Management International, the world's leading global association for the project management profession. In an increasingly projectized world, the PMP is a comprehensive certification program for project professionals. Many gained new assignments and promotion with the newly acquired PMP qualification. When it comes to preparing the PMP Exam, many are groping in the dark. The PMP Exam demands the candidates know the depth and the breadth of the five processes and the nine knowledge areas as spelt out in the PMBOK Guide 4th Edition. Let Michael Lum, PMP, RMP, guide you through the minefields of the PMP Exam in a one-day intensive and interactive workshop. Michael teaches PMP Exam Preparation in a unique way using NLP and Accelerated Learning techniques. Many of his students passed PMP at their first attempt.