Introduction In every project—whether large or small, complex or straightforward, infrastructure or industrial—change is inevitable. It may come from design refinements, stakeholder demands, regulatory shifts, or unexpected site conditions. And yet, despite this certainty, project teams often find themselves unprepared when change arises. The reason? Because many organizations still treat change as a disruption to …

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The “Hero Project Manager” Myth — and Why It Shouldn’t Be the Norm Leave a Comment / Project Management / By Ellie Moradinezhad/ Augest 28, 2025 Across my career, I’ve seen many organizations rely on project managers as “heroes” — individuals expected to absorb chaos, manage 360° complaints, and deliver projects against all odds. I’ve even sat in leadership …

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Summary Engineering and construction industry is one of the most traditional sectors among the technical fields, specifically from management and delivery perspective, that needs devoted attention to adopt with the current high-risk environment. Today is the time we should look over our major infrastructure projects, bring the experts around the table, work together, and evaluate …

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INTRODUCTION In today’s fast paced constantly changing environment, some of our infrastructure projects are being delivered by more progressive contractual models such as Progressive P3, Alliance, Design-Build-Finance-Operation-Maintenance (DBFOM), DBOM, and other similar collaborative models, to distribute the risk and guarantee the success of project. In these projects, the functional requirements or service levels in addition …

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Part 1- Accelerating outcomes with a hybrid approach within a waterfall environment A few years ago, when I reviewed for the first time and out of my curiosity the following article, published by Chris Kaufman, Deloitte Consulting LLP and Project Management Institute (PMI), I was not sure if it is possible or beneficial to implement Hybrid …

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