Project Management

Learning From Our Experiences— How to Keep it Simple and Productive

Syed M. Zaidi
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In  the beginning, everyone in the small company did his or her part of the job and shared problems and results at the end of day, before going off into his or her comfort zone. I was hired to bring about changes in the company and make it more structured and efficient while it was expanding. Joining as a project manager for this company, and one of only a small number of employees, I remember renovating and innovating at the speed of light, whereas on some days, our efforts to improve “continually” just didn’t seem to bear enough fruit.

Who are we?

We are a small organization, providing technology services for the publishing industry throughout the world, while carrying out projects, operations, and technical conversion in Islamabad, Pakistan. We are committed to working with the publishing industry to make their content accessible to the millions of readers who cannot read a standard printed book. The company is pioneering a new model in the publishing industry with a turnkey solution for complying with the requirements of disability discrimination legislation and the changing demographics and expectations of readers. My role as a project manager in this company began with many constraints, in addition to the regular triple constraints of cost, schedule, and scope. With the unstructured information at hand, we saw a lot more than …


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