Mr. Vugar Rustemli – Guest speaker in Principles of Project Management & Operations Management

As part of this year’s International week, SBEM students in Principles of Project Management & Operations Management were inspired by guest speaker Mr. Vugar Rustemli, PMP, PMI-ACP, and CDF-certified project professional. Digital Transformation as one of the trends in the Project Economy across the globe, was treated in the presented case study. Basically, the case study was an example of a successful digital transformation project that solved the need of registering, train, assigning, and tracking more than 10,000 people in 100 locations. The project was delivered by utilizing the Agile approach by the team distributed over the 5 countries in mid of Covid19 pandemic conditions. The main challenges were bottlenecks in communication flow, system integration, and end- user resistance. Best practices of project management, the human side of change management, active stakeholder engagement, and a transparent communication approach were the main pillars behind the successful delivery of the project.

The shared insights by the guest lecturer can serve as a creative Case study in the following part of the semester.

Brief information about the guest lecturer
Vugar Rustamli, PMP, PMI-ACP, and CDF-certified project professional with 14+ years of experience in various industries. Between 2017-2022 he has lived in 9 different countries and delivered projects in fintech, O&G, events, pharmaceutical, and education industries by utilizing traditional and agile approaches. His main expertise and interest areas are Digital Transformation, Scaled Agile, Citizen Development, and Change Management. As a Co- founder and Project Coach of PMWILL, he has facilitated workshops for more than 1000 individuals and startup teams from Azerbaijan, Serbia, Poland, the UAE, Qatar, Germany, and Mauritius to become better in project management, team management, stakeholder engagement, and product development.