BIBF hosts workshop focused on project management success

The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF) recently concluded a workshop for GCC Institutes of Banking Studies on “The Driving Factors of Project Management Success in the Financial Services Sector.”
 
The workshop was intended to deliver insight on important project management concepts and skills applicable to the financial services sector.
 
“Today’s projects in the financial services sector are faced with high complexity, uncertainty, challenges in define final outcomes, tight budget constraints, unstable market conditions and many other challenges,”  Ahmed Al Shaikh, BIBF deputy director, said.
 
Al Shaikh notes that the core business strategy focuses on tactful planning and implementation of projects along with foreseeing possible risks and different outcomes.
 
“We recognize the tremendous role of professional development has on ongoing path of project leaders” Al Shaikh said. “The value of project leaders is defined by the ability to lead and constantly strive for excellence particularly in this continuously shifting financial market.”
 
Executives from a multitude of regional institutes and organizations attended the event, which was led by Ilango Vasudevan, a lead international trainer in project management. Vasudevan has more than two decades of experience in international engagement at large consulting firms.