Mustafa Hafızoglu

Mustafa Hafizoglu, PMP, BS, M.Sc., is the co-founder and previous President of the PMI Chapter in Turkey, Program Director at Space & Defence Technologies Co., a part-time instructor at Middle East Technical University. He has 20 years of experience in hardware and software development projects, in the aerospace and defense industry. Mustafa established the PMO at SDT Space and Defense Tech and co-authored the book: Project Management Analytical Approaches. He’s also a speaker at PMI Global Congress and various international seminars. Mustafa writes about program management and risk management.

Risk Management
Mustafa HafızogluSeptember 7, 2021
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Risk management: Threat or opportunity
In risk management, it’s essential to recognize when something is a threat or opportunity. On March 25th, 2019 a text message woke me up in the early hours of the morning. It was from my airline Pegasus telling me that…
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Program Management
Mustafa HafızogluAugust 10, 2021
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A starter’s guide to program management
What is a Program Manager and Program management? Here’s a quick guide to program management. This role emerged as an extension of project management in the late 20th Century. This extension came from the increasing complexity of the projects, increasing…
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Program Management
Mustafa HafızogluJune 24, 2021
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How to create and unearth more benefits with program management
Philip Kotler, the guru of marketing, defined the purpose of marketing as the process of making people happier and more satisfied, in his speech at the World Marketing Summit in Istanbul in December 2018. Moreover, he suggested that creating a…
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Program Management
Mustafa HafızogluJune 17, 2021
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7 Tips for adopting the right mindset for successful program management
Most organizations have various projects with various stakeholders. Market pressure on shortened life cycles of new products, minimizing costs, and increasing the scope makes project management even more indispensable for these organizations. On the other hand, although it has been…
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Risk Management
Mustafa HafızogluJune 1, 2021
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The one inescapable risk of managing projects
In project management, there’s one inescapable risk. I’ve just started a new project, and yes, the same risk is on the list as it was in the risk register for over 100 of the projects I completed. People… When I…
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Program Management
Mustafa HafızogluMay 13, 2021
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5 Ambiguities in program management that every organization should understand
If an organization aims to obtain benefits that cannot be obtained by managing each of the related projects but is available by managing these projects in a coordinated manner, then programs can be defined in this organization. Although the academic…
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Risk Management
Mustafa HafızogluApril 1, 2021
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Friend or foe: Identifying the impact of different risks on your projects
When you are in a war, it is very dangerous that is very it is very important to be sure whether the approaching fighter aircraft or tank is your ally or enemy. This uncertainty led the defense industry to develop…
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Risk Management
Mustafa HafızogluMarch 22, 2021
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Managing risks in the emerging industry 4.0
PMI Turkey Chapter just held an amazing 2-day project management summit with the theme “Project Management in Industry 4.0” in Istanbul on September 2018. What will the future trends for managing risks in projects be? What should we expect when…
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Risk Management
Mustafa HafızogluJanuary 25, 2021
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How executive management support protects your project against uncertainty
Find out how executive management support protects your project against uncertainty. I’ll start by sharing my experience about a time when I went camping with my friend who is an aeronautical engineer and who is also very interested in astronomy.…
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Project Management Templates
Mustafa HafızogluJanuary 7, 2021
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Time to redefine project success
What is project success? Specifically, how do you define project success? A very simple question to answer as most of the Project Managers will tell us triple constraints, namely, time, cost, and scope, as being the success criteria. On the…
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