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AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA Agile management or agile project management is an iterative method of determining requirements for engineering development projects in a highly flexible and interactive manner .   The iterative nature allows cross functional teams to move back and forth through the development life cycle until the development is complete.  Agile techniques are beneficial in environments where it is difficult to plan ahead due to organizational processes and environmental factors, projects that require constant feedback and are too complex for the customer to understand and specify before testing prototypes .       Agile techniques allow for deliverables to be submitted in stages giving time for testing and validation with internal and external stakeholders before proceeding to the next phase.   It is pertinent to note that there is a difference between agile and waterfall development; the delivery time in agile is shorter due to ...

Organization: UNDP Nigeria Post Title: Project Manager Level of Post: SB5(equivalent to NOC) Type of contract: Service Contract Full time Location: Abuja,Nigeria Duration: (One year) (with possiblity of renewal) Closing Date: 7th February 2012 For details on the job description and application process,please visit http://www.ng.undp.org/jobs.shtml and submit your application. For further details on UN Benefits and entitlements,pleae visit http://icsc.un.org/sal_sab.asp The UN is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender,nationality and culture.Individuals from minority groups,indigenous groups and persons with disabilites are equally encouraged to apply. Qualified women are highly encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Job Opening: Head of Project Finance Standard Bank - Lagos (Nigeria) Job Description To develop the bank's project finance financial advisory and lending business activities and ensure the department grows into becoming the leading project finance business in Nigeria.  To utilize the Project Finance business as an avenue for securing a range of ancillary business for the bank.    Desired Skills & Experience A minimum of a Masters Degree in a finance /business / economics related discipline would give you an advantage Strong technical skills; A minimum of twelve years project finance specific experience, hands-on experience in pitching, originating, structuring, executing and closing transactions; The successful candidate will be expected to understand the dynamics of the Nigerian, regional and ...

Project Management Jobs in Nigeria Project Manager – Nigeria (Ref: DDG-R4D/PMN/10/11) Background: The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) invites applications for the position of Project Manager - Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project. IITA is an international non-profit research-for-development (R4D) organization created in 1967, governed by a Board of Trustees, and supported primarily by the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Our R4D is anchored on the development needs of sub-Saharan Africa. We develop agricultural solutions with our partners to tackle hunger and poverty by reducing producer and consumer risks, enhancing crop quality and productivity, and generating wealth from agriculture. We have more than 100 internationally recruited scientists from about 35 countries and 900 nationally recruited staff based in various stations across Africa. Please visit http://www.iita.org...

NAME: Mr Victor Ezenwata  Impac Oil and Gas Ltd. based in Port Harcourt Rivers State. Nigeria QUALITY OF PRESENTATION: The 36 hours contact hour with RITETRAC Consulting ltd, was masterfully delivered. The class was very interactive, with lots of practical project management questions, Tests and project management book references. After course tests was administered to assess competence. HOW I PREPARED FOR THE EXAM: For the exam, I read the Head First PMP by Jennifer Greene and Andrew Stallman. (Fantastic book, I read it over and answered all the questions three times over, i couldn’t stop reading), and the PMBK fourth Edition. I also frequently referred to notes I took during the contact hour lectures. Previous experience in project management, understanding of the structure, content and format of the exam is also key to passing the PMP exam. I had enough practice by perusing PMP structured exam questions. THE GAINS: Since I gained My PMP status, and presented the prestigious cert...

Little Known facts about the ITIL ® v3 Certification in Nigeria The acronym ITIL ®   (IT Infrastructure Library, a set of books similar in nature to PMI’s PMBOK Guide ) or ITSM (IT Service Management – the concept of IT as a “service” to the business). ITIL started in the late 1980s when the British Central Computer and Telecommunication Agency (CCTA), now called the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), made a decision that there should be a better way for Information Technology to function. The CCTA commissioned a study group to develop a new approach to managing Information Technology. ITIL helps organizations achieve the following: ü   Increase IT efficiency ü   Improve quality ü   ITIL brings with it a common dictionary, an item that has been lacking in the present IT world. ü   Improved financial management of IT and a better matching of the services of IT to the needs of the overall organization. ü   Improved relationship between IT and the org...