Lessons Learned Managing Projects in Nigeria

Why this Book?

In this 93 paged quick read book, I wrote it because our country Nigeria is unique and also a special environment to run your Projects successfully.

A lot comes to play whenever we have Projects here. We hear these stories every day all around us, especially in our Organization Ritetrac Consulting where in the past decade we have trained, mentored, and coached thousands of Project Managers in Nigeria and in the Diaspora.

A lot of success stories where Project Management best practices were applied and a lot of failures where there was no form of control/management of Project outcomes.

Trillions of Naira are lost and it's quite painful, especially in our developing country where we need all the Health Care Projects, Food Projects, Road Projects, Rail Projects, Education Projects, Mobile Technology Technology, etc that we can get.

This is not to say we are not trying. However, we are not there yet in our Project Management Maturity but we are getting there gradually.

Lessons Learned Managing Projects in Nigeria is not a textbook. Writing a book of this magnitude needed me to think outside the box and crowdsource Stories from over 40+ everyday Project Managers.

These real-life stories will truly inspire you to create a customized approach that will see your Projects more successful.

Some of our Reviews from readers on the Continent:

Managing projects in Nigeria can be tough. Adapting best practices to successfully navigate projects, dealing with stakeholders, and juggling the triple constraints and unstable environments can wreck even a guru project manager. This book draws from experienced individuals who have figured out or are still learning the ropes of delivering quality projects on time and on schedule. You will find insightful lessons on how they handled tough situations and even where they failed. For the first time, Project Managers in Nigeria can glean first-hand knowledge from others who work in their field and the same environment without figuring out how to modify it. This book is the beginning of more knowledge repositories emerging from Nigeria in the field of project management.

~Uloma Jacob PMP

The part that the chronicles of seasoned Project Managers were highlighted, summarised with respect to what they did and or did not do, and then proffering solutions/advice bearing the world's best practices as propagated by the PMI in mind. That was beautiful.

~Chiedozie Kelechi

Ojiugo Ajunwa in her book "Lessons Learned Managing Projects in Nigeria" gave an explicit view on how to improve project management practices in Nigeria. The book is based on the experiences of 40 project managers, herself inclusive, from managing various projects across Nigeria.

She highlighted how Project Management has evolved over the years and also some areas where project management practices in Nigeria need to be improved upon. The author presented clear, in-depth, and easy-to-understand best practices in lessons learned documentation. She has undoubtedly shown her love for the project management profession through her book.

She presented some of the challenges peculiar to managing projects in Nigeria and proffered workable solutions to overcome them.

This book will certainly provide insights on how to avoid repeating past project management mistakes as well as adopting best practices. The book is truly a must-read for all practicing and aspiring project managers including academia.

Florence Otegbade, MSC, NIESV, RSV, PMP

It is concise and straight to the point. It captured most if not all important lessons on project management in Nigeria

Engr Valentine Ojiako

Bonus - Do you know you can earn up to 4- 5 PDUs under Business Acumen [Industry Domain Knowledge] on PMI New Talent Triangle reading Lessons Learned Managing Projects in Nigeria?

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