Berytech Tech Series: Product and Project Management – Session 1

Berytech invites you to attend its newly launched workshops under the theme Tech Series 2020, focused on how to better manage and utilize your tech product, project and team in a fast-changing industry with technological advancements. Hosted at the Beirut Digital District, the Berytech Tech Series is organized in partnership with CME and Speed.

 

Berytech Tech Series on Product and Project Management

The first workshop in the series will host four sessions addressing Product and Project Management with its recommended techniques and tools. The four sessions will cover (1) Agility for Project Management, (2&3) Tech Project and Tech Product Management and the role of the Project Manager, and finally (4) creating a product roadmap and implementing one project contributing to the product.

 

Session 1: Introduction to Agility for Project Management by Salah Awad, Accelerator CTO at Berytech

Agility was recently associated with Project Management in the software industry, where developers were looking to reduce the time-to-market and increase the fast delivery of applications.

Fast project outcomes with the best quality has been the focus of many international organizations. Delivering by iterating on parts of the project, while making decisions with customers in the loop, was essential in the fast-changing business ecosystem.

Organizational agility incorporates aspects of both. It refers to an organization’s ability to adapt and respond to changes in external market conditions. This includes not just speed but remaining in touch with the needs of customers.

Topics covered during the session include:

• Agility: definition and implementation
• Project agility and organizational agility
• How to be agile and what is the recommended team structure
• Introduction to project management tools: Trello and JIRA

 

Date: Thursday, January 30, 2020

Time: 5:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: BDD1280, Beirut Digital District, Bechara El Khoury Street (Map)

Fees: Free session

 

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Meet the Trainer

Salah Awad joined Berytech in November 2019 as the Accelerator CTO. He has an overall 15 years of experience in software development and 5 years of experience in technical and functional product management.

He graduated with a master’s degree in computer science, worked in the internet banking sector for 3 years before moving to Murex, one of the top Fintech companies worldwide, where he spent almost ten years of his professional career.

Salah believes that technology plays a big role nowadays in business development and marketing. He, therefore, developed his skills and expertise in the AdTech industry and consulted with many SMEs in Lebanon and the GCC in this field in the last couple of years.

Salah’s role as CTO at Berytech involves mentoring startups, helping them to grow and develop and overseeing each startup’s project implementation. He also helps guide program members on the path to building finalized products and ensuring they are ready for the market. He is working on establishing partnerships and launching tech community initiatives that would support both the Berytech Fab Lab and the organization.

Salah is a continuous learner and believes that the main key to success is a person’s ability to keep developing their skills on a daily basis to cope with rapidly evolving market changes. As a community guy, he wanted to support other developers in their learning path and was selected by Facebook in early 2017 as a community lead for Facebook Developers Circle in Lebanon, which served perfectly his passion to support his fellow developers. The circle, as of 2019, has attracted more than 2500 active developers and organized more than 50 events to help them shape their technical and soft skills, getting better opportunities that fit their potential and aspirations.

Salah has a passion for working with impact-driven startups, particularly in the sectors of agritech, cleantech, and socialtech. He is confident that with teamwork and a great network of mentors, the incubation venture will be definitely enjoyable and successful.

 

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