Marakoudja - Passion for Project Management
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Marakoudja celebrates its 3-month birthday
May 2009
Greetings!

I am very happy to send you this initial newsletter celebrating Marakoudja's 3 month birthday.

Raising a new baby is a fantastic experience full of hopes and joys.  It is also full of a lot of doubts : will we be good at it? Will we know what to do in difficult times? How will the teenager period be? There is only one way to know it : trust yourself, stick to your values and move on, do your best, gain experience and adapt.

In this newsletter, you'll find a bit more about Marakoudja, you can participate in a live poll and you will have a chance to win free coaching sessions.

We hope you enjoy it  and we are looking forward to share our passion with you.
Marakoudja's mission and vision
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Marakoudja was born to fulfill a very challenging mission: 

"Spreading Professional Project Management practice. Increasing the number of successful projects".

We are currently exploring different avenues to meet this requirement: Project Management Offices support, Project Management coaching, Project Managers Training and Senior Project Management services.

Our very specific approach is not yet defined, we are still in our infancy.  But we will trust ourself and base our approach on our values:
  • uphold the Project Management Institute (PMI) Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct;
  • act with integrity and honesty in all our missions;
  • favour pragmatic approaches so that our solutions remain simple while fulfilling the objectives;
  • believe it is possible to be well organised AND dynamic.
We are living in very challenging times - no one can afford unsuccessful projects!  Marakoudja can make a difference.
Project Management Office (PMO)
Virtual Project Management Office
In Marakoudja, we believe that excellence comes from well adapted processes, methods and tools. 

We can help you in all areas from a full implementation of your project processes, methods and tools to quick, add-on support. Ask us about our innovative concept of outsourced PMO.

"Michèle greatly improved the project management process at Sicap, which led to much higher delivery accuracy as well as big cost savings. She is also an excellent project manager, who can step up and save critical projects if needed."  November 19th, 2008.  Nils Granath, Director Product Management, Sicap AG.

 
Projects in difficulties
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At Marakoudja, we LOVE bringing projects back on track.  Over time, this became our speciality.  Do you have projects which seem to be stuck, where the team has lost confidence that they can make it? We can help you bring your project back in line with its target and, as much as possible, we will do it with your existing team.  As soon as the project is back under control, Marakoudja will leave the foreground, remaining available if needed to support and monitor the project with your project manager.

Here's what a team member said about our involvement in such project:

"During the task force in Moscow at customer's site, Vimpelcom, Michèle was the best choice to keep the project ongoing. She was a good manager, a colleague, a friend. Working together with Michèle was a very nice experience and a good opportunity to learn how to be a professional person in my job. Thank you!"
Thank you for reading and sharing our fantastic journey, following our Passion for Project Management.
Sincerely,
 

Michele Richard
Marakoudja - Passion for Project Management
In This Issue
Mission and Vision
Project Management Office
Difficult Projects
Is coaching for you?
PMP Prep Class
Poll of the month
Explore what coaching can bring for you
Coaching to enlighten your practice

Do you have ambitious goals for yourself or your employees?
Partnering with a coach will empower you and give you the extra push needed to reach your goals. 
Don't miss an opportunity to go further.  Register for a FREE exploratary session.

PMP Prep Class
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Do you want to be a certified Project Management Professional and increase your chance to pass the exam while reducing the number of study hours? 
Then this course is for you.
Register for one of our FREE information webinars - every 1st Monday and 3rd Thursday of the month.
Poll of the month
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How do you reate the project management processes used in your enterprise?

Answer to our poll of the month
 
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Conditions of getting this offer: commit to the entire programme, agree to appear in our next newsletter as the winner and provide a testimony at the end of the coaching period.
Offer Expires: on May 31st (this contest is open to everyone in the world over the age of 18, except Marakoudja employees and their family)