All posts by: Ikram Khan

About Ikram Khan

Ikram Khan is the co-founder and CEO at Business Beam UAE and Pakistan. He is also an active corporate advisor, writer, speaker, and workshop leader. In his 22+ years of industry experience, he has successfully completed 80+ consulting assignments related to IT governance, IT service management, project & portfolio management, information security, business & ICT continuity, software engineering, etc. His clients ranked him ÔÇ£excellentÔÇØ in technical knowledge, capability to deliver, helpfulness and overall value delivered. He is also an internationally accredited trainer for COBIT, TOGAF, CGEIT, CISM, CISA, ITIL, Scrum, PMP, PRINCE2, P3O, DevOps, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 20000, ISO 9001, ISO 38500 and Six Sigma. He has successfully conducted 250+ training courses and workshops in USA, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. and Pakistan. More than 5,000 executives and professionals from 600+ organizations have benefited from his training sessions. You may connect with Ikram at LinkedIn. and his websiteIkramkhan.info

The Importance of Human Factor in Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is one of the most alarming issues in today???s era. Organizations need a robust cybersecurity program to ensure the protection of confidential data. However, according to Cybrint, 95% of cybersecurity , breaches are caused due to human error. In this blog, we will discuss about a few of the basic human errors that arises […]

COBIT 5 vs. COBIT 2019

Since 1996, COBIT?? framework has helped improve performance by managing and governing organisations??? information and technology. According to ISACA, the top four benefits of COBIT are: 1.?? Business or IT integrations (73%) 2. Better risk management (60%) 3. Uncovering security gaps (49%) 4. Better visibility for the board of directors (45%) With the introduction of […]

How to improve the effectiveness of Project Management Office (PMO) using P3O

Enterprises of the 21st century have wholeheartedly embraced the concept of the Project Management Office (PMO). This is because PMO, i.e. the group or department which defines and maintains project management standards within an organisation, counter the inefficiencies which can derail projects.

Projects have the power to consume resources without proper management. According to the Harvard Business Review, projects can easily go 27%  over their intended cost. Unfortunately, projects with higher budgets have more chances to incur failure, costing organisations millions in losses.

Moreover, PricewaterhouseCoopers reports only 2.5% of companies successfully completed 100% of their projects. This study evaluated 10,640 projects from 200 companies in 30 countries from various industry verticals.

By hiring Project Management Office Professionals, businesses experience a rise in the succe

Difference between PMBOK 5 and PMBOK 6

This blog reviews the difference between the PMBOK Guide Fifth Edition and the recent Sixth Edition which was announced on 6th September 2017. In order to keep up with the recent practices in project management, PMI seeks inputs from the industry practitioners and updates its Project Management Body of Knowledge every four years. The Sixth […]

ITIL Certification in Dubai

In Contemporary times, nothing related to IT management can be discussed in separation to ITIL (information technology infrastructure library). Trade magazines are loaded with information regarding the comprehensive system yet many IT professionals do not have complete knowledge about ITIL. It is in simple words a comprehensive set of best practices which are used to […]

Learn, Improve and Win!

In today???s business world, knowledge is the single most important competitive advantage for professionals. Growing organizations usually have two major expectations from their employees – firstly, the understanding of organizational business, working practices and the industry, and secondly, ability of handling changing business environment and challenges successfully. Professionals usually gain knowledge about organizational business, domain, […]


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