Frank Turley

Frank Turley (The PRINCE2 Guy) has been a Project Manager for more than 15 years and also a
PRINCE2®, Agile and Scrum Practitioner.
He’s a project management trainer and consultant, focused on both the PRINCE2 and the
Agile/Scrum approach. He has created various training material, including:

• The PRINCE2 Foundation Training Manual,

• The PRINCE2 Practitioner Training Manual,
• The PRINCE2 Introduction e-book,
• The PRINCE2 Practitioner Audio Course,
• The PRINCE2 Sample Project,
• The Scrum Master Training Manual

Frank is also a certified APMG PRINCE2 and Agile PM trainer as well as being recognized as
one of the leading trainers in Europe as he has the ability to engage and energize a classroom on
any project management subject.
Curriculum Vitae

Nader K. Rad
3010 Kessel-Lo, Atelierstraat 2, bus 304
Tel: +32488099213, email: nader@mplaza.pm, website: www.mplaza.pm
born 1979, male, married

Mission Senior Project Management Consultant, Author, and Trainer

Helping organizations improve 14 years of experience in project planning, project management

their project management
systems one step at a time, by
realization of the potentials of
the existing staff, incorporation
of the global best practices (both
Agile and traditional), and
keeping everything as simple and
practical as possible.
consultancy, and project board advisement in different industries and
environments. Author of more than 40 books, mostly on project
management topics. Speaker, instructor, and trainer of various project
management topics. Holder of a Civil Engineering BSc and Philosophy of
Science MSc; certified as PMP®, PRINCE2® Practitioner, PRINCE2®
Trainer, MoP® Practitioner, MSP® Foundation, P3O® Foundation,
M_o_R® Foundation, MoV® Foundation, ITIL® Foundation, AgilePM®
Practitioner, PMI-ACP®, CSM®, PSPO I, PSM I, Advanced Certificate in
Critical and Structured Thinking, and Ethical Hacking Foundation.
Managing Partner at Management Plaza (www.mplaza.pm).

Primary Areas of Expertise

 Project Management Standards/Frameworks  Key PM Related Software

 PRINCE2, MoP, MSP, P3O, MoV, M_o_R, ITIL  Primavera P6
(AXELOS Best Practices)  Microsoft Project
 PMBOK, it’s software extension, and other  Jira
PMI Standards  Application Area Knowledge
 SCRUM and DSDM Atern  Norms of IT projects
 ICB  Norms of plant projects
 PASEG, DCMA, and GAPPS
 Norms of oil and gas projects
 Other Knowledge and Tools
 Norms of general construction projects
 Agility
 Norms of engineering projects
 Kanban
 Norms of eLearning projects
 PMOs (implementation and operation)
 Others
 Portfolio Management
 Training/eLearning methods & theories
 Program Management
 Instructional design for training material
 Process Quality Management
 Soft skills
 Scheduling, Earned Schedule Analysis
 Information visualization/ Dashboards  Coaching

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 Education & Certificates

 MSc. Philosophy of Science Sharif University of Science & Technology 2004

 BSc. Civil Engineering KNT University of Science & Technology 2002
 Project Management Professional (PMP) PMI 2011
 Certified PRINCE2 Trainer APMG 2014
 Certified PRINCE2 Trainer EXIN 2014
 PRINCE2 Practitioner AXELOS 2013
 PRINCE2 Foundation AXELOS 2013
 MoP Foundation AXELOS 2014
 MoP Practitioner AXELOS 2014
 Certified MoP Trainer EXIN 2014
 MSP Foundation AXELOS 2014
 P3O Foundation AXELOS 2014
 M_o_R Foundation AXELOS 2014
 MoV Foundation AXELOS 2014
 AgilePM Foundation AXELOS 2013
 AgilePM Practitioner AXELOS 2014
 PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner) PMI 2014
 Professional Scrum Master Level 1 (PSM I) Scrum.Org 2011
 Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I) Scrum.Org 2014
 Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) ScrumAlliance 2011
 EXIN Agile Scrum Foundation EXIN 2014
 Certified EXIN Agile Scrum Trainer EXIN 2014
 ITIL Foundation AXELOS 2014
 Advanced Certificate in Critical and Structured Thinking, PMAC 2014
 Ethical Hacking Foundation EXIN 2015

Publications
 47 Books, Including:
 The EXIN Agile Scrum Foundation Workbook Published as an eBook
 The Scrum Master Training Manual ISBN: 9789082114713
 An Introduction to Managing Portfolios with MoP Published as an eBook
 Analysis of Delays in Projects Published as an eBook
 Understanding the PMBOK Guide ISBN: 9788740301878
 Percent Complete Fields in Primavera P6 Published as an eBook
 Project Performance Reporting Published as an eBook
 Project Scheduling Rules ISBN: 9788740303339
 Work Breakdown Structures, A Complete Reference Published as an eBook
 A Short Introduction to the PMBOK Guide Published as an eBook
 Earned Value & Earned Schedule Analysis ISBN: 9786001240904
 PMP Exam Preparation Guide ISBN: 9786001240898
 A Guide on PMBOK Guide 4th edition ISBN: 9786001240560
 Microsoft Project 2013, The Complete Reference Published as an eBook
 Microsoft Project 2010, The Complete Reference ISBN: 9786001240737
 Microsoft Project 2007, The Complete Reference ISBN: 9789643548889
 Microsoft Project 2003, The Complete Reference ISBN: 978964823020x
 Microsoft Project VBA Programming ISBN: 9789643549091
 An Introduction to Primavera Project Management 5.0 ISBN: 9789648296235
 Primavera P6, The Complete Reference ISBN: 9789643549671
 And many articles in various journals and websites

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 Presentations in Conferences

 Project Scheduling Best Practices 2015 PMI Scheduling Conference presentation

 Project Managers are Biased Too PMI BeLux Day 2014 presentation
 Agile Planning 2014 PMI Scheduling Conference presentation
 Co-Tailoring the PMBOK® Guide and PRINCE2® PMI BeLux Day 2013 presentation

Other Educational Products

 EXIN Agile Scrum Master official train-the-trainers course

 EXIN Agile Scrum Master official EXIN’s BTM (basic training material)
 Agile and Scrum an eLearning course
 An Introduction to Management of Portfolios an eLearning course
 MtPMM: Meta Project Management Methodology Initiated non-for-profit methodology
 PMTetris an educational game (PMBOK and PRINCE2)
 Learning Microsoft Project 2010 an elearning course on Microsoft Project 2012
 Managing IT Projects an eLearning course for IT Organizations
 The A to Z of Work Breakdown Structures a workshop on creating WBSs
 A Portrait of Scrum Project Management a workshop on Scrum framework
 PRINCE2 Foundation course material
 Changes in the PMBOK Guide 5 an eLearning for www.redvector.com
 Pen Project: A Sample PRINCE2 Project course material/ebook

Teaching Experience

 PRINCE2 Foundation Course 11 times, 16 hours 2011 to 2015

 PRINCE2 Practitioner Course 6 times, 16 hours 2012 to 2015
 PMP Exam Preparation Course 3 times, 35 hours 2010 to 2014
 PMP Exam Troubleshooting 2 times, 8 hours 2012 to 2014
 Critical Thinking for Project Stakeholders 2 times, 8 hours 2014
 Implementation of Project Management Standards 4 times, 8 hours 2009 to 2014
 Designing a PMO 3 times, 6 hours 2011 to 2014
 Fundamentals of Project Management 3 times, 6 hours 2010 to 2014
 The Combination of PRINCE2 and the PMBOK Guide 3 times, 6 hours 2010 to 2014
 From Managing Projects to Managing Portfolios 2 time, 8 hours 2012
 PRINCE2+PMBOK compound PM System Course 2 times, 36 hours 2012 to 2015
 Managing Projects with Scrum 18 times, 12 hours 2009 to 2015
 Scrum Awareness 6 times, 3 hours 2013 to 2015
 Being Agile without Scrum 2 times, 6 hours 2013 to 2014
 Managing Agile Projects with DSDM Atern 2 times, 16 hours 2012 to 2014
 Microsoft Project 7 times, 32 hours 2008 to 2010
 How to Teach Microsoft Excel 1 time, (Ordered by Ministry of Education) 2010

Honors & Awards

 Certificate of appreciation from the Ministry  “Best writer and translator” Certificate of
of Education for writing the “Microsoft Excel appreciation from Dibagaran publication, 2008
2007” book, 2008

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 Professional Experience

 Sodexo, Belgium Portfolio and Project Management Consultant

2014-3 ~ 2014-12 - PMO implementation consultant

 Management Plaza, Belgium Managing Partner

2011 ~ Present - 1: Taking part in directing and managing the company
- 2: Project management / PMO implementation consultant
- 3: Trainer and author of project management topics

 Sevom.in Startup Co-Founder

2013 ~ Present - Product Owner and Startup Director

 IDATE, France Consultant

2013 ~ 2014 - PMO Consultant

 eBapps Startup Co-Founder

2014 ~ Present - Product Owner and Startup Director

 EPPA, Belgium Consultant

2013 ~ 2014 - Project Management Process Improvement Consultant

 RiskMatrix, Denmark Consultant

2013 ~ 2014 - Project Management Methodology Consultant

 Planner Tutorials Hub, Canada Author

2011 ~ 2013 - Author of Primavera P6 articles

 Samehara Consultants Agile PM

2011 ~ 2013 - Project: Implementation of SAP ERP in Petropars company
Product Owner for the final product
- Project: Implementation of SAP ERP in Petropars company

 eLearnPad, UK Author
2010 ~ 2013 - Project 1: Preparing a customized PM methodology for e-learning
projects
- Project 2: Preparing an elearning course on Microsoft Project 2010
- Project 3: Preparing an elearning course on managing IT projects
- Project 4: Preparing an elearning course on PRINCE2
Agile Coach
- Project 5: National elearning delivery system
- Project 6: Self-Improvement elearning package development

 Aseh Sanat Consultants PMO Manager

2006 ~ 2013 - Project 1: Gol’e Gohar Iron Ore Beneficiation Plant
- Project 2: Khatoonabad Copper Refinery Plant
- Project 3: Sarab Alumina Production Plant
- Project 4: Angooran Zinc Production Plant
- Project 5: Fajrgostar Factory
Agile PM
- Project 6: Organizational document management system
implementation

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 - Project 7: Organizational process improvement
- Project 8: ERP implementation

 Kalil Consultants Project Planner

2008 ~ 2012 - Project: Headquarter Building of Airports Holding Company

 Shahr’e Aftab Co. PMO Consultant

2010 ~ 2011 - Project: Construction of a Trade Fair
Agile PM
- Project: Sharepoint implementation

 Debleh Company PMO Consultant

2002 ~ 2010 - Project 1: Golestan Project (Construction of 700 Apartments)
- Project 2: Nosazan #12 (Construction of 800 Apartments)
- Project 3: Azad University’s Central Library
- Project 4: Labafinejad Clinic
Agile PM
- Project 5: BPM implementation

 Central Bank PMO Implementation Consultant

2007 ~ 2009 - Project: National Treasures Museum
Agile PM
- Project: Sharepint implementation

 Varian Company Project Planner

2006 ~ 2008 - Project: Damghan Hospital

 Tabanshahr Company Project Planner

2006 ~ 2008 - Project: Semnan Hospital

 Cova Co. Project Planner

2006 ~ 2008 - Project: Green Fair Complex

 Fooladsakhteman Co. Project Planner

2004 ~ 2008 - Project: EDBI Bank’s Headquarter Building

 Day Co. PMO Officer

1997 ~ 1999 - Project: Tehran’s International Airport

References

 Frank Turley, frank@mgmtplaza.com  Michael Lepage, michael@plannertuts.com

Director at Management Plaza Director at Planner Tutorials Hub

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