I spoke with Nada Abdaha, PMO project manager at the Dubai Health Authority, about what it’s like to work in the healthcare sector during a discussion at the Project Management Club at Club headquarters. Elizabeth: We use the same project management tools as everyone else, I don’t know of any project management tools that are specific to healthcare. Nada: I don’t see any resistance to traditional project management, but there is an interest in seeing results, bringing value. But you need project management experience, and you need training. If you don’t have that, you should look at CAPM. Elizabeth: You should be able to demonstrate 35 contact hours of project management training. So if you have a degree that includes specific project management training, that counts. It is published by Otobos Consultants Ltd, a content writing and marketing company that offers specialized project management materials and consulting for small and medium-sized businesses. PMI, PMBOK, PMP, PgMP, PfMP, CAPM, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP and PMI-PBA are registered trademarks of Project Management Institute, Inc. The program director managed all the work, so the whole project was not flexible, but it was possible to mix project approaches to get the best fit for the teams and the work. About A Girl’s Guide to Project Management is a blog for project, program and portfolio managers and project delivery professionals. Elizabeth: I left medicine right before COVID-19 to focus on my freelance business as a coach and mentor for project managers. You may want to get hands-on project management experience first and then get a position working at a more strategic level. Elizabeth Harrin is a member of the Project Management Association in the UK and the award-winning blogger behind A Girl’s Guide to Project Management. Nothing: Having transparent conversations with stakeholders from the beginning about what success looks like and how we will measure it, as well as thinking about what the benefits of the project are. Tracking project budgets is important, and finance teams are equipped to do that, and project managers can also manage their budgets.