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Vol. XI Issue VI - June 2009

Project Management eJournal
PM CASE STUDY:
Transforming the Project Management Culture within the Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
By Abdullah Tamimi
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula, and its stability, security, and tranquility is the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior (MOI), which is comprised of 30 main Sectors and Emirates.
A sector is an MOI organization with responsibility for administering the National policies of the Kingdom in specific functional areas through its Branch Offices located in the Kingdom; and where complex functional responsibilities may be further sub-divided into Departments which provide National administration in a specific area of the Sector’s functional responsibilities, while an Emirate is an MOI organization which provides civil administration for a region of the Kingdom (Province). The number of these Emirates in the Kingdom is thirteen.
The sectors and Emirates are shown in figure 1.
The National Information Center (NIC) provides services to sectors of the MOI, utilizing the most advanced and powerful computer systems in addition to a vast information network that covers all areas of the Kingdom.
The Ministry has a rich culture, taking pride in a lineage of leaders dating from 1344 H / 1925 Gregorian. From a management science perspective, a tradition of deference to one’s leaders has prevailed within the government, and this is no less true within the NIC. However, in keeping with its mission to serve the sectors, the NIC has evolved into a professional services organization which treats the sectors as its customers or as the beneficiaries of many of its Project Management processes.
About the Author
Abdullah Tamimi is the Assistant Planning Manager at the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior’s National Information Center (NIC). The NIC entrusted him to setup and manage their Program Management Office (PMO), which consists of 80 complex IT projects, and 15 programs. He plays a pivotal role in envisioning and planning IT strategy as well as IT systems management processes & procedures at his organization. Establishing the Portfolio Management capability at the NIC is one of his recent achievements. He is involved with NIC’s main committees; for example: IT, Technical Direction, Planning and Projects, Training, and IT Portfolio Steering Committees. For four years, Abdullah was editor in chief for PMO’s monthly e-newsletter. In acknowledgement for his outstanding service he has been awarded special recognition certificates from the Minister of Interior and the Director General of the National Information Center. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Florida Institute of Technology, Florida, USA.
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