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A field-based perspective on project management, PMO and transformation.

I share what I have learned across ERP, digital transformation, logistics, volunteering and music projects through articles, guides and talks — with a focus on project management, people and delivery.

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This website is a personal space where I bring together my professional notes, guides, articles and speaking profile. The views shared here do not represent an official corporate position.

Short assessment tool

Project Health Report

A short assessment tool for ERP and digital transformation projects, focused on decision clarity, ownership, risk, sponsor visibility and go-live readiness.

DecisionOwnershipRiskSponsorGo-live

ERP Delivery Governance

Project and portfolio discipline on canias ERP transformation programs — go-live, stabilization, and measurable delivery with clear visibility.

PMO and Decision Mechanisms

Not reporting for its own sake; decision cadence, risk early warning, and sponsor checkpoints in a control-tower approach.

AI-Enabled Project Discipline

Data readiness and process health first — the right foundation before AI investment.

PMI Turkey President

Highlights

60+
ERP deliveries
IAS Turkey
PMO leadership
PMP®
2018–
canias ERP
Transformation focus

Who I am

12+ years in ERP and software-driven transformation on the ground. At IAS Turkey I serve as PMO Manager & ERP Consulting Manager: I set up project and portfolio discipline on canias ERP transformation programs, align teams to the same goal, and run the operating cadence that secures delivery.

My focus is governance and ownership before technology: speeding the right decisions with the right visibility, catching risks early, and getting projects to finished—not just planned.

About

The Turkish Reality

Projects multiply; control stays scattered. When decisions slip, the calendar stretches, cost rises, and teams burn out. The heart of transformation isn't technology—it's governance, ownership, and the discipline of finishing.

Many organisations in Turkey look digital; but work still flows through Excel, email, and personal follow-up. ERP is often reduced to a "record system"; decisions and operations don't feed from it. Real transformation starts when end-to-end integration, data quality, and a decision cadence are in place.

Here I share field experience and a governance-focused approach; my focus is decision cadence and delivery discipline.

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Field Realities

What actually derails large-scale projects — and what I do instead.

Man-day estimates collapse under scope changes and missing governance
Decision rhythm & scope management
Sponsor unavailability stalls critical decisions for weeks
Structured sponsor checkpoint cadence
Go-live pressure absorbed by cutover — risk deferred, not resolved
Milestone-based KPI tracking
Ownership unclear post go-live — project closes, adoption doesn't
RACI model & governance continuity
AI initiatives launched before data quality is assessed
Data-first readiness diagnostic

Anonymous Field Notes

Short notes, without naming institutions, on which friction point was addressed and what became clearer.

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Friction point

In an ERP program with weak sponsor-level visibility, critical decisions accumulated week by week.

A fixed decision agenda and clear escalation line improved decision visibility and reduced waiting time noticeably.

Friction point

As go-live approached, ownership was fragmented across teams and risks were pushed into the final weeks.

A single readiness flow clarified accountability and surfaced critical gaps earlier before cutover.

Friction point

The PMO was producing reports, but struggled to convert them into action.

The reporting layer was simplified around decision points, and meetings shifted from status sharing to action tracking.

Where to Start

Guides that simplify decision-making, risk, ownership and delivery discipline across project management, PMO, ERP and digital transformation.

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ERP and Digital Transformation

What ERP is, causes of drift, go-live checklist and first 90 days.

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PMO and Project Management

PMO definition, sponsor cadence, risk early warning and governance practices.

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Speaker

Fatih Görgülü speaking on stage at a PMI Turkey project management summit
Real stage and summit experience

Talks and workshops are a way to share field experience from project management, PMO, transformation and ERP with companies, universities and professional communities.

Speaking topics, workshop formats and invitation details for corporate and academic events are on the speaker page.

  • ERP and Transformation Project Leadership
  • PMO Setup and Control Tower Design
  • Decision Quality in Digital Transformation
  • Corporate AI Readiness

Beyond the technical plan

A technical plan is not enough on its own. In projects, the difference comes from keeping people, emotion, communication and creative perspective at the same table. Writing, speaking, music and volunteering all shape this way of seeing work.

Start with guides, articles and project signals.

I frame this site as a personal professional resource on project management, PMO, ERP, digital transformation, decision clarity, people and delivery discipline. Start with the guides and articles; profile and speaking details sit on their own pages.