A new approach to understanding and monitoring project progress was presented by Kouzari, Senior Manager, Management Consulting, KPMG Cyprus, at the 9th Project Management Conference, organised by the PMI Cyprus Chapter, through her speech 'From Gantt Charts to Digital Footprints: How Data Reveals the True Progress of Projects'.
"Every project tells a story. With process mining, we can finally read it, not just write it," she noted.
Kouzari highlighted the gap between what we believe happens in projects and what actually happens. On the surface are the plans, Gantt charts and dashboards, while underneath are the delays, rework cycles and bottlenecks that often remain invisible.
The question she posed was simple but crucial: "How do we make the invisible work visible?"
The answer lies in process mining. Project supervision moves from reports to a realistic depiction of daily execution.
The talk highlighted the convergence of two worlds: Project Management meets Process Mining. Through this connection, project managers gain access to data that reveals discrepancies, bottlenecks, and collaboration patterns that impact team performance.
Among the benefits for professionals in the field, Kouzari referred to the combined use of tools: BI dashboards offer oversight, manual reports provide the human context, and process mining insights provide a deep, objective understanding of how the project is actually performed.
According to Kouzari, future-ready project managers are those who can leverage data not only to monitor, but to understand, predict and improve.
She concluded by reminding us that the power of data is not limited to metrics. It lies in its ability to tell the true story of a project and give leaders the tools to write it better next time.
(Source: InBusinessNews)
