Panel Discussion
“Project Management for Startups:
How PM best practices, Tools, and Techniques can help Startups be more effective?”
Abstract
Startups worldwide suffer from very low success rate (5-10%) and we believe proper project management can help significantly here.
The perception of project management is that it is most relevant and used in the corporate world, related to a lot of documentation, administration (even bureaucracy), approval levels and corporate politics. PMI though is changing on a global scale and PMI Bulgaria Chapter is contributing actively to this transformation.
This panel discussion will be taking you into the depths of how project management best practices, tools and techniques can be of use for the startups in planning and managing their projects, which is also the main objective of the EU funded Outspeed Startup Project, carried out by PMI Bulgaria PMI Turkey, PMI France and PMI Slovenia Chapters.
Professional Background
Andrey Bachvarov is a Ph.D. in Computer Science with an emphasis on Artificial Intelligence and frequent speaker on how AI helps solve real business issues. He is a serial entrepreneur with domain knowledge in renewable energy, electric distribution networks and managed investments over EUR 100 mil invested in the above. Andrey is also a founder and investor in a data analytics startup that uses automated drones to collect and then AI to analyze visual data for predictive maintenance in the energy sector. He is also the founder of a software company building R&D centers for corporations and high-tech startups.