Raju Rao
Chennai, India


Raju Rao, PMP, SCPM,PMI Certified OPM3 Professional is Founder and Principal Consultant with Xtraplus Solutions, a PM consulting and training company based in India. Mr. Rao has a B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Madras, India; a Diploma in Management from the University of Bombay; an Advanced PM certificate from Stanford University; and a certificate from IIM Calcutta. Mr. Rao has over 30 years’ experience in engineering, process and project management and has been an active member of PMI for several years. He held leadership positions in both the 1st and 2nd edition projects of OPM3 and has been involved in development of several PMI standards. He has presented numerous papers in global congresses and is the co-author of two books – Project Management Circa 2025 published by PMI and Organizational Project Management published by Management Concepts, USA. He has been on Leadership Team for Awards for PMI India and President of South India section of AACE International. Raju Rao lives in Chennai, India and can be contacted at raju.rao@xtraplus.co.in.
Articles and Papers
- Jugaad and Project Management - Featured Paper - Rao -
- Vision India 2025 – Will the Elephant Dance? - Second Edition - Rao -
- Project Management and Toastmasters: Understanding their synergy in developing knowledge and skills - Advisory Article - Rao -
- Say YES to Project Success: Winning the Project Management Game - Book Reviews - Rao -
- The Implementation of Demonetization in India: Learnings & Suggestions - Featured Papers - Rao -
- Assessing Implementation Capability of Public Programs - Advisory Articles - Rao -
- Comparing Project Management and Chemical Engineering – Some Observations - Featured Papers - Rao -
- Our Daughter’s Wedding - Case Studies - Rao, Rao -
- Applying Organizational Project Management for Scaling – Up - Advisory Articles - Rao -
- A Compendium of PMO Case Studies, Reflecting Project Business Management Concepts, By Bolles, Hubbard - Book Reviews - Rao -
- Certification or Practice? A paradigm shift will help! - Featured Papers - Rao -
- Applying OPM3 in Organizations: A Modular Approach - Advisory Articles - Rao -
- Linking Project Management with Business Strategy (PMI), by Shenhar, Milosevic, Dvir, Thamhain + others - Book Reviews - Rao -
- Managing Contractors through Assessments and Audits - Advisory Articles - Rao -
- The Practice of Using a WBS: reading between the lines - Commentaries - Rao -