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
- Circular Economy: What does it mean for Project Professionals? - Featured Paper - Rao - October 2023
- Sustainability: The value proposition for project managers - Featured Paper - Rao - August 2023
- Jugaad and Project Management - Featured Paper - Rao - August 2020
- Vision India 2025 – Will the Elephant Dance? - Second Edition - Rao - January 2019
- Project Management and Toastmasters: Understanding their synergy in developing knowledge and skills - Advisory Article - Rao - December 2018
- Say YES to Project Success: Winning the Project Management Game - Book Reviews - Rao - December 2017
- The Implementation of Demonetization in India: Learnings & Suggestions - Featured Papers - Rao - September 2017
- Assessing Implementation Capability of Public Programs - Advisory Articles - Rao - April 2017
- Comparing Project Management and Chemical Engineering – Some Observations - Featured Papers - Rao - March 2016
- Our Daughter’s Wedding - Case Studies - Rao, Rao - February 2016
- Applying Organizational Project Management for Scaling – Up - Advisory Articles - Rao - August 2015
- A Compendium of PMO Case Studies, Reflecting Project Business Management Concepts, By Bolles, Hubbard - Book Reviews - Rao - November 2014
- Certification or Practice? A paradigm shift will help! - Featured Papers - Rao - May 2014
- Applying OPM3 in Organizations: A Modular Approach - Advisory Articles - Rao - July 2013
- Linking Project Management with Business Strategy (PMI), by Shenhar, Milosevic, Dvir, Thamhain + others - Book Reviews - Rao - June 2013
- Managing Contractors through Assessments and Audits - Advisory Articles - Rao - February 2013
- The Practice of Using a WBS: reading between the lines - Commentaries - Rao - September 2012