Gamze Karayaz

Gamze Karayaz has a Ph.D. in Engineering Management &System Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Operations Research &Systems Analysis from Old Dominion University, College of Engineering, Norfolk, VA, USA. With over 20 years of project work experience, Dr. Karayaz has led many projects in education, operations, business process re-engineering, systems of systems engineering, modeling, and simulation. Currently, she is an academic at Işık Universitesi, Istanbul, Turkey. She teaches project management, operations management and continues publishing on her research in project management offices, sustainability in projects, sustainable operations, and benefit realization management in projects. With a profound knowledge and certified project manager, she continues to be an active volunteer at NGOs for both international and local as she is one of the founders of Project Management Institute Turkey Chapter.

Publications

Developing Organizational Maturity for Effective Project Management
Gilbert Silvius, Gamze Karayaz. © 2018. 349 pages.
Despite criticism for their serious shortcomings, maturity models are widely used within organizations. The appropriate applications of these models can lead to organizational...