Platform: Excelerate
Role: Project Manager
Duration: June – July 2025
Location: Remote – Dubai, UAE
This early virtual internship at Excelerate focused on designing a complete project plan for a global experiential learning event. As a Project Manager Intern, I collaborated with my team to deliver structured documentation, strategic planning, risk evaluation, and stakeholder-ready project proposals across a 4-week timeline.
To simulate the role of a Project Manager by planning a large-scale global virtual event focused on experiential learning, under a $30,000 budget and a six-month deadline. The internship aimed to develop key project management competencies including initiation, scheduling, risk assessment, and presentation.
- Analyzed project requirements and defined clear event goals aligned with the organization’s vision.
- Identified key project roles and drafted a comprehensive team proposal.
- Created a formal Project Charter outlining scope, timeline, budget, stakeholders, and objectives.
- Built alignment between team structure and project deliverables using structured documentation techniques.
- Broke down the event into detailed tasks and subtasks, estimating time durations and dependencies.
- Created a professional Gantt Chart to visually represent the full project schedule.
- Assigned resources and stakeholders to tasks while establishing clear milestones.
- Utilized tools like Excel and Smartsheet to organize and present the project timeline.
- Conducted a comprehensive risk assessment across technology, logistics, and communication domains.
- Created a detailed Risk Register categorizing major and minor risks.
- Proposed actionable mitigation strategies with assigned team responsibilities.
- Defined a monitoring and reporting structure for ongoing project risk updates.
- Collaborated with the team to deliver a recorded presentation of the full project plan to Excelerate’s leadership.
- Participated in 360° peer and self-evaluation.
- Created a reflective video highlighting key learnings and skills developed in stakeholder communication, risk planning, and strategic event execution.
- 📌 Strategic Planning & Budgeting
- 📌 Project Scheduling (Gantt Charts)
- 📌 Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- 📌 Project Documentation & Presentation
- 📌 Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication
- Microsoft Excel
- Google Sheet / Gantt Tool
- Google Slides / PowerPoint
- Excelerate LMS Platform
I’m Syed Hur Abbas Naqvi, a Certified Data Analyst skilled in Python, SQL, Microsoft Power BI, Excel, and Machine Learning.
I specialize in turning raw data into business intelligence that drives growth — from data cleaning & EDA to visualization & strategic insights.
🌐 Portfolio: https://hurabbas05.github.io/
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hurabbas05/
📧 Email: syedhur572@gmail.com
📞 Phone: +923036098700