QHMuhammad Qasim Hammad, PMP

Enterprise BSS transformation

CBS Upgrade

Holding 15 customer channels together while the billing core changed underneath them.

Delivered forTelenor Pakistan · Etisalat e& Group
PeriodJan 2026
CBS Upgrade hero visual
15channels integrated
Jan 2026go-live
Go Getteraward, Q1 2026

What had to work beyond the project plan

A core billing upgrade is not one release. It is a coordinated change across middleware, customer channels, third parties and business owners, with every dependency converging on the same cutover window.

01

Made readiness visible

Converted a complex integration landscape into channel-level checkpoints, owners, risks and acceptance decisions that could be reviewed without losing the technical reality.

02

Governed the seams

Focused the cadence on the places large programmes fail: middleware dependencies, third-party deliverables, test evidence, unresolved decisions and cutover ownership.

03

Kept the programme moving

Used RAID governance and escalation paths to protect the go-live date while organisational change was happening around the programme.

The path from complexity to outcome

My PMO role was to make the handoffs visible, decisions timely and readiness testable.

01Billing core
02Middleware
0315 channels
04Live cutover

I build the delivery system around complex technology—then keep it honest until launch.

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