Project KhalilEvery project, a promise kept · كلّ مشروعٍ، وعدٌ Book a discovery call
Technical project management · Bahrain, GCC and beyond

Know whether your project is really on track.

Your reports say the project is on track. Your project team says something different. Start with a free discovery call and get an independent view of one live project: what is solid, where the gaps are, and what to do first.

For technical and industrial businesses without a mature in-house project management office (PMO).

  • Project Management Professional (PMP®) certified
  • 10 years of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) delivery
  • Bahrain, GCC and beyond
  • Free Scorecard in 48 hours
Project registerPK-REG-01 · Rev C
ItemBaselineStatus
Long-lead equipment purchase orderWk 12Flagged early
Subcontractor mobilisationWk 18On plan
Change order #4+BHD 15KApproved
Factory acceptance test / site readinessWk 26Escalated
Illustrative. Risks raised while there is still time to act.
Sound familiar?

Signs your project needs an independent view

  • Progress reports do not match what you hear from the people doing the work.
  • Scope changes are approved verbally, then argued about at invoice time.
  • Risks are discussed every week, but none has an owner or a date.
  • Nobody can say exactly what must be accepted before the project is done.

If one of these sounds like your project, the discovery call is the place to start.

How it works

Start with a conversation

For owners, general managers (GMs), project directors and technical leaders running a live technical or industrial project, without a mature in-house PMO.

02

Project Scorecard

Free · within 48 hours

See what is solid, what is at risk, and what to do first.

Your Project ScorecardConfidential
Discussion overviewA summary of what we discussed: the problem, its impact on cost and schedule, and what success looks like
Overall ratingHigh Medium Low
WAFA clarityEstablish · Align · Activate · Accomplish, each rated Clear / Partial / Unclear, with a first action
Your top two prioritiesWhy it matters, the first action, and what is at stake
Recommended next stepHow to close the gaps, and how Project Khalil can support you
03

Project Health Check

Get a 30-day action plan and a management briefing.

A paid, 10-working-day independent review for projects where the Scorecard shows gaps that need a deeper look. It opens once Project Khalil's registration is complete.

  • A reality-based assessment of where your project stands
  • A list of the top 10 risks and decisions, each with an owner and a priority
  • A 30-day action plan to protect cost, schedule and scope
  • A management briefing on the decisions needed next
  • A follow-up check after 30 days

Not available at the moment. Ask about joining the founding-client list on your discovery call.

Founding clients. Once the Health Check opens, a limited number of engagements will be offered at a reduced introductory fee, in exchange for honest feedback and permission to share an anonymous case study. Ask about it on your discovery call.

Soft launch

Project Khalil is in its soft-launch phase while the company is being registered in Bahrain. In the meantime, Project Scorecards are free. All I ask in return is your honest feedback, which, with your permission, I may share as a testimonial. Paid Health Check engagements open once registration is complete.

Not the right fit if you need engineering design, construction supervision, project staffing, or ready-made templates only.

Yasmin Khalil-Paillier, founder of Project Khalil
Yasmin Khalil-Paillier, PMP®
Founder, Project Khalil
Who you will speak to

You work directly with me

I'm a PMP®-certified project engineer with a chemical engineering background (BEng, MSc) and 10 years of EPC delivery experience across energy and industrial gas, from cryogenic turbomachinery to liquid hydrogen and helium refrigeration.

Project Khalil brings that delivery discipline to technical and industrial businesses without a mature in-house PMO, across Bahrain, the GCC and beyond. You work directly with me: your independent technical project management partner.

  • Chemical engineering · BEng, MSc
  • 10 years delivering EPC projects
  • Project Management Professional (PMP®)
  • Bahrain, GCC and beyond
  • French · English · Arabic
  • Western-trained, Gulf-rooted
How we work · WAFA وفاء

A practical framework, not theory

WAFA is Project Khalil's project framework. It makes sure the right decisions, plans, progress reports and handover records are in place, so your project stays visible and under control. Your Scorecard and Health Check review your project against its four phases.

Project Management Institute (PMI) stages:InitiatingPlanningExecutingMonitoring & ControllingClosing
W

Wada3 — Establish وضع

Initiating

Before anything is built: build the scope through concept and basic design, decide who has authority to decide what, and write down what "done right" looks like. Most projects go wrong here — before they've even started.

EPC steps: 1–3 — Feasibility Study, Concept Selection, Basic Design
A

Athar — Align أثر

Planning

Finalise the scope, then planning starts: build the real plan everything else gets measured against, set the budget baseline, and get the sign-off to really pay for it.

EPC steps: 4–5 — Front-End Engineering Design (FEED), Final Investment Decision (FID)
F

Fa3al — Activate فعّل

ExecutingMonitoring & Controlling

Execute with control, not just execute: full instructions get written, every part gets bought, and it all gets physically built — with weekly status reporting and a real escalation path, so problems surface early instead of at crisis point.

EPC steps: 6–8 — Detailed Engineering, Procurement, Construction
A

Anjaz — Accomplish إنجاز

Closing

Deliver the promise, properly: test that it actually works, formally close out every vendor, hand over the keys, and capture what was learned. Most projects just stop — this is how you actually finish one.

EPC steps: 9–10 — Commissioning, Handover
How artificial intelligence (AI) fits in

Human-led. AI-assisted.

  • Faster document and report review
  • Earlier risk signals
  • More consistent reporting
  • Every recommendation comes from me, a qualified project professional, and I review all AI-assisted work
  • You keep all commercial, engineering and project decision authority
Not ready to talk yet?

The Pre-Commitment Risk Checklist

Twelve questions every project director and GM should be able to answer before approving a project plan or spending more budget.

If four or more boxes stay open, the first overrun has usually already started.

Get it by email. Free, no spam.

Your request could not be saved. Please try again.
Thank you! Check your inbox, your checklist is on its way.
Ready when you are

Find out where your project really stands.

Book a free 60-minute discovery call and receive your one-page Project Scorecard within 48 hours. No obligation.