SYNOPSIS

Project Management is an essential engineering capability, a discipline that has been practiced with engineering for thousands of years. As time progresses so to does the complexity of projects, within in an environment of rising cost, greater risk and let’s not forget the ever-demanding clients. In response to the changing complexity of the project environment a number of project management standards are being drawn on to facilitate greater control and success.

One such standard is PRINCE2® (Projects in Controlled Environments version 2). PRINCE2 has been adopted by tens of thousands of organizations, with well over a million people certified world-wide. Today it is recognized as a well proven and internationally recognized project management method. So why is PRINCE2 been seen by many project management practitioners as de-facto best practice?

This presentation will explore the common challenges of project management and how PRINCE2 accommodates these challenges. Part of PRINCE2’s success is its clarity around project roles, processes and its adaptability to projects of different types and sizes. Our presentation will also provide insight into trending topics in the field of project management including ‘agile’ project management and what it may mean in an engineering context.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Vincent has two decades of experience assisting individuals and organizations in over 23 countries to adopt and tailor best practices in project, program, portfolio and change management (PPM).

He started his project management career in Australia and is a founding partner of HiLogic Sdn Bhd, which is now in its 10th year of operation in Malaysia. HiLogic today is a market leader in Malaysia in PPM education, coaching and consulting services.

More recently HiLogic has been supporting engineers managing infrastructure programs in both Australia and Malaysia to adopt PPM practices. Vincent’s presentation will integrate lessons from these assignments including lessons derived from establishing project management offices and adopting project and program management frameworks.

He obtained his Bachelor of Science in year 1993 from La Trobe University,  Diploma in Environmental Management in year 1995 from Victoria University and Diploma in Project Management (with Distinction) in year 2001 from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. As HiLogic’s Lead Consultant, Vincent’s work involves advising on the adoption of PPM frameworks and he has conducted dozens of reviews and audits on projects and PPM Frameworks. Vincent was part of the review panel for the leading project portfolio management standard MoP and is a certified Practitioner in leading PPM standards including: PRINCE2®, Praxis Framework®, MSP®, MoP®, P3O®, APMG Change Management.