Synopsis
Projects are employed by organizations as an important means to achieve strategic business goals. Adopting a structured and integrated approach to project management is proven to be critical to the success of project as well as organization. This course gives the essence of project management, especially suitable for those who intend to gain a fundamental but solid grounding on project management. You will learn the structured and integrated approaches, processes, tools and techniques that are applicable to managing each phase of the project life cycle. The course contents are closely referenced to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK® Guide (5th Edition) of the PMI. This 2-day intensive course is both practical and interactive, supplemented with useful exercises, real-life case studies, working examples and hands-on applications.  
Benefits
•    Gain the essence of project management especially the important concepts, principles, processes, skills, knowledge, tools and techniques.
•    Learn the structured and integrated approach to initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling and closing out projects.
•    Acquire project management technical skills for linking project objectives to organization goals and stakeholder needs, developing an integrated project management plan, instituting a work authorization and execution system, and forming a control and monitoring mechanism.
•    Learn to develop Project Charter, SMART Objectives, Project Scope, Work Breakdown Structure, Schedule Network Diagram, Schedule Plan with Critical Path Analysis and Schedule Compression techniques as well as Project Budget.
•    Acquire useful techniques to estimate project costs and schedules as well as forecast project completion time and costs.
•    Learn how to identify, assess and mitigate project risks with risk response plan.
•    Understand the role and selection of project manager as well as project organization structure.
•    Acquire or enhance project management people skills in communication, leadership, motivation, team building and conflict resolution.
•    Network and share knowledge and experience with other participants.
About The Course Leader
Ir. Lee Boon Chong, BSc, MSc, DIC, PMP, PEng., FIEM, CEng., MIET, MMIM has more than 30 years of experience in the industry as a professional / chartered engineer as well as a project management practitioner. He is experienced in leading and managing projects of different sizes across various industries like engineering, telecommunications, construction, information technology and customer relationship management. His diverse industrial experience covers many technical and management functions such as engineering planning, development, operations and maintenance; business planning, operations and re-engineering; training and consultancy; business strategy and competition planning as well as marketing and customer relationship management. Ir. Lee started project management training in early 1990s as a certified trainer for Kepner-Tregoe Project Management Workshop. He has since been actively conducting project management training for both public courses and in-house programs. Many organizations and participants have benefited from his training. Ir. Lee is a certified Project Management Professional PMP® of PMI, USA. He has also served as a panel trainer and consultant for the Construction Industry Development Board of Malaysia. Ir. Lee is the past chairman and advisor of the IEM Project Management Technical Division. He is also involved in the accreditation of local engineering programmes.

Who Could Benefit From The Course
Project Manager/Leader/Team Member/Coordinator/Administrator/Supervisor/Sponsor/Director; Professional /Graduate Engineer; Architect / Quantity Surveyor; IT Professional / Scientists; Technical/Functional / Product Manager; Business/ Financial/Human-Resource/Marketing/Event Manager; Senior Manager/General Manager/CEO; Developer/ Contractor/ Consultant/Project Client; Government and Non-government officers; Anyone responsible for or involved in project.