Category: Announcements

SURVIVING AND SUSTAINING PMOs WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS

Lecture DetailsSpeaker ProfileRegister HereLecture Details Project Management Office (PMO) is one of the project management best practices significantly introduced to organizations to ensure project achievement. Nevertheless, many PMOs were set up and have been struggling to show their values to stakeholders. Some are perceived from the management that they are ‘OVERHEAD’. Some are not respected [...] Read More

Project Management in the Retail Industry

Lecture DetailsSpeaker ProfileRegister HereLecture Details It has often been said that for a retailer to be successful then 'retail is detail' and this would apply when simultaneously launching a range of 100's of house brand products in Thailand. It takes great team work and project management skills to understand the Thai market place, create the [...] Read More

Enabling tangible cost savings by implementing a PMO in an enterprise environment

Lecture DetailsSpeaker ProfileRegister HereLecture Details "Standards help us make processes efficient and reliable, which leads to tangible savings. They are of incalculable value in project management in particular. After all, projects determine how successful we will be in the future." This month's lecture discusses what, why, and how a PMO should be implemented within organizations. [...] Read More

Challenges VS. Business Opportunities to Promote a Project Management Standard in the Thai Public-Sector

Lecture DetailsSpeaker ProfileRegister HereLecture Details To create new services and improve the functional efficiency of the existing public works, the Thai government invests a significant portion of the National Budget to promote public goods every year per the National Development Plan. Project Management is being utilized globally and specifically by the Thai public sector to [...] Read More

Projectizing your Organization: Benefits, Challenges and Changes for Project Managers

Lecture DetailsSpeaker ProfileRegister HereLecture Details In an ever more competitive and global business world access to the best talent and ideas is critical. Enabled by modern collaboration technologies leading companies like Dell, Proctor & Gamble and Starbucks are using open innovation to become more competitive. Enterprises across the globe are becoming more open and engage [...] Read More

‘Paperless’ Project Management and Better Contract Management

Lecture DetailsSpeaker ProfileRegister HereLecture Details Project status reports, progress updates, bid and contract documents, issues’ lists, and others are examples of tons of documents project managers accumulate over the course of one project. This month’s presentation addresses ‘Paperless’ Project Management, whereby our speaker will address strategies and techniques to improve: communication and effectiveness, contract and [...] Read More

‘Paperless’ Project Management and Better Contract Management

Lecture DetailsSpeaker ProfileRegister HereLecture Details Paperless project management for construction projects is not only about “going green”, “saving trees”, “saving money on paper”, but also about “saving professional times”, “improving communications”, “reducing project costs”, “satisfying customer”, and “proving and resolving claims”. Mega construction projects can involve thousands of drawings and their revisions, hundreds of variation/change [...] Read More

Managing Small vs Large Projects: Communication, Risks and Cultural Differences

Lecture DetailsSpeaker ProfileRegister HereLecture Details The norm of managing a large project always consist of complex techniques, countless meetings and piles of documents. But managing a small project could have a totally different vibe. Project managers of small projects are not required to prepare cumbersome documents to push the project forward; rather a strong need [...] Read More

Managing Small (SME) vs Large Projects: Communication, Risks and Cultural Differences

Lecture DetailsSpeaker ProfileRegister HereLecture Details The norm of managing a large project always consist of complex techniques, countless meetings and piles of documents. But managing a small project or SME could have a totally different vibe. Project managers of small projects are not required to prepare cumbersome documents to push the project forward; rather a [...] Read More
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