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Our Symposium program is getting more exciting!

	We are pleased to announce that Mr Steve Walker, CIO for DHL Supply Chain, responsible for Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, will be sharing how DHL focus on “Project Management as a value add” in their offer to customers. Mr. Walker will be the symposium’s Keynote speaker (Day-2).
	Beth Parlenton, Director of PMI Board of Director, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, has been involved in project institute and holds her PMP credential since 1991. She is completing her 6th year on the PMI Edudational Foundation Board of Directors, since 2006. She receivd the PMI Distinguished Contribution Award in 1998.

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6 July 2013 | 1 Day PMP Boot Camp | 7 PDUs

The PMP (Project Management Professional) is a professional qualification recognized world-wide awarded by Project Management International, the world's leading global association for the project management profession. In an increasingly projectized world, the PMP is a comprehensive certification program for project professionals. Many gained new assignments and promotion with the newly acquired PMP qualification. When it comes to preparing the PMP Exam, many are groping in the dark. The PMP Exam demands the candidates know the depth and the breadth of the five processes and the nine knowledge areas as spelt out in the PMBOK Guide 5th Edition. Let Michael Lum, PMP, RMP, guide you through the minefields of the PMP Exam in a one-day intensive and interactive workshop. Michael teaches PMP Exam Preparation in a unique way using NLP and Accelerated Learning techniques. Many of his students passed PMP at their first attempt.

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19 June 2013 | Panel Discussion event | Communications - The Silent Project Killer! | 2 PDUs

At many times, the lesson-learned and post-project reviews will identify communication management as a key area of improvement.

Communications flows in every organization – vertical, horizontal, diagonal and circular. Miscommunication or non-communication can wreck the relationships and the project. 

Project Managers play a very pivotal role and are expected regularly communicate the project progress including schedule, scope changes, risks, resources, budgets and purchase requests to the stakeholders. Moreover, they are challenged to obtain buy-in and decisions from sponsors at critical junctures and create conducive environment for the project team to deliver quality results.

SPMI organizes this panel discussion led by three experienced project managers in the panel. Join this interactive discussion session, share your ideas and learn how to avoid the pitfalls of communication management that can make or break your projects.

Topics for the session:

• The key factors and considerations in communication management that can make a project successful or unsuccessful.
• Problems to watch out for in project communications
• Practical insights into effective communications (and communications management)

Call for PMI Singapore Regional Symposium 2013 Speakers

The application for speakers to the PMI Singapore Regional Symposium 2013 is now open. Application deadline is on July 15, 2013. The application form is available in SPMI Symposium website, or download the file directly here. The Project Management Symposium 2013 will be held on Oct 9-10 at Marina Bay Sands Exhibition and Conference Centre. If you believe you can contribute to the event, as either a Subject Matter Expert or as a Project Manager wanting to relate their experience to an audience of over 500 persons, we are looking forward to hearing for you, to be part of the high quality of speakers for the Symposum.

Note that this year, the theme of the Symposium is

Working in Unison

the Practitioners, the Academicians and the Industry

The event provides you a great platform to present your area of expertise, best practices and practical case studies to a community of people who are passionate about management practices. We encourage you to take the opportunity and submit your speech proposal to us. If you want to nominate a speaker, you can send us the candidate speakers information and we will get in touch with them for you.

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SPMI President Update | Term Achievements

Dear Fellow Members,

It’s my great pleasure to share with you PMI Singapore Chapter’s the term achievements.

My first message in May 2012, we had outlined three key focus areas for the term, first Personal and Professional Development Programs, secondly Symposium and third Governance. And I’m glad, all these 3 areas we have achieved an exceptional success by delivering 19 programs. 

This exceptional success has achieved during the past 11 months with great dedication and hard work of my board colleagues, volunteers and encouragements and supports received from all of you.

Project Management Institute Honors Alex Siow, PMP
with a 2012 PMI Chapter Award for Leadership Recognition of Excellence

Singapore, 25 October 2012 — The Project Management Institute, the world's leading project management member association, announces that it has honored Alex Siow, Singapore Chapter President, with a 2012 PMI Chapter Award for Leadership Recognition of Excellence. The award was presented during PMI’s annual Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 20 October 2012 at the Vancouver Convention Center.

The PMI Chapter Award for Leadership Recognition of Excellence pays tribute to the vision and dedication a community leader must have to effectively guide and advance their community and to further PMI’s envisioned goal to help organizations, worldwide, embrace project management and attribute their success to it. Mr. Siow was specifically recognized for the 900% membership growth PMI Singapore Chapter saw under his leadership, as well as his advocacy in activities such as professional and social events for the members.                               

"This award is recognition of the efforts my team and I have put in to bring the Singapore Chapter to become one of the most active Chapter in PMI. We couldn't have done it without the support of our members and this award is for them too. Let us continue to build on our foundations and bring the Chapter to new heights." - Alex Siow

About Project Management Institute (PMI)

PMI is the world’s largest project management member association, representing more than 600,000 practitioners in more than 185 countries. As a global thought leader and knowledge resource, PMI advances the profession through its global standards and credentials, collaborative chapters and virtual communities and academic research. When organizations invest in project management, supported by PMI, executives have confidence that their important initiatives will deliver expected results, greater business value and competitive advantage. Visit us at www.pmi.org, www.facebook.com/PMInstitute, and on Twitter @PMInstitute.

Lianhe Zaobao | 5th October 2012, Friday

Increase of Project Management Professional Over the Past 10 Years (Pg 35)

With huge projects being introduced in Singapore, project management professionals have also increased for the past 10 years. The profession started with 194 members since 2002, and have increased to 7657 to date. Similarly, members at the Project Management Institute have witness an increase from 453 to 4135 members. PMI is the largest association in the world, with over 600 thousand members over 185 countries. President of PMI Singapore, Umesh Ursekar said that this profession blends into many industry and other professions. He also said that, with the increase of huge projects such as Gardens by the Bay and Resorts World Sentosa, has led to an increase of such professions. On the other hand, President and CEO of PMI, Mark A Langley, said that with good project management processes in place, companies can reduce up to 27% of risks. PMI held a Project Management Symposium yesterday at Marina Bay Sands , which attracted over 850 people.

PMI Singapore Chapter President - Interview with ASAE Asia Pacific

Leverage the strengths of doing business in a small country. The Project Management Institute discusses how it was able to create such a successful membership chapter in Singapore.

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