1 Day PgMP Boot Camp (5 PDUs)

From the attendees:

"The best case study I ever attend this year."

"The trainer is good, considering its his first time doing any form of training in PgMP in any form. He was structured, engaging and gave a lot of informative tidbits."

"Thanks to SPMI and Mr. Chan Jen Jee"

Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification provides you with a globally recognised and highly respected credential that validates your advanced project and program management skills.

CaseStudy: Overpromoted and Over His Head (2 PDUs)

The focus group event – 'Overpromoted and Over His Head' was successfully organized by SPMI on 19th June 2012. With a stunning 60+ participants, the 2 hours interactive talk was very much appreciated by all the attendees. The case in hand was of Dan Sestak who has had an impressive career at packaged-foods giant NutriSelect. When NutriSelect's CEO Michael Botolph died of a heart attack, Dan is named as his successor. However, with his sudden promotion as CEO, has he bitten off more than he can chew?

The participants in the event discussed in detailed what should and should not be done by Dan Sestak to cope up with all the internal/external expectations form stakeholders. How he can effectively manage expectations from not only higher management but also employees of NutriSelect? What could be the best approach to decide on the future of NutriSelect – Vision and Mission? How to deal with sensitive information leak in media about the company's financial situation?

The enthusiastic participants delved deep into the case and deliberate among themselves to come up with solutions for Dan Sestak.

We sincerely thank Irina Miu for facilitating the event. Irina Miu is an Associate Certified Coach, Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and a senior trainer for Effective Ways. As a leading coach and trainer, Irina has a background in supply chain management, human resources and business administration.

Creative Thinking Skills

Date: 13th July 2011

Time: 7pm to 9pm

Venue: SMU - School of Accountancy, Seminar Room 1.1

PDUs: 2

Become a more creative project manager in your workplace! Contrary to popular belief, creative thinking skills can be taught and acquired. Believing you are intrinsically creative is the first step towards creative thinking. Jump out of the uncreative box and you will be amazed you can be. You can have access to the world’s most powerful, portable and creative computer ever created – your brain. Are you left or right brained? How do you foster a more creative environment? When is the best time to be creative? At this event, you will be delighted with a range of creative techniques you can apply immediately at your project management workplace.

Project Management in Public Health Services- ENHANCING AMBULANCE SERVICES: A Case Study 

Date: 6th September 2011

Time: 7.30pm to 9.30pm

Venue: SMU - School of Accountancy, Seminar Room 1.1

The London Ambulance Service (LAS) that covers a geographical area of just over 600 square miles with a resident population of about 6.8 million people. This case discusses how a large scale public enterprise develops the need for large scale integrated information system to handle their operations and understanding real time demand. It needs to organize the transportation of over 5000 patients and received over 2500 calls for ambulance daily. Of these, between 1300 and 1600 are emergency calls, which needed immediate rerouting and service. The LAS is divided broadly between accident and emergency (A & E) and patient transport service (PTS). Of ambulance journeys, about half a million per year are accident and emergency patients, and 1.3 million are patient transport service.

In this case study, we discuss the risks involved in large scale information system for a public organization and how the successful integration of the system has been deployed. Let's meet Shaligram Pokharel, PhD, Mentor for PMI’s Region 15 to find out more!!