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20161126 - The Challenge of Egypt

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Challenge of Egypt

Challenge of Egypt is an Agile Project Management workshop where your skills and competencies on AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT is tested by experiential business simulation.

The Pharoh of Egypt wants to build a Pyramid around River Nile to secure his afterlife and he has identified respective roles to get this done within 15 months period. 

The game is played for 3 rounds of 5 months each where different elements of Agile Project Management would be tested in real time scenario.

After every round there  would be 15 mins of reflection to see what went right and what needs to be improved in order to complete the project objectives successfully.

Are you ready to play the Challenge of Egypt Game and prove your Agile Skills? Then sign up now......

About the Trainer

Suresh GP   

Suresh GP is the Managing Director of TaUB Solutions Pte Ltd, Singapore, and Co Founder & Managing Director of TaUB Solutions, Bangalore. He has close to 15 years of IT experience spanning different facets of ITSM, IT Governance, DevOps, Organizational Change Management & Project and Program Management. He is also the Regional Leader (APAC) for Business Relationship Management Institute (BRMI) and is a renowned International Speaker, Blogger and trainer and has spoken at itSMF USA, itSMF Singapore, itSMF Australia, itSMF UK and itSMF Norway. He is a Certified ITIL V3 Expert, ITIL V2 Service Manager, CGEIT, PMP, DevOps, Agile Service Manager (CASM), ISO 20000/27001/22301 Lead Auditor and Cobit Foundation. He has conducted more than 200 Management workshops and was awarded the ITSM contributor of the award by itSMF Singapore in 2013.

 

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Event Particulars

Date:    26th November 2016, Saturday
Time:    9.30am to 5.30pm, Registration and Refreshments starts from 9.00am onwards
Venue: ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove, Singapore | 11 Cove Drive, #01-01,     
              Sentosa Cove, Singapore 098497 |
Nova Room
              Complimentary admission to Sentosa Island 

PDUs: 7

SPMI Members:  SGD 175*
SPMI Members - Early Bird Discount, off SGD 50, valid till 23 October 2016
* Please log-in to avail members' rate

Non-Members:   SGD 225

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20161008 - Agile Best Practices Workshop

Agile Best Practices Workshop | 8 October 2016 | 9am to 2pm

The agile approach is gaining increasing importance in project management. Today, many project managers are encountering the agile concept and practice in their organizations. This workshop aims to give practical guidance to these project managers on how to interact with agile teams and adapt within an agile environment.

Key Takeaways

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

  • Learn how to work effectively as a project manager in an agile environment
  • Learn how to adopt agile at the project team level and within a scaled and distributed environment
  • Learn how to tailor processes within an environment that include both agile and waterfall teams

Intended Audience

Project Managers, and anyone from system or software development to senior management, who is starting to use agile practices, or whose organization is adopting agile methods.

Trainer's Profile

Lee Boon Kee
Lee Boon Kee
B. Sc. (Computer Science & Information Systems), NUS
PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, BPMP

Boon Kee is a consultant and lecturer at the Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore, with over 25 years of professional experience in project and product management. His focus is on consulting and teaching for professional development and post-graduate programmes at ISS, and helping customers drive success through project and product management best practices. Prior to joining ISS, he has worked in Accenture, HP, EDS, Sun Microsystems, and NEC. His work experience spans the financial and telecommunications industries, as well as the education and government sectors. He is a certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and a Blackblot Product Management Professional (BPMP).


Event Particulars

Date: 8th October 2016, Saturday
Time:   9.00am to 2.00pm, Registration and Refreshments starts from 8.30am onwards
Venue: SMU | Lee Kong Chian School of Business  | 50 Stamford Road |
              Classroom 3.2 | Singapore 178899

PDUs: 5

SPMI Members:  SGD 225
Non-Members:   SGD 275
(Limited offer) Early-Bird Discount, off SGD 50.00, valid till 31 August 2016

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20160123 - Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®) Certification Boot Camp

Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®) Certification Boot Camp

Our first event in the region attracted more than 85% of C-Level executives. Due to overwhelming response we are pleased to announce another event for portfolio practitioners to understand the PMI’s PfMP best practices from Mansoor, PfMP expert.

Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) is the latest certification offering from the PMI Stable. The PfMP pilot phase started on 20th December 2013 and ended on 28th February 2014 with 121 certified from the first batch.

Register-Now

Date: 23 January 2016, Saturday
Time: 10.00am to 6.00pm, Registration starts from 10.00am, inclusive of lunch and 2 teabreaks
Location: ParkRoyal on Kitchener Road | Room: Jade 1 | 181 Kitchener Road | Singapore 208533

PDUs: 7

SPMI Members: SGD 330.00
Non-Members: SGD 385.00

SG50

Early-Bird Discount, off SGD 55.00 - valid till 30 November 2015

SPMI Members please log-in to avail members' rate

Speaker's Profile

 

Mohammed_Mansoor
Mohammed Mansoor – PfMP, PgMP, PMP, PBA, ACP, PMI-SP, RMP & ITILV3

20151118 - FG - Problem Solving Skills for Projects "Out of Control"

18 Nov 2015 | Focus Group Event | Time: 7.00pm to 9.00pm|
Problem Solving Skills for Projects "Out of Control"
PDUs: 2

INTRODUCTION

Project staff continually have to deal with "conditions" out of their control, has little authority and have to deal with "shifting expectations" all the time. This makes the environment for Project Managers very challenging and mostly highly frustrating. This session will focus on some "reactive" and "proactive" actions that are available to project staff to reduce potential project failures.

  1. The paradox of accountability – how to get it and how to avoid "losing" it
  2. How to lock in stakeholder commitment and ensure access to the best information sources 
  3. How to apply the 6 C's to be your "armour and shield" in achieving the project objective 
  4. PriorityWise – the quick and accurate technique of how to find the core issue in any project failure situation 
  5. CauseWise – how to find the technical and root cause of a test phase failing 
  6. Maxfour – how to find the best combinations of four actions to solve a situation with a "home grown" solution 
  7. RiskWise – the best way to uncover "blind spots" and how to avoid them with "likely reasons" thinking 
  8. Project Continuity Analysis – how to safeguard your project against client and vendor attacks
SPEAKER PROFILE -  Dr. Mat-Thys Fourie

20150919 - 1 Day PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Professional) Boot Camp)

19 September 2015 | 1 Day PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Professional) Boot Camp

Register-Now

Date: 19 September 2015, Saturday
Time: 9.00am to 5.00pm, Registration starts from 9.00am, inclusive of lunch and 2 teabreaks
Location: ParkRoyal on Kitchener Road | 181 Kitchener Road | Singapore 208533 | Sapphire Room 3
PDUs: 7

SPMI Members: SGD 330.00
Non-Members: SGD 385.00

SG50

Early-Bird Discount, off SGD 55.00 - valid till 31 August 2015

SPMI Members please log-in to avail members' rate

The agile approach is gaining increasing importance in project management. The collaborative and adaptive nature of agile methodologies can help reduce the overhead of development, including documentation, upfront planning, and controls on development. It focuses on frequent delivery of working software, featuring a continuous interaction with customers, and paying great attention to the human factor in a project environment. It is able to produce business value early in the project lifecycle and is more responsive in dealing with changing user requirements than the traditional methods of project management.  

 

This 1-day PMI-ACP Bootcamp is intended for those who are interested to learning the agile methodology. It is also for those who want to prepare themselves for the PMI-ACP certification exam.

 

Key Takeaways

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the Agile Manifesto and Principles
  2. Understand the basics of common agile frameworks such as SCRUM, XP, Lean and KANBAN
  3. Apply agile techniques in requirements definition, story point estimation, iterative planning and execution, retrospectives, and more
  4. Become familiar with the requirements and process for PMI-ACP® certification

Intended Audience

Project Managers, and anyone from product developer to senior management, who has already used agile practices, or whose organization is adopting agile methods, including those who want to obtain the PMI-ACP® certification.

Trainer Profile

 

Lee_Boon_Kee
Lee Boon Kee
B. Sc. (Computer Science & Information Systems), NUS
PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, BPMP