Dear Candidates,
Due to many request for consultation, please be advised that the next Consultation will be on Friday, 23rd October 2009 at 9:00PM at normal place.
Majority of you are having difficulties in preparing your executive summary. I am using one of your coursemate’s ES (with his permission of course) as an example.
The file is password protected and you have been given the password.
Dear Candidates,
I received an email from USQ Course leader on their expectations in preparing the assignment. Kindly read and understand the content as the points raised in the memo has been what I have commented on your papers.
The file is password protected and the was given in class.
Dear Candidate,
Further to request on assignment consultation, please be advised that I will be available for discussion as per the following details:
Date: WED, Sept 2, 2009
Time: 9:00PM onwards
Venue: Starbucks, Taipan USJ
Date: FRI, Sept 4, 2009
Time: 9:00PM onwards
Venue: Starbucks, Taipan USJ
Please bring hardcopy for review
Dear Candidates,
The University is recommending the use of Gardiner’s Project Management Handbook and PMBOK for this course. Since we are having a mix of seniors and new candidate for Project Management, I greatly appreciate if you could inform me how many of you need the copy of the reference book in the comming class.
Kind regards
In this ever-changing business environment, organisations continuously try to improve their competitive position in the marketplace. In the excitement of such quests, organisations are bombarded with various change programs that have been developed, marketed, introduced, and implemented by various agencies, both locally and internationally. Program and Project Management is no exception. In fact, many times, the term project has been so loosely used to the extent that it has lost its real definition.
Rapid changes in both technology and the market place have created enormous strains on existing organisation’s make up. Traditional structures that are highly bureaucratic can no longer respond fast enough to the continuously changing environments. This must be replaced by other temporary management organisation structures that are highly organic, fluidic, and responsive.
Project Management is not new! Although unsupported, the history of project management can be traced back to the ancient Egyptian era. Coupled with the advancement in management technology, project management has evolved into a more formal and structured management approach to implementing projects effectively and efficiently.
It was observed that, the acceptance of the project management approach has never been easy. The approach departs from the traditional business form that is functional, vertical, and hierarchical with a strong emphasis on the chain of command. This represents one of the many challenges to any project manager.
However, the biggest challenge that any project manager will face is the project itself. Orchestrating the total organisational effort in managing the interplay between the technical, financial, and political realities of any project demands significant effort.
ISBN 1-4251-0904-7
TRAPPED IN BETWEEN is about the global realities in managing projects. It is about people trying to understand what makes their project works or makes it worse! Project managers discovered that, attempting to balance projects purely on technical and financial viabilities were never good enough and has often led to many disappointments. The “circus of project failures” demanded that somebody or something to take the fall. Set against a typical major global company in Malaysia, this book amplifies the underlying realities that affect projects and project management as a whole. It is about the “DOPer Syndrome” that suffered by many “fresh blood” induced into the company and the realities of project’s politics that has long rooted within many organisations. If juggling the projects basing on just technical and financial realities are project managers’ nightmares, inclusion of political realities will make any project manager delusional!
An excellent case study material for program and project management subject. Available at Amazon.com or direct from Trafford Publishing. Candidates attending this module can order a personalised autographed copy from the lecturer.
