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Managing Business Projects Effectively

Increased productivity, reduced stress, greater confidence; these are some of the benefits of gaining control of your projects and your project team. This two-day course provides practical skills which enable you to better manage all aspects of your business projects and increase your team's performance by utilising effective communication skills.

The workshop provides you with the relevant tools and techniques that you will need to manage your projects or participate on project teams more successfully.

Outline

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand the five phases of Project Management and a project manager's role in each phase
• Write clearly defined project statements and clarify project objectives with measurable outcomes
• Use techniques for planning, sequencing and executing project activities
• Use techniques for monitoring and controlling deviation from budgets and schedules
• Implement key elements of project management communications and reporting tools
• Identify basic project success criteria and common reasons for project failure
• Clarify roles and responsibilities to improve team performance and accountability
• Run productive project meetings for planning, brainstorming, status update and problem solving
• Build, motivate and lead a high performing project team
• Communicate effectively with the project team, management and clients
• Close the project formally with proper documentation
• Learning Review and Action Planning

Who should attend

This workshop is appropriate for participants who are planning to lead a project (primary audience) or serve on a project team (secondary audience).

Methodology

- Mini-lectures
- Discussions/presentations
- Case studies/role plays
- Individual exercises
- Group activities

Profile of Dr. Lim Yew Ban

PhD, MBus(IT), B.Eng, BCCE, ACTA

Dr. Lim brings a wealth of experience across diverse sectors including software development, data centre operations, manufacturing, recruitment, sales, management of a training centre, and consultancy. He started his career as a software system analyst before proceeding to technical production line supervision and IT hardware troubleshooting. His subsequent roles include P&L management of a training centre, professional IT recruitment. He is adept at handling of day‐to‐day operational challenges, notably he spearheaded the successful transfer of a new product line from US to Singapore operations during his tenure with an American MNC.

Additionally, Dr. Lim has conducted two nationwide surveys in collaboration with the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), leading to the publication of significant research findings in the realms of computer security and practices.

Professionally accredited with a Business Continuity Certified Expert (BCCE) certification, Dr. Lim has been actively engaged in consultancy and public seminar training since 2005. He has delivered impactful public seminars and tailored in‐house certification courses for both private and public sector entities in business continuity and IT disaster recovery. His audience spans senior to mid‐level managers from the Middle East, India, and ASEAN regions.

Academically Dr. Lim holds a PhD from the University of South Australia, complemented by a Master's in Business (IT) from RMIT University and a Bachelor of Engineering from the National University of Singapore. As part of life‐long learning he also completed a MA from a local institution in 2023. He possesses formal training in teaching pedagogy from a local government institution, holding a teaching methodology certificate, and an Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) for adult learning.