Risk! Risk! Risk!

After the 2008 financial tsunami everyone in the finance community seems to have a new understanding about risk.

In fact risks are everywhere in the business community as well - day-to-day operation, projects, people and infrastructure. Our job as a manager is to manage and control these risks to ensure operation and projects will not be adversely impacted. For business or IT managers, risk can also be a career direction.

We have three upcoming workshops and seminar all gearing toward this key theme of 'risk'.


Business Continuity Management Workshop

BCI Certification Training - Understanding BCM Principles and Good Practices (9-10, 16-17, 24 Apr) 36 PDU

Invest in this four-and-a-half-day classroom based training program with exam to gain a comprehensive understanding of Business Continuity Management (BCM). Based on the BCM lifecycle this course covers the six BCM principles as outlined in the BCI Good Practice Guidelines. This training is built in response to demand for a more definitive and consistent route to BCM certification. Upon completion of the training, participants will sit for the BCI Certification Examination. Get certified to gain competitive advantage!

Mr. Henry Ee, a famous Singapore-based consultant/trainer in BCM, will lead this workshop for the 22nd times across Asia.

Download course information (with registration form). Contact Hilda at 22875190 or Hilda@knowledgecentury.com


Management Seminar

Optimizing Project Risk Control - Practical Tips from a Practitioner
(10am-12pm, 13 Mar) 2 PDU

In this seminar Mr. Gabriel Lau, based on his extensive experience in planning and directing major projects for financial institutions across Asia, will share with you some practical tips on project risk control supplemented with examples. In addition, he will introduce a risk management maturity level framework consolidated from several of his risk projects.

As a recently certified PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP), he will also discuss his experience throughout the certification process.

To register, download seminar outline (with registration form) or contact Hilda at 22875190 or hilda@knowledgecentury.com


Risk Workshop

Project Risk Management in Action (26 Mar) 8 PDU

For most PMPs risk management is a knowledge area based on good theories. The difficulty is how to apply these techniques to real life projects. The workshop is designed around two simulated business cases, with extensive class discussion and interactive exercises to help participants gain insights and practical skills in how to keep risks under control. Kevin Chui, based on his many years of PM experience, will facilitate this workshop.

90% of past participants rated the course as 'Good' or 'Excellent'
Feedbacks: "The pragmatic model of risk management is most useful in real life situation. Hope to have this in place in future PM workshops." "The group exercises are real-life, more interesting than other trainings."

Download registration form and workshop outline.


Other Advanced PM Workshop

Project Leadership: Managing without Authority (6 Mar) 8 PDU

This workshop covers team leadership skills such as team building, motivation techniques, and expectation management. People and relationship management theories will be discussed and more importantly, case studies and group exercises will help illustrate how they work in real life. Negotiation and influencing skills for managing project stakeholders such as functional managers and peer leaders will be addressed in the workshop.

100% of past participants rated both the course and instructor as 'Good' or 'Excellent'.
Feedbacks: "Effective!" "Very interesting topics that we face in our daily projects."

Download registration form and workshop outline.


EQ for Project Managers (24 Apr) 8 PDU

This is Part 3 of our soft skills workshop series following the widely acclaimed "Managing without Authority" and "Project Conflict Resolution". Our consultant Paul Mau will provide an overview of emotional intelligence and how it applies to the project management environment. Research shows that emotional intelligence is just as important to project managers as IQ or knowledge of the PMBOK Guide. Emotional intelligence is the baility to understand and manage our own emotions and those of others. Project managers can benefit by putting emotional intelligence to work for them in their own project environment.

90% of past participants rated the course as 'Good' or 'Excellent'.
Feedbacks: "Topics are interesting."  "The relaxation exercise is excellent!"

Download registration form and workshop outline.


Art and Science of Managing Vendors (28 May) 8 PDU

In the real world it takes more than just contracting skills to make a vendor perform. Soft skills like relationship management and negotiation are equally, if not more important. This workshop will help participants discover what drive vendor performance; analyse risks and countermeasures in outsourcing; and discern proper relationship pattern with vendors. Our consultant Kevin Chui, based on his many years of experience gained both from the client and vendor side, will use a combination of lecture, case discussion, and simulation exercises to help participants build up necessary vendor management skills.

94% of past participants rated this workshop 'Good' or 'Excellent'. 100% rated the instructor as 'Good' or Excellent'.

Download registration form and workshop outline.