MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - Rescue Troubled Project
Featured speaker - Mr Nah Wee Yang, Director of Knowledge Method
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Date: 17 January 2012, Tuesday Time: 7.30pm to 10pm, Registration and Buffet Dinner starts from 6:30pm You just received a voice mail… “Good evening, Project Manager. There is a project, chartered by the Chairman, is in trouble and in danger of total failure. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to rescue the project.” |
"Any project at any organization with any team can fail. However, projects never go from being well managed, on-budget and on-schedule to outright failure overnight. There is always a transition period during which time the project is ―troubled. It is during this time that a window of opportunity exists in which the project can potentially be rescued, and is likely the last chance to save the project." (Extracted from Mr. Nah Wee Yang presentation)
On 17th January 2012, the Professional Development (PD) event on "Mission Impossible- Rescue Troubled Project" was successfully conducted at SMU - Lee Kong Chian School of Business seminar room, with over 70 participants attending the event. The speaker for the evening was Mr. Nah Wee Yang, who has over 20 years of project management experience in his own training and consulting company, Reuters Asia as well as KPMG Consulting.
During the 2-hour talk, Mr. Nah highlighted on the various symptoms of "troubled" projects; listed the categories of failures; and modeled the "rescue" process. In addition, Mr. Nah also shared with the audience about his experiences in Project Rescue Team (he called it the Project SWAT Team) in troubled projects. Overall, the PD event proved to be a fruitful evening for all the attendees with insightful sharing of project management knowledge and experience from the speaker.
About the Speaker
Wee Yang has 20 years of project management experience. He is a PMP, Certified IT Project Manager (CITPM), and a Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Prior to founding Knowledge Method, he was with Reuters Asia and KMPG Consulting, managed multi-million dollar / multi-year projects and programs, including Bank Modernization Programs in Indo-China, funded by the World Bank. In addition, his experience in setting-up and working in “Project SWAT Team” has given him field exposure to various troubled project situations.