PMIAC 2017

PMI AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE

29 May 2017, 1:15pm

Project Leadership & The Art of War

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Winning Before the Game Begins

Chee-Peng TAN CITPM Senior, SCS Fellow, F.MIoD

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Addressing The Elephant in the Room

The Key Takeaways

Levelling Up – Crossing the Rubicon

Project Leadership vs The Art of War

Agenda

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Project Leadership & The Art of War

The Art of War

Vision, Planning, Proven

Techniques, Change Adaptation,

Leadership Values, Outcome-

based

Failure is NOT An Option …

The 13 Principles of the Art of War

1. Laying Plans

2. Waging War

3. Attack by Stratagem

4. Tactical Dispositions

5. Energy

6. Weak Points and Strong

7. Manoeuvring

8. Variation in Tactics

9. The Army on the March

10. Terrain

11. The Nine Situations

12. The Attack by Fire

13. The Use of Spies

The Art of War1. Strategic Business/IT Planning

2. Learn & Match Competence

3. Vision & Modus Operandi

4. Methodology

5. The Enablers/Project Portfolio Mgt

6. End to End Process Management

7. Mastering the Process

8. Phase Approach

9. IT as an Enabling Tool to Business

10. Resistance to Change

11. Total Approach

12. Organisational Tools

13 Knowledge Management/BPM

Business/IT Equivalent

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Addressing The Elephant in the Room

The Key Takeaways

Levelling Up – Crossing the Rubicon

Project Leadership vs The Art of War

Agenda

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More planning shall give

greater possibility of victorywhile less planning, lesser possibility of

victory. So how about those without planning? By this measure, I can clearly

foresee victory or defeat …

Detailed Planning

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Planning Process Group

51%

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Detailed Planning

Weekly Review & Updates (Issue, Risk, CR,

Schedule, Cost, etc) – Deep Focus

Integration/Scope/Time/Cost

Use industry-strength Project Management Plan

(PMP)

Detailed WBS Items (5 mandays or less) in

customized lifecycle (KM: template/sample,

checklist, known risk/issue, etc)

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By command, I mean the

general’s stand for the virtues of

wisdom, sincerity,

benevolence, courage and

strictness

Ownership, Accountability &

Relationship

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Ownership, Accountability & Relationship

Stakeholder/Communications/Human Resources/Procurement

Principle 100/0, 99/1, 90/10, 80/20, 70/30 & 50/50(Personal Accountability, Keeping Composure, Leverage on Your Strength)

Stakeholder Analysis & Engagement

Progress Reporting with Clear RASCI &

Performance Measures (EVM, KPI, etc)

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As water shapes its flow according to the ground, an army wins by relating to the enemy it faces. And just as water

retains no constant shape, in war there will be no

constant condition. Thus, he who can

modify his tactics according to the enemy’s

situations should be victorious ...

Outcome-based MO

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Outcome-based MO

Quality/Risk

Pro-active Dependency, COQ & COR

Management

Planned CBA, Ongoing CBA & Todate CBA

Benefits Review – acknowledge limitations

PIR & Benefits Realization Plan

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Addressing The Elephant in the Room

The Key Takeaways

Levelling Up – Crossing the Rubicon

Project Leadership vs The Art of War

Agenda

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The Key Takeaways

1.Detailed Planning

2.Ownership, Accountability & Relationship

3.Outcome-based MO

Project Leadership & The Art of War

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Addressing The Elephant in the Room

The Key Takeaways

Levelling Up – Crossing the Rubicon

Project Leadership vs The Art of War

Agenda

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The

REAL

Key Takeaways

Bridging the Gap: Crossing the Rubicon

The 3Rs & 3Ps Principles

Alea Iacta Estthe die has been cast

PONR

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ANY QUESTIONS?

Thank you …

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tancp@biztech-i.com

tancp@teamsynthesis.com

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Speaker’s Bio & Contact DetailsChee-Peng TAN is the CEO at Business Technovise International Pte Ltd based in Singapore. He is a Strategic

Services Consultant specializing in Business-IT Planning, Programme & Project Management (PPM) and

PMO/Business-IT process automation. A past speaker in international PMI conferences, with a First Class degree

holder from Imperial College, UK, he has more than 32 years of consulting experience in financial services industry,

helping MNC clients in Business-IT Strategy Formulation & Implementation, Business Process Re-engineering,

Change Management, Performance Management/Benefits Realization and, e-Commerce/Digitalization Strategy and

Implementation. He was previously the Vice President, Technology of Citibank N.A., Singapore. As Managing

Partner of Andersen Worldwide, SC for Mauritius and East Africa, Mr TAN had successfully built, nurtured and

transformed a 35-person team into 160-person strong consulting and system implementation outfit over a 18-month

period with over 100m backlog and recurring fees.

Mr TAN was conferred the (CITPM, Senior), the Singapore National IT Project Management certification on 26

November 1998. Based on his professional work in Singapore, Mauritius and Africa, he was independently nominated

and admitted to the International Who’s Who of Professionals for 1999. Mr TAN also sits on the Board of Assessors

for the Singapore’s National IT Skills Certification Programme – IT Project Management since its inception. He is also a

Fellow Member of the Singapore Computer Society and has been listed on the SCS Roll of Honour in recognition and

appreciation of his valuable support and contribution to the Society. Mr TAN has given Project/Programme

Management conferences, workshops and training to more than 5,700 PMs both locally as well as

internationally. He travels extensively and has successfully completed assignments in more than 66 countries. Mr

TAN is also a Mauritius SAPES recipient, assisting the Government to setup the Center of Excellence for Programme &

Project Management (PPM) and kick-starting Shari’ah-compliant Finance (SF) as part of the International Financial

Center (IFC) offerings. Mr TAN also anchors the national leadership certification programs in Malaysia (PIKOM),

Singapore (SCS/IDA) & Mauritius (UTM). He is an invited member, Honorary 300 of the Singapore National

Infocomm Registry for ICT Professionals, 2011-2013.

Team SYNthesis helps our clients to enforce strategic modus operandi in profiling, and executing project monitoring and

tracking outcomes with pre-defined KPIs. Team SYNthesis is a strategic BPM/PPM tool that contains basic planning-

execution-monitoring building blocks with embedded early warning system and escalation mechanism. Team SYNthesis

is KPI-centric and enforces non-negotiable processes, walking the talk on compliance, governance and

transparency. Team SYNthesis helps to shape the culture of vision-centric organization, creating and enhancing the

asset value. Team SYNthesis gives organizations competitive edge through the 7th sense.