3 Days (21 Training Hours)

Day 1 – Foundations of AI in Project Management

• Role of schedule in project execution and contract management
• Overview of JKR Scheduling Guidelines and Appendix B expectations
• Distinction between planning and scheduling
• Introduction to the JKR 6-Step Planning Model framework 
• Defining project scope into manageable, deliverable-based components
• Structuring WBS for construction projects: phases, trades, and work packages
• Ensuring completeness, clarity, and non-overlapping structure
• Hands-On Exercise: Develop WBS in MS Project for case study project 
• Logical relationships in construction (FS, SS, FF, SF)
• Sequencing activities based on construction methodology and site execution
• Interface management between trades
• Project calendar setup: working days, holidays, shutdowns
• Resource types and resource calendar definition
• Hands-On Exercise: Link activities with logic and define calendars/resources in MS Project 
• Basis of duration: method, productivity rates, and scope alignment
• Avoiding unrealistic durations: common mistakes in construction projects
• Duration entry and estimation techniques
• Hands-On Exercise: Assign activity durations and review preliminary schedule

Course Deliverables

By the end of the training, participants will produce:

• Deliverable-based Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Logic-linked project schedule (~100 activities) with proper sequencing
• Resource-informed schedule with defined calendars and resource assignments
• Cost-loaded schedule with S-Curve and baseline
• Updated schedule with actual progress and variance analysis
• Professional progress reports extracted from MS Project
• Submission-ready schedule structured to support JKR Appendix B compliance

Expected Outcomes

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Prepare project schedules that are structured, logical, and aligned with construction execution
• Significantly improve quality of program kerja submission to JKR, reducing rejection cycles
• Enhance ability to monitor, update, and report project progress using MS Project
• Reduce reliance on manual scheduling and trial-and-error schedule preparation
• Implement earned value management for better cost and schedule control
• Improve stakeholder confidence through professional, compliant project reporting

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Feasibility studies aim to logically find the strengths and weaknesses of a proposed project, opportunities and the resources required to carry through, and ultimately the prospects for success.

This program focusses on the following key areas:

• Understanding project revenues, costs, cashflows, profitability
• Understanding project Interest during Construction (IDC) and Asset Depreciation
• How the project is financed in terms of its capital structure, debt to equity ratio
• Whether the projected cashflow stream during Operations can meet the
• debt commitment.
• Analyzing key ratios such as IRR, NPV and DSCR to establish project feasibility
• Through Sensitivity Analysis understand how the project will be impacted due to changes in key variables like interest rates, Equity to Debt ratio, lower revenues etc.
• Develop the Financial Statements such as the Income Statement, Balance
• Sheet and Cash Flow Statement

PM Advance philosophy is to train and consult professionals not only based on theoretical knowledge, but also based on real-case scenarios and real experience. This will effectively impart the knowledge and the best practice skills to professionals in their daily work in respective industry.

Training Objectives

Upon completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Build a Project Feasibility Model using MS EXCEL from scratch
• The step sequence in building a Project Feasibility Model
• Best practices in Modelling with MS EXCEL
• How changing the key variables could impact the Project Feasibility
• Project Funding Considerations
• Addressing the Projects Risks
• How the Financial Statements are Integrated:
  • The Income Statement
  • The Balance Sheet
  • The Cash Flow Statement
• Two (2) case Studies covered to enhance Participant’s grasp of Finance, Project and MS EXCEL concepts

Who should Attend

• Project Managers
• Program Managers
• Program Analysts
• Project Coordinators
• Portfolio Managers
• Contract Managers
• Supply Chain Managers
• Directors
• Systems Specialists
• Senior Analysts
• Risk Managers
• Financial Analysts
• Business Development Planners

Training Outline:

Day One

1. Introduction to Project Feasibility Study
2. The Concept of “Time Value of Money”
3. Development of the Project Assumption Sheet
4. Project Cost / Revenue Considerations
5. Considering the Interest During Construction (IDC)
6. Developing the Depreciation Schedule
7. Integration of Financial Statements:
   • The Income Statement
   • The Balance Sheet
   • The Cash Flow Statement
8. Establishing a Check & Balance in the Model
   
   

Day Two

1. Establishing a Check & Balance in the Model
2. Computation of IRR / NPV to establish Project Feasibility
3. Computation of Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) to answer the question “Can the Cash Flow Support the Project’s Debt Obligations”
4. Development of a Sensitivity Analysis (SA) Table to establish the impact on the Model with variation of key variables
5. Program coverage on relevant MS EXCEL functions to build the Model
6. Two (2) Case Studies will be utilized to enhance the Project Feasibility Process

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As a leader in a project, your team and organization rely on you to have good judgement and make the right decision with the information you have. Good decisions are the product of strong critical thinking skills and thoughtful problem solving. And like all skills, you can learn, practice, and get better at them. In this course, the trainer will help you do just that.

He will show how to critically assess the source of information and how to determine the right approach to take. The trainer will also demonstrates strategies for approaching both simple and complex problems, and details taking your team through the entire life cycle of a challenging decision. He also imparts an understanding of common traps people fall into when solving problems, both individually and as a team. After this course, you’ll have the tools to approach your next problem more critically and solve it more effectively.

PM Advance philosophy is to train and consult professionals not only based on theoretical knowledge, but also based on real-case scenarios and real experience. This will effectively impart the knowledge and the best practice skills to professionals in their daily work in respective industry.

Training Objectives

Upon completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Acquire practices of financial decision-making approaches and models
• Demonstrate the ability to implement financial business strategy
• Acquire the various strategy to establish strategic financial strategy of the new normal era
• Develop strategic blueprint that focus on short term and long-term financial strategy
• Familiar with organizational politics and come out strategy to overcome it
• Develop the process to manage financial risks
• Acquire the approaches to manage assets and other products
• Develop strategic framework to manage suppliers effectively
• Develop policies and procedures to manage people and resource strategically

Who should Attend

• Functional Leaders (C-levels, VPs, General Managers, Managers)
• Corporate strategy, PMO team members and Project Team Members
• Portfolio Managers, Program Managers and Project Managers.
• Teams or individuals tasked with developing a strategic plan for their organization Teams or individuals with balanced scorecard or KPI/Performance Measure development responsibility
• Any project stakeholders who involved in project management from small to medium size projects.

Training Outline:

Day One

1. Principles of Decision Making
   • Concepts of decision models
   • Types of models
   • Standard decision-making models
   • Decision-making spectrum
   • RAPID model
   • Workflow models
   • SMART requirements
   • Business process innovation

2. Data and Informed Decisions
   • Lewin’s force field analysis of support and opposition
   • Scenario analysis
   • Charting possible futures
   • Costs factors
   • Mapping stakeholders’ reactions
   • Level of stakeholder power
   • Level of stakeholder interest
   • Dealing with the politics of decisions

Day Two

1. Risk-Based Decision making
   • Elements of risk factors
   • Types of risk
   • Risk impact/probability chart
   • Probability and impact dimensions
   • Creating the chart using excel
   • Decision tree analysis
   • Decision points
   • Chance points
   • Risk based financial tools
   • Prioritizing risk
   • Risk response planning
2. Financial Decision for Decision Makers
   • Cost benefits analysis
   • Costs and benefits
   • Approaches to budgeting
   • Zero based budgeting
   • Liquidity analysis
   • Asset management and activity ratios
   • Market and valuation
   • Profitability analysis

Day Three

1. Financial Strategy
   • Processes assets and products
   • Performance measurement
   • Importance of cash
   • Inventory management
   • Reducing receivables
   • Increasing payables
   • Balancing debt and equity

2. External Forces Strategies
   • Managing suppliers
   • Managing people
   • The effects of the economy
   • Dealing with competitors
   • Dealing with auditors
   • Legislations
   • Technology and automation

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This program develops participant’s understanding of the project procurement processes from planning, conducting, to controlling and close out. The participant is taken on a journey from defining project requirements planning through to developing contract strategy, tendering, contract management and contract closure. The program also covers understanding of key contractual terms, applicable models of contracts delivery and the major activities in each phase of the procurement process. Tools and techniques applicable at each phase will be discussed. Where appropriate, relevant cases and examples will be used in this workshop.

Training Objectives

This supply chain program examines the full life cycle of project procurement, which includes both buyer and seller perspectives and explores cost estimating techniques to develop proposals.

Upon completion of this program, participants are expected to be able to do the following:

• Determine project procurement requirements and schedule.
• Develop a procurement plan.
• Analyze contract types and rationale for use.
• Develop proposal documentation from a buyer and seller perspective.
• Develop appropriate selection criteria and evaluate bids.
• Develop strategies to evaluate, manage, and close contract relationships with vendors.
• Analyze ethics from a procurement perspective.
• Conduct estimation to support proposal development.

Who should Attend

• Project Managers/ Assistant Project Managers/ Project Coordinators/ Project Expeditors/ Project team members who want to improve their project management skill Individuals/ Junior Executives who are new to project management.
• Procurement Manager and Procurement executives
• Managers, executives, and others who desire to know more about the right way of managing project’s procurement and thereby achieve the desired results.
• Functional managers and team members who are in leadership role in a project.

Program Structure:

The Program structure follows the guidelines of PMI – PMP Certification Program. Three (3) important areas covering the Planning the Procurement, Conducting the Procurement, Controlling the Procurement and lastly Closing the Procurement. Various inputs / Outputs / Tools and Techniques in these 3 process groups are considered into greater detail.

Training Outline:

Our program will be 2 days duration short courses and the schedule are listed below.

DAY 1

• Plan the Procurement
  • 9.00am -10.30am
    • Item classification
    • Management Terminology.
    • Build vs Buy Decisions
  • 10.45am-1.00pm
    • Market conditions
    • State of supply chain.
    • Criteria for Supplier Selection
    • Methods for Supplier Evaluation
    • Work packages and work breakdown

• Conduct Procurement
  • 2.00pm-3.30pm
    • Resource breakdown and resource calendar
    • Basics of Change Management
  • 3.45pm-5pm
    • Understand the term contract
    • Types of contracting arrangements

DAY 2

• • 900am-10.30am
    • Impact of Project environment and Organization type. 
    • Various purchase documents
    • Standard terms in procurement contracts
  • 10.45am-1.00pm
    • Limitation of Liability – Delivery terms; Incoterms. 
    • Identifying and working with stakeholders
    • Preparing for procurement and documents

• Controlling Procurement Process
  • • Procurement process and contract administration.
    • EVM – Earned Value Management
  • 2.00pm-3.30pm
    • Basics of risk and business continuity
    • Systematic approach managing risks
    • Basics of Claims and Dispute Resolution
  • 45pm-5.00pm
    • Closing and Termination of Procurement
    • 7Rs of Procurement
    • Procurement – Glossary

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This training is conducted with high engagement with participants.

This course will expose the participants on the fundamental of Project Management methodology, skills, tools and technique based on the world Project Management Institute (PMI)® best practices.

The participants who are involved directly and indirectly in a project, such as project managers, line managers or functional employees will be able to understand the importance of having the knowledge of Project Management best practise and enable them to be the agents of change to their organization in adopting the proper processes and environment to support the success of any project endeavors.

This course will also open up their mind in answering all the ‘why’s questions on any methodology taught in the course where at the end of the day they will be able to speak, think, act and behave in accordance to proper project manager’s hat.

Meeting the project and business objectives will boost your confidence, expand the participants’ career growth and improve their company’s reputation.

PM Advance philosophy is to train and consult professionals not only based on theoretical knowledge, but also based on real-case scenarios and PM practitioner experience. This will effectively impart the knowledge and the best practice skills to professionals in their daily work in respective industry.

We want you to be better professionals.

Who should attend

• Project Managers/ Assistant Project Managers/ Project Coordinators/ Project Expeditors/ Project team members who want to improve their project management skill
• Individuals/ Junior Executives who are new to project management.
• Project managers seeking a more practical approach to project management.
• Functional managers and team members who are in leadership role in a project.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Ensure that your projects are set-up for success from the start by building a solid foundation of project management knowledge, techniques and tools in this course that covers the entire project life cycle based on PMI® standard.
• Understand on effective ways to manage team members, stakeholders and the rest of people who are impacted by the project
• know how to coordinate the works by using documents and templates which are crucial to the success of meeting project objectives
• Develop an integrated project plan including realistic scope, schedules, budgets, and risks and turn that plan into successful action
• Determine effective ways of integrating project management and general business management in an organization.
• Determine how ethics, integrity, and objectivity affect project management.
• Discuss ways of effectively communicating throughout the Project Lifecycle.

Course Outline:

Day One

Part 1: Introduction to Project Management

• Definition of project
• Project Constraints
• Global Standards Governing Project Management
• Project Management knowledge areas
• Project Life Cycle

Part 2: Project Initiation

• Influence on a project
• Identifying key stakeholder
• Roles of project governance
• Project selection
• Selection Tools
• Project Charter
• Requirements and specifications

Part 3: Project Planning

• Core Project team
• Project management plan
• Scope management
• Estimating Techniques
• Creating schedule
• Network diagram
• Determining Budget
• Cost components
• Resource Planning

Day Two

Part 3: Project Planning Continues:

• Risk planning
• Response strategies
• Procurement planning
• Communication planning
• Project management plan
• Project baseline

Part 4: Project Implementation

• Assessing Project Performance
• Earned Value Management
• Corrective action
• Performance reporting
• Managing change
• Managing risk
• Managing quality
• Developing project team
• Managing stakeholders

Part 5: Project Closeout

• Closing out project or phase
• Customer acceptance
• Project closeout issues
• Procurement closeout vs project closeout
• Lesson learned

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