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Building Knowledge Seminar Series: Part 2

Monitoring project success through time and money

BUILDING KNOWLEDGE SEMINAR SERIES : Part 2
Interactive small scale workshops will give you the tools you need
while leaving you with the time to use them!

To compliment Facility Media's conferences, magazines and guides we would
like to announce the commencement of a series of half-day workshops in
co-operation with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Now you two can benefit
from the expertise of visiting experts in all areas of FM from all over the world,
at the same time you can share your problems and work through real life
examples specific to your situation.

Upcoming Workshops

FM in the mainland hi-tech sector
Kit Tuveson, is former Head of FM & Environment for
Hewlett Packard. Kit is also a former IFMA International Chairperson.
Date: To be confirmed

Cost All sessions will cost HK$1200 with discounts available
for groups and multiple bookings.  If you are interested please get in touch
and we will give you more comprehensive information on the information
and take home material to be covered in the presentations,

Half-day workshop:
Monitoring project success through time and money

Presented by: Prof. John D. Gilleard , HKIE, IFMA Fellow

Synopsis : All project managers need to be able to track and control their
projects. To do this they have traditionally used a variety of project
management techniques, coupled to intuitive judgment in the operation of
their work. The use of computer based network tools such as Critical Path
Analysis and Precedence Diagramming are now common and it is therefore
a relatively simple task to review target schedules against actual schedules.
Hence project managers are often confident they can accurately predict whether
milestones can be met or if the project will finish on time. However, they may be
uncertain as to whether the project is under or ahead of budget. To do this they
should use the project management tool of ‘measured earned value'.

Learning outcomes: This workshop on ‘measured earned value' will:

•  Provide a better understanding of the relationship between budget
costs of work scheduled, budget cost of work performed and the actual
cost of work performed

•  Apply ‘measured earned value' to determine project success in terms
of both time and money

This will be achieved by:

•  Giving an overview of project management using Gantt Charts
and Networking tools

•  Reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of time only project
planning techniques

•  Introducing the concept of ‘measured earned value'

•  Conducting case study exercises to demonstrate how ‘measured
earned value' works

•  Examining software tools to better facilitate ‘measured earned value'

Target audience : Facility management administrators and facility / property
management professionals concerned with office relocation and move management.

Profile of Workshop Leader: Prof. John D. Gilleard is the Associate Dean of the faculty
of Construction and Land Use and Head of department of Building Services Engineering
at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University . He joined the university in 1990 having previously
worked in the UK , Singapore and the USA . He established Asia 's 1 st graduate programme
in facility management in 1996. He is the China Editor for the academic journal Facilities ,
a past President of the IFMA ( Hong Kong ) Chapter and an academic member of CoreNet Global.
Prof. Gilleard received IFMA's prestigious ‘Educator of the Year” award in 1998, and was
elected an IFMA Fellow in 2002.