Soft Skills… =)
Today supposingly we have Project Management & Quality Assurance (PMQA) class, but our fei chai lecturer used this timeslot to invite a speaker from Canada to talk to us on soft skill in project management.. He told us that this speaker, named Jack Matthew (If I’m not mistaken) is a very experienced real life project manager.. Fei chai lecturer even attended his talks previously..
I arrived at the venue before time, and I was the first student to arrive.. Then it was only half amount of the expected-to-be-present students attended.. Hehe.. Everyone knows that today there will not be a class.. Then this speaker was late for 5 minutes.. =P Through the blind, I saw someone looks very alike the uncle standing infront of KFC walking towards our room from far.. Yea, it’s him~~ Uncle Colonel~ =P Then he came in and introduced himself, and start on his project management thingy..
So he told us that to succeed in the project, we have to make the project as the client’s.. Means that we need to involve the client in every single phase of the project, so that the client thinks we are HELPING them in delivering the system, and not that we are doing OUR own system.. He’s indeed an interesting speaker, although it is not long, about 1 and half hour, I paid my full attention to his talk.. Then he blah something that fei chai lecturer always mumbles about.. Planning is important la, have to motivate the team la~ Blah and blah.. I think by the time I can be a project manager, I already forgot what he had said and only remember his KFC face… =P However, I appreciate what he delivered la… So that I knew fei chai lecturer wasn’t BS-ing all the time, they basically are telling the similar things… XD
Oh ya, my dearest friend just reminded me.. In their university, which teaches some IT subjects in Malay, has translated the word “Soft Skills” into………. “Kemahiran Lembut”!!!! *clap* What a name… >.<”
I swear, the speaker and this uncle really 99.9% alike… XD
Anyway, today is my mom’s Lunar birthday.. So I met my mom at Chinatown and had lunch in Xi Men Ting.. I ta pao a slice of Mango Delight from SR for her, got blow candle got blow candle.. XD Happy Birthday, Mom!!! ^.^
Mom with Mango Delight in Xi Men Ting.. Happy Birthday… XD
