Kris Lai Ph.D., UMIST

Academic Background

Ph.D. Project Management, Total Technology Department,
MSc. Operations Management, School of Management,
University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology (UMIST), UK.

Current Occupation

Founder and head of Kris Project Management School (KPMS). Involved in international enterprise project management training, diagnosis, consulting, practical application, system knowledge research and development.

Work Experience

General Manager, Synerlink Int'l Co., Ltd.;
PCE Program Manager, Foxconn;
Project Management System Designer and Trainer, Wormald Ansul UK (Ph.D. project);
Technical Transfer Project Manager, British Aerospace-Feiyang JV project (MSc. project);
Senior RD and Manufacturing Engineer, Qume;
Industrial Design Engineer, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

Teaching Experience

Operations Management course lecturer, MBA in Taiwan, Henley Management School (UK);
Project Management course lecturer, MEM in Taiwan, University Technology Sydney (Australia);
'International Project Management Training' course trainer, Hsinchu Science Park Administration;
RDPM course trainer, ITRI College;
CFPM and RDPM course trainer, Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA);
PM course trainer and consultant, China Productivity Center (CPC).
˙Other training cases <click here> , other consulting cases <click here>

Books

Edited the following translated books: Accelerated Project Management; The Project Manager's Pocket Survival Guide; Project Planning, Scheduling & Control (Author: James P. Lewis Ph.D.).

Theses and Papers

1. Ph.D. Thesis (1996): "The Design and Implementation of a Project Planning and Control System in a Multiproject Environment", UMIST, UK.
2. MSc. Dissertation (1993): "A Study of the Tooling Transfer Plan in a Joint Venture Project at Avro International Aerospace", UMIST, UK.
3. Lai, J. H., Tompsett, M. H. and Leonard, R. (1995), "Optimal Project Control for Make-to-Order Capital Plant", Proceedings of the Eleventh National Conference on Manufacturing Research, Taylor & Francis, London, pp361-365.
4. Lai, J. H. and Leonard, R. (1996), "An Interactive Program for Implementing a Project Planning and Control System", IEE, UKACC International Conference on CONTROL '96 Conference Publication, Number 427, Volume I, pp96-101.

Kris Designed Project Wizard Software (Images) (Please click images to enlarge)

　

Standard Procedure Flow Chart	PJ. Edit/Revise Module	Project Analysis Module
What-if Analysis Model	Performance Summary Module	Project Diagnosis Module
Standard Reports Module