PMI Today (March 2007) : Malaysian Initiative Develops and Celebrates Project Managers
MSC MALAYSIA PAVES WAY FOR MALAYSIAN PROJECT MANAGERS
15 December 2006, Cyberjaya: Since the inception of the MSC Malaysia Project Management Capability Development Programme in early 2006, the number of certified Project Management Professional (PMP) in Malaysia has tripled to 249 PMPs to date. Total of 30 project managers received recognition at the MSC Malaysia Capability Development Achievement Event on 15 December 2006 in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, for being the pioneer graduating class of the MSC Malaysia Project Management Capability Development Programme (MSCPMP). The Achievement Event was the highlight and finale of the week long MSC Malaysia Quality Week, an annual series of seminars organised by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC).
This Article has been published in PMI Today March 2007 Edition.
MSC MALAYSIA PAVES WAY FOR MALAYSIAN PROJECT MANAGERS
15 December 2006, Cyberjaya: Since the inception of the MSC Malaysia Project Management Capability Development Programme in early 2006, the number of certified Project Management Professional (PMP) in Malaysia has tripled to 249 PMPs to date. Total of 30 project managers received recognition at the MSC Malaysia Capability Development Achievement Event on 15 December 2006 in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, for being the pioneer graduating class of the MSC Malaysia Project Management Capability Development Programme (MSCPMP). The Achievement Event was the highlight and finale of the week long MSC Malaysia Quality Week, an annual series of seminars organised by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC).
Witnessed by about 150 invitees, which includes CEOs, directors and vice presidents of the MSC Malaysia Status Companies, representatives from the local ICT industry and the local media, the MSC Malaysia Capability Development Achievement Event was graced by Tan Sri Abdul Halim Ali, Chairman of MDeC and Badlisham Ghazali, CEO. The event was held to honour the success of the local MSC Malaysia Status companies that have succeeded in achieving global standards in their pursuit of excellence.
In recognition of MDeC’s effort in promoting project management best practices at a national level, Mr. Iain Fraser, PMP®, Chair, Board of Directors PMI®, 2006, took this opportunity to present a letter of commendation during the event. PMI Asia Pacific also took this opportunity to present MDeC with the same recognition letter. MDeC’s effort in advocating project management best practices to MDeC, the PMI Malaysia Chapter and the PMI IT&T Special Interest Group (SIG) has resulted in great achievement with the more than 249 PMPs to date.
In his opening speech, Badlisham Ghazali, CEO of MDeC stressed on the importance of project management to increase the competitiveness of local ICT companies. With MSCPMP as the first step in building the foundation and culture of structured project management, ICT companies subsequently may strive to develop and increase the organizations’ project management maturity level. The MSCPMP programme is a specially designed programme that provides incentives to eligible project managers to obtain the PMP® certification. Badlisham also stated more project managers will be trained in this programme in 2007.
On the same note, Ms Ng Wan Peng, Vice President of MDeC stated that the recognition from PMI® is very encouraging and hopes that PMI® will continuously support MDeC’s project management capability development initiative. MDeC has worked closely with the PMI Malaysia Chapter and also the PMI Information Technology & Telecommunications Special Interest Group (ITT-SIG) Asia Pacific Chapter on numerous project management awareness initiatives, namely the International Mastering IT Project Management Conference in 2005 and 2006 and the MSC Malaysia Project Management Awareness Dialogue Series, which has attracted the interest of hundreds of companies and professionals.
Given the success of the collaboration to push project management best practices to the local ICT companies, MDeC is looking forward to further collaborate with PMI to push the project management best practices, this time focusing on the government sector.
In pursuit of quality excellence, MDeC has also developed other capability development programmes which include the Software Process Improvement (SPI) Programme and Quality Excellence for Software and Technology SMEs (QuESTs) to encourage local ICT companies to adopt the Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). To inculcate software testing best practices, Solutions Assessment and Development Centre, the independent testing outfit of MDeC, are looking into similar model for software testing related capability development programmes.
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About MSC Malaysia
MSC Malaysia is Malaysia’s most exciting initiative for the global information and communication technology (ICT) industry. Conceptualized in 1996, the MSC Malaysia has since grown into a thriving dynamic ICT hub, hosting more than 1600 multinationals, foreign-owned and home-grown Malaysian companies focused on multimedia and communications products, solutions, services and; research and development. With this unique corridor, Malaysia continues to attract leading ICT companies of the world to locate their industries in the MSC Malaysia and undertake research, develop new products and technologies and export from this base. The MSC Malaysia is also an ideal growth environment for Malaysian ICT SMEs to transform themselves into world-class companies. Furthermore, the MSC Malaysia welcomes countries to use its highly advanced infrastructural facilities as a global test bed for ICT applications and a hub for their regional operations in Asia.
