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When it rains..

I was having rojak mee with my son this afternoon at The Souq,Putrajaya and half of the space for people to eat and drink became wet.What a waste indeed!

To my fellow professionals who were involved in the design of this beautiful Souq,kindly do me a favour.Please take account of our Malaysian weather.Thank you.

I also noticed ponding of water after the rainfall.The camber or slope of the pavement  must be adequate enough for the surface run-off to clear the area as fast as possible and please select the right tiles to prevent slippery and fungus infested tiles.There are black patches all over...

 

Brainstorming for Project Management

  Brainstorming for Project Management 
  Originally uploaded by Mohd Adib Noh.

Last night The Governing Council of Project Management Institute,Malaysia Chapter(PMIMY) organised a dinner cum round table discussion on how PMIMY and other key players like CIDB,PSDC,JKR,JPS,MDC etc could contribute and  complement the government effort to deliver the projects approved in 9th Malaysia Plan.The meeting was held at Carcosa Seri Negara,a historic building which was the official residence of British Administrator during colonial days..

An action plan will be submitted to the Prime Minister as soon as possible.

For more photos,please click here.

If you are involved in project management,you are most welcome to join PMIMY.Below is our latest anouncement on the coming talk by our President.You are welcome to attend:

Organized by :Project Management Institute – Malaysia Chapter
Venue : Penang Room, Level 6 Menara Great Eastern, 303 Jalan Ampang, KL

Venue & Refreshment sponsored by : Great Eastern Life Assurance (M) Bhd 
Date : Tuesday 25th April 2006
Time : 6:30pm to 10:00 pm

Visionary leaders of commerce and industries knows that for their corporate vision to be realized and their mission accomplished, it needs a comprehensive system to support all its corporate initiatives. For the system to be effective, it needs to be able to gauge performance in progress so that appropriate actions can be taken as and when needed. This means a need for Key Performance Indicators to be designed to motivate the team to their respective goals and be held accountable for their results.

Our PMI-MY President En Megat Zainuri will discus how Project Management can be used very effectively by leaders to sustain its organizational performance. The methodologies available allow clear definition of project goals and its objectives specified in business terms. The Project charter for example gives direction to the multi disciplinary team to perform with a common purpose. Responsibility Assignment Matrix specify who does what and reports to whom. Other Project Management tools and techniques facilitate identification of the project deliverables, assumptions made, risk implications, WBS and methods of budgeting helps the team to work as a team. When implemented, the team then is better enabled to perform and ultimately more purposeful in their endeavour

Fees :

RM 30 for Non PMI or PMI-MY members   
RM 20 for PMI members                                       
RM 10 for PMI-MY members
Cheque or Cash accepted. Receipts issued on acceptance.

PMIMY

Today, I will be attending the meeting of the Governing Council of PMIMY-Project Management Institute,Malaysia Chapter for the 3rd time.It reminds me to invite  the readers of my project  blog to join PMIMY if you are involved in Project Management or wish to learn more about it.

Our next evening talk:

Organized by :Project Management Institute – Malaysia Chapter
Venue : Penang Room, Level 6 Menara Great Eastern, 303 Jalan Ampang, KL

Venue & Refreshment sponsored by : Great Eastern Life Assurance (M) Bhd 
Date : Tuesday 25th April 2006
Time : 6:30pm to 10:00 pm

All (including non-members) are welcome!

For details,click here.

Sister blog: Simply Projects

When I read the news that KLIA luggage handling system is having problems a few days ago,it prompted me to update a sister blog of The Reader which I gave a name Simply Projects. I started it in Oct.,2003 and managed to post only 7 postings for the last 4 months:-( Hopefully, I will update Simply Projects blog at least once a week or once a fortnight. In the event I forget to update, please send a reminder.

This blog is dedicated for postings and discussions on the art and science of project management-theory and practice only. By the way, I am still a student of project management. Hopefully, we can learn from each other.

Previously , I created a blog at blogger.com called Project Snap$hot. but it was not updated since 30/06/2003.

Flood hits Putrajaya

It is no news to me when flash floods hit KL as and when the heavy rain falls.The residents of KL like me are quite used to them.And we hope the new SMART TUNNEL annnounced by the government will take care of that.

But, it is news to me when Putrajaya got flooded.This is the first time-and IMHO,it will happen again if nothing is done to mitigate or prevent the flood from occuring again...

The test of the pudding is in the eating.The rain yesterday afternoon caused a flash flood at the tunnel that connect Precint 9 and 11 of Putrajaya. It was reported to be about waist-high.I don't think I could go to sleep if I am in-charge of the infra-structural works of PutraJaya. The rain was a good test of how good the drainage plan was designed,constructed and maintained.

To my fellow engineers at Putrajya, over to you and I wish you well.

 

@UiTM /IEEE function

To-day, I was invited as a guest speaker to deliver a Talk on Project Management during the lauching of the IEEE Student Chapter.It was attended by about 40+ students ,including the Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering,UiTM.On the way back, I was paid RM100. Thank you ,Dr Zaiki.

In fact, I would do it for free to create awareness of the importance of learning project management....

What concerns me most is the absence of project management knowledge in under-graduate curriculum. Most of these engineers will be involved in project works and they were taught almost nil by their faculty.During the first ten years after they graduate, they will be doing more technical stuff compared to management work, but they are part of the project team. By the time they are in the middle management, their work comprising 20% technical and 80% management. By virtue of their positions in the company, they become project managers by default or rather by accidents. No wonder, so many projects have met with many "accidents" along the road....