tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30825422009-02-20T21:09:16.245-08:00Mostly,these are snapshots of projects and project management in Malaysia. However,some are SNAPS and a few are SHOTS. Feedbacks are most welcome...Berismannoreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-1059532949658812042003-07-29T19:42:00.000-07:002003-07-29T19:48:31.113-07:00

It is a front page news in the NST to-day.The Work Minister warned to terminate contractors that fail to start work within a month from the date of possesion of site.The main reason is to avoid delays in project implementation. As a student of project management( I also teach sometimes), we must list down ALL type of delays and the major causes of project delay.When we understand what, where,

Berismannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-1059399828871508062003-07-28T06:43:00.000-07:002003-07-28T16:28:55.130-07:00

I am pleasantly suprised when a friend talked about risk management in his company projects.He is the project director in his company and he told me the project get into problems not because of technology but due to problems from his people.That is music to my ears. And thank God, this gentleman knows something about project management.Many pretend they know a lot about project management;in fact

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-1059081025771043692003-07-24T14:10:00.000-07:002003-07-24T14:10:25.880-07:00

According to newspapers reports, the Minister of Education blamed solely the PMC and the Contractor for the delays. The MOE is just the project owner.Period! Who appointed the PMC and the Contractor? Does outsourcing the work to others relieve the responsibility and accountability of the project owner?

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-1058444480468630952003-07-17T05:21:00.000-07:002003-07-17T05:21:20.523-07:00

To-day I conmpleted the part 11 of JKR PM course for 3rd batch. A few of them said that our course should also be given to the project people at state level. My team has taken note as were customers focussed and we practise PM methodology ourselves. Next week, we will come with proposals. My partner bought two latest books on PM.I think they are also good for my reference. One is Portable MBA in

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-1057680536759395852003-07-08T09:08:00.000-07:002003-07-08T09:08:56.800-07:00

JKR requires that contractor must submit a program of work within 14 days. What quality of work program can contractor comes up within such a short time? It will be full of assumptions and certainly there will be a lot of uncertainties built within the program. I think three months is more appropriate.

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-1057318410442761922003-07-04T04:33:00.000-07:002003-07-04T05:37:03.150-07:00

On the 7th of July,2003, I am starting another session on PM course. Books recommended for further reading: 1. PMBOK-Project management body of knowledge-PMI 2. The fast Forward MBA in Project Management- Eric Virzuh 3. Project Management for Dummies-Stanley E Portny

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-1055976309314013152003-06-18T15:45:00.000-07:002003-06-18T15:45:08.993-07:00

I was glad to meet one of my course participant in PM who told me that now he is better equiped to deal with the contarctors. And last night ,he was telling me that he has problem with KTM and he treated it as a work package .He also mentioned about stakeholders management. Wow, I am happy for him.

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-1055689164020387002003-06-15T07:59:00.000-07:002003-06-15T07:59:24.060-07:00

After my isyak prayers, a group of us went for TT.(teh tarik). When I raised the issue to my friend( ex-Col) about the the project fiasco that was splashed on the front page of a local paper to-day, he said simply: We donnot have the right culture! No matter what system and procedure you use,the people must have the good values . I rest my case. I concur,Sire.

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-1055657173576619022003-06-14T23:06:00.000-07:002003-06-14T23:06:13.613-07:00

Commets from KFJ on 16/3/2003 I personally agree with you AbeDib! My experience with TH when I performed Hajj last season made me rate them overall as "satisfactory"...lots can be improved. Mua'sassah is, well how should I put it....perhaps "second class" citizen when it comes to Hajj, we were placed in buildings further away from the Baitullah al Haram, the jumrahs and Masjid Nabawi. The

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-1055650303682208092003-06-14T21:11:00.000-07:002003-06-14T21:11:43.700-07:00

Front page in Sunday Times: Deviations in Army projects. Amount RM 114millions! How could this happened in a structured,rigid command and control administration like the Army? May be I should offer my project management course to Mindef?

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-1055061212345340992003-06-08T01:33:00.000-07:002003-06-08T01:33:32.253-07:00

According to my fellow partner, he said that project management is not as difficult as calculating the stress/strain analysis as what the engineers had to go through in their education process , but it a lot of work that need to be done. May I add, that project managers need to REALLY understand the concept of PM and the context/environment where the projects are being implemented.

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-951862112003-06-02T04:04:00.000-07:002003-06-02T04:04:10.540-07:00

To-day, I started another course for a group of professionals from a BIG consulting firm. I am monitoring the situation. Most of them are planning and design professionals. My team job is enable them with knowledge,skills and tools/techniques to better manage their projects. It takes to tango..

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-950298002003-05-29T03:33:00.000-07:002003-05-29T03:33:47.246-07:00

Phew! Just completed a PM Course on another batch of 24 professionals ! Thanks Allah swt that we did quite well from the response that we had. However, we must continue to listen and learn from my customers.Then only we will LEAD.

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-948610142003-05-25T07:56:00.000-07:002003-05-25T07:56:11.886-07:00

My retired friend just sent me an email. He said he is going to hold a wedding for his daughter by end of this year,and he also registered to go for Haj and start a business. That is three projects in ojne year!!! I will try to assist him.

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-947333122003-05-22T05:17:00.000-07:002003-05-22T05:17:43.426-07:00

Yesterday, I passed through a road in Pahang. I was shocked to see the level of PM by the contractors in doing million ringgit projects. Looking back to the number of projects given out by the government, Malaysian contractors who keep on getting jobs should have improved by now. Now I believed what my guru said that no matter how much works they do , they will never learn and will keep making

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-944927712003-05-17T02:41:00.000-07:002003-05-17T02:41:02.796-07:00

Just came from a wedding function. We had to wait for 30 minutes due to shortage of foods. In Malaysia, it is almost impossible to estimate how many people will come to your family wedding. My cousin invited one thousand ,but he anticipated two thousand people will come but the two thousand also come with additional kids. The only way is to get extra foods on stand by with with the cooks .

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-943546102003-05-14T15:50:00.000-07:002003-05-14T15:50:03.833-07:00

A contractor friend told me about his business philosophy-sub all work to ensure you lock in your profit. When I asked why he did not do thw weork himself and make extra profit, he told me his people will cheat him and he has lost money. In Malaysia,many main contractors are just project managers.

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-942004592003-05-12T06:15:00.000-07:002003-05-12T06:15:02.930-07:00

To-day,I received an email from a friend who attended a course my partners have conducted for the past 8days. He valued it 10 times than what is being paid! That makes another day for me:-)) It reconfirmed my aspiration to be a teacher. But I must be warned: WHO DARES TO TEACH MUST NEVER CEASE TO LEARN....

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-940891042003-05-09T20:59:00.000-07:002003-05-09T20:59:10.656-07:00

How do I go about translating ideas into reality? One management consultant who turned himself into a writer has this to say: Concentrate on the process of becoming a writer. and less on dreaming to be a writer. Personally, I love to write;in fact I write everyday in my blogs and in my special interests mailinglist with the hope one day day I could work on a book( any genre) and become a writer.

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-939896442003-05-08T06:51:00.000-07:002003-05-08T06:51:50.743-07:00

Now, I began to understand why teachers remain as teachers despite their low income and degrading respect by materialistic society. When we finished our second module to train JKR professionals , a few of them thanked us for opening their eyes to elevate them to the next level of knowledge,undertanding and competence in managing their projects. We even provoked them to re-examine their axioms,

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-938925482003-05-06T16:31:00.000-07:002003-05-06T16:31:35.483-07:00

Let me share with you what happened yesterday at the Project Management course for a govt. department. One engineer confided in me that he now realised the importance of having the knowledge and tools to manage his projects.He was cynical all the way until yesterday.When his department wanted to make changes and comes with new format of reporting,he told a friend that he won't do it. But now,

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-937070922003-05-03T08:21:00.000-07:002003-05-03T08:21:14.780-07:00

Sam told me that he managed to conclude the objective of his IT project with a client. Thank God that he did it.Now, he can concentrate of WHAT the is going to do i.e scope planning! I am glad to hear about it.

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-936524932003-05-02T07:43:00.000-07:002003-05-02T07:43:21.033-07:00

This week, my team went to Terengganu to give a talk on JKR new progress reports and its rational. About 100 persons attended the two days course-50% from JKR and the others from contractors and consultants. My observation indicated that only a few know PMBOK and also a few only who are really interested to learn. The majority is just being to learn to comply with JKR new requirement. It is their

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-932998062003-04-26T09:02:00.000-07:002003-04-26T09:02:39.360-07:00

To-day , I discussed PM basic concept with two of my disciples. The rest are 'busy' some where. next topic will be on planning.

Berismannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082542.post-931839512003-04-24T09:06:00.000-07:002003-04-24T09:06:45.606-07:00

Yesterday was the first time I gave a talk at a university. The talk was on Project Management. Ons professor whispered to me that he doesnot know even half of what I am talking about!

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