At the present, Vietnam
is executing many large scale transport projects, especially some expressways
such as Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway Project, Ha Noi-Hai Phong Expressway
Project, Ho Chi Minh-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway Project, etc…, with the
participation of many well-known international contractors from Japan, Korea,
China, Taiwan as well as big contractors of Vietnam which have confirmed their
names through previous successful projects.
However, a
common situation in executing transport projects in Vietnam is that most of the
projects are behind the expected schedule. On 6th of June 2012, the
Ministry of Transport of Vietnam held a conference on “Hastening the speed of
work and quality assurance in some transport infrastructure projects with the
participation of foreign contractors”. In the conference, Mr.Mai Tuan Anh, who
is the General Manager of Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) stated that,
“Besides the objective factors such as
site problems, weather, increase of material, etc…, the main causes leading to
the slow progress are that the contractors are weak in project management, construction
planning, and lack of intenseness when developing the works, and contractors’ project
managers do not meet the requirements of the works.”(Website www.giaothongvantai.com
date 07th of June 2012)
It can be realized
that the lack of modern project management knowledge is the current problem of
not only Vietnamese contractors but also of the international contractors. This
is one of the major causes that affects the progress as well as the quality of
the projects. Besides, transport projects are becoming more and more complex
with the participation of many organizations, therefore, it is very necessary
for the contractors to assess their project management competencies and from
that they can know what are their strengths and their weaknesses so that they
can improve themselves in order to manage the projects successfully as well as
to have better competitive competencies.
Mr.
Nguyen Hong Phuoc made a case study aimed to:
1. identify project management competency factors.
2. assess
project management competency of a bridge and road contractor.
3. analyze the
strengths and weaknesses of the competency.
4. provide
project management competency development framework and strategies for
improving the project management competency.
Conclusion
Based on both
the result of Project Management Competence Assessment and reviewing the
Company’s current project management practice, it can be said that so far the
Company has managed its project just based on ad hoc basis and the importance
as well as benefits of project management has not been recognized by the
Company’s top management.
The
recommendations provided are just the frameworks for the Company to start
implementing project management methodology. And in order to successfully
implement it, the Company is suggested to develop a detailed step by step plan
on how to make the whole Company getting used to apply the project management knowledge in
managing it projects.
Recommendation
First, all staff
members should be educated about the benefits of project management function.
After that, the
Company must define the necessary project management roles in accordance with
the project management knowledge area and the competencies of each roles. For
example, the roles might be Project Manager, Schedule Manager, Cost Manager,
Risk Manager, etc.
The next step is
assessing the selected key staffs in order to determine the knowledge and
skills of them about project management, to find the gaps to be fulfilled in
the future.
Providing
training on project management knowledge in general, as well as focus on the
specific knowledge areas that are need to improved. After training programs,
the staffs will apply what they have learned to managing their work, and the
Company should conduct survey after that to determine whether the staff members
successfully applied the knowledge and what else needs to do for improvement.
Develop a
project management knowledge base, such as tools, templates, previous project
information (lesson learned), best practices, etc for better support the
project management activities.
Finally, the
Company should monitor and assess the whole processes regularly for continuous
improvement.
His thesis abstract is copied and posted
below.
Nowadays, more and
more businesses are acknowledging the benefits of project management to their
organizations. A well managed project will be finished on time, within its
approved budget and provide satisfaction to the client. In order to manage
projects effectively, an organization is required to improve its project
management competence. So it is very important for the organization to assess
its project management competence so as to know which areas that require
improvement.
This report will
review the literature related to project management competence assessment,
study and assess the current practice of project management of the case study
company, and propose recommendations for improvement of the company.
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