{"id":25827,"date":"2024-11-01T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v3\/?p=25827"},"modified":"2024-10-31T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T03:18:21","slug":"scs-committed-to-strengthening-project-management-capability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v4\/2024\/11\/01\/scs-committed-to-strengthening-project-management-capability\/","title":{"rendered":"SCS Committed to Strengthening Project Management Capability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In today\u2019s rapidly evolving and competitive landscape, project management<\/a> is seen as a crucial discipline to practise to ensure the favourable outcome of a project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commonly employed in many industries that tend to be project-based such as construction, engineering, software development and marketing, it encompasses principles, methods and tools in coordinating resources to achieve objectives through planning, organising and controlling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project management is essential for organisations to guarantee the timely completion of their projects, which also meet the expected quality standards and are within budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also supports them in recognising and reducing risks, managing resources effectively, and keeping stakeholders informed and engaged throughout the project \u2013 all of these can then enhance their productivity, efficiency and profitability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Increasingly, its application is becoming significant in the public sector<\/a>, especially as public servants are compelled to navigate more complex environments to implement public policies, strategic plans and development activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from utilising public resources more systematically, public sector organisations that can manage projects successfully will be more capable and consistent in delivering their services, which in turn improves their relationship and engagement with their stakeholders who benefit for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence why \u2018Project Management\u2019 served as the theme for the 2024 edition of the Sarawak Civil Service One Team Retreat (SCS OTR), in which Sarawak Government Secretary YB Datuk Amar Haji Mohamad Abu Bakar bin Marzuki explained its selection as a way \u201cto strengthen the public service to be more effective and efficient\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Sarawak State Secretary has urged the Sarawak civil service to take account of the long-term impact and value of any development project to the people benefitting from it. File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cProjects need to be planned and managed not just with its end goal in mind. We must consider what the impacts of these projects are and how valuable they will be to the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is to ensure that Sarawak can achieve its aspirations per Post COVID-19 Development Strategy 2030 and beyond,\u201d he said in his presentation to the Premier of Sarawak YAB Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri (Dr) Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari bin Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg on the final day of the occasion, which took place at The Empire Hotel, Brunei Darussalam.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Participants of SCS OTR outlined a number of proposals following a series of discussions prior to the occasion, which was then presented by the Sarawak Government Secretary to the Premier of Sarawak, as seen here<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Throughout the session, he described outcomes from a series of discussions conducted by participants of SCS OTR \u2013 consisting of heads of department of the Sarawak civil service (SCS), as well as statutory bodies and government-linked companies \u2013 that focused on ways to enhance the public sector\u2019s project management abilities, specifically in interconnected areas of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n