Proejct Management

Perspectives for Kazakh Civil Servants

Rector of The Academy of Public administration under The President of The Republic of Kazakhstan B. Abdrassilov, DBS, candidate of

physico - mathematical sciences,academician.

Univ. Lek. Maximilian Foedinger, MA, MBA, MPA

Astana, 21-22 May 2015

A Project funded by the European Union

Civil Service Reform and Modernization of the Government of KazakhstanEuropeAid/131109/C/SER/KZ  Kazakhstan

A Project implemented by an DMI led Consortium

•Kazakhstan is doing quite well as several indicators show• Still the efficiency

of funds is only 40%•Reason is lack of

expertise in project management

•Triple helix model•Business•Research•Academia

•6th generation •Open innovation•Managing

complexity

•PM is a relatively young discipline•Application was mainly in construction and defence industry •A lot of approaches

UK‘ s Major project authority•over 200 major

projects with a • total budget of about

500 billion pounds

Example Olympic games costs of 9.9 Bln – revenues expected over 40 Bln

•PM Benefits • Openness• Accountability • Long term planning• Reduces risk of

corruption

USA and Chinaonly trained staff is involved in project Mangement

Goals

•Pool of expert •National standard

Especial for large projects like EXPO 2017

5Facts about project management

The average cost overrun of all projects is 27%.

57% of projects fail due to “breakdown in communications.”

39% of projects fail due to lack of planning, resources, and activities.

The failure rate of projects with budgets over $1M is 50% higher than the failure rate of projects with budgets below $350,000.

Barely over half (56%) of project managers are certified.

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PRINCE2

PMBOK

SCRUMISO 21500

Agile

The world of Project Mangement

PM and Public administration• There is only one standard

that specifically was developed for Public administration PRINCE2• There is only one country that

as specifically designated governmental body for Project Mangement – UK• New(est) public management

need to introduce methods from the private sector in the PA context.

Establishment of Master Trainer Pool for PM at

the Academy for Public Administration

Ensure that all civil servants

working in Project management are

trained and certifi ed by the academy

Establish a major project unit with

specialist in PM who consult and

advise on large scale projects

Develop a Kazakh standard on Project Mangement

Summery of recommendation

Train Master trainer

Mandatory certification

Establish a Major proejct

unit

Develope a kazkah PM standard

Knowhow foundation

Know how dissemiation

Know how application

Know how adaptation