Project:
Project Monitoring System under the MSC e-Government Flagship Application
Customer:
Prime Minister's Department (Implementation Coordination Unit), Malaysia
Project description:
The Malaysian Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) was launched in 1995. It
was initiated as one of the programs to accelerate Malaysia's aim to
become a fully developed nation and knowledge rich society by the year
2020 (Vision 2020).
The MSC is a designated 15km x 50km corridor to provide an integrated
environment for businesses and activities specialising in ICT and
multimedia technologies. The special area is supported by innovative
cyberlaws, outstanding infrastructure and practices to enable Malaysia
to leapfrog into the Information Age.
To
accelerate the development of MSC, 7 Flagship Applications were
initiated. One of these is the Electronic Government Flagship.
Electronic
Government aims to reinvent the Government to make it more efficient
and effective. It will improve information flows and processes within
the Government in order to accelerate the speed and quality of policy
development, coordination and enforcement. It also seeks to improve the
convenience, accessibility and quality of the Government's interactions
with citizens and businesses.
One of the first applications under the Electronic Government Flagship is the Project Monitoring System (PMS).
The
objective of PMS is to provide the Government machinery with an
effective and efficient mechanism to monitor the implementation of
development projects under the successive Malaysia's 5-Year Development
Plans. PMS will ensure accurate and timely capture of project
information and that up-to-date information is available to assist the
Government analyse, forecast and report on the progress of projects. It
will also facilitate the making of policies and executive decisions.
FSBM
and its consortium was selected by the Government to design and develop
PMS. Following the successful completion of development, PMS is current
deployed to 28 Ministries and 1,350 users nationwide.
PMS consists of 3 main modules:
Operational Module
This
module tracks all information pertaining to projects. Information such
as project owner, progress, values and contractors are captured and
progressively updated during the life of the project.
Managerial Function
This
module provides executive users such as Ministers, Secretary-Generals
and Directors with a high level view of project progress in the form of
graphics and other user-friendly means.
Knowledge Repository
This
module provides for the sharing of knowledge among the civil service.
Users are able to share with each other the problems and solutions that
were applied during the course of project implementation. This ensures
that best practices can be captured for the benefit of future projects.
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