Building Tomorrows Work Force and Project Management Case

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PMI Mongolia Congress 2014

Christine Yau
Vice President, Information Technology Systems Integration, PCCW Solutions (HK)
Executive Vice President - External, PMI Hong Kong Chapter

Biography of Christine Yau

Over 20 years of managing projects which span across different countries, industries and
solutions. Graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree majoring in Computer
Science from University of Melbourne, Australia and a Master degree in IT Management
(MITM) from University of Wollongong, Australia and an Executive Diploma in Finance and
Corporate Accounting. Certified PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner and Certified Professional IT
(Project Director), as well as an assessor and a member of the Project Management Expert
Group for Hong Kong IT Professional Certification.

Currently Executive VP - External of PMI HK Chapter. Prior to that, she served as the VP
Education of PMI HK Chapter (2009-2013) and the Chairman of the IT Club, the first special
interest group of PMI HK Chapter(2007-2014).

Christine currently holds a Vice President position at PCCW Solutions Ltd, where she runs
and takes care of the P&L of an Operating Unit, is responsible for Solutions Management,
Projects Delivery and also the management of PMO. She has held various roles such as
Project Director, Project Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, Business Process Reengineering (BPR) Change Manager, IT Architect and DBA in projects across different
countries including Hong Kong, Australia, USA, United Kingdom and Australia. Christine is
also the Programme Manager for SOA-QPS (HKSARG) and has experience in developing,
managing and growing PMO within the organization and also for external clients.

Agenda

History of PMI HK Chapter

Initiatives for Building Tomorrows Worksforce

Project Management Case Sharing

Summary

History of PMI HK Chapter

PMI HK Chapter established in 1997, formed by 5 founding members

Support from top business executives from various large corporations,

especially those from the information technology sector, as PMI
executive council and sponsoring their staff to join as members.

Founding members and the executive council member of PMIHK

Chapter carried out various activities, including some of these:
Established framework for Project Management for government
Visits to government to promote PMP credentials and the
importance of Project Management
Visits to large corporations to advocate membership benefits
and the value of PMP certification.
Organized tremendous number of networking activities to
promote PMIHK membership and PMP certification.
Organized a number of company visits and related events for
PMIHK members to learn form the successful experiences of
companies in deploying project management to achieve
substantial business results.

Initiatives for Building Tomorrows Workforce

PMI HK Chapter Top 3 focus for 2014 - 2017

Develop
PMs in
young
generations

Progress for PMI HK Chapter Top 3 Focus

1.

Penetrate into different industries

2.

Develop PM in young generations

3.

Group Chairman of Arup Group

(Construction) as Guest Speaker
for PMI HK 2014 AGM

Visit by PMI HK VP to schools to

create awareness of PM
profession

Collaborate with Universities

Guest Speaker opportunities,

participation at student society
inauguration ceremonies

Raising Professional & Industry Competency

HKITPC a Joint collaboration between PMI HK,

HKCS & HKSAR Government

Focus on beyond PM Skills, candidates need to

also possess adequate IT skills & experience,
business, domain & legal knowledge

Recognition of IT PM capability supported by local

certification scheme.

Targeted at 3 levels Project Director, Project

Manager & Associate Project Manager

Assists at an individual level plus also raise

standards for vendors / service providers

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