SYNOPSIS

To stay competitive in today’s business world, it is vital for managers and leaders to develop Project Management skill, which enables them to set clear objectives, create a realistic plan,and manage their stakeholders and team members effectively, ensuring the highest certainty of success.

The question is should you get yourself certified in project management? If the answer is a resounding “yes”, what are the PM certification programmes that are available and what are the things you need to consider before you embark on your PM certification journey? The speaker will share some of her own experience in getting her PM certification and what she learnt from the entire process.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Sr ROZNITA OTHMAN graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 1981 and 1988 in Hons. Degree in Quantity Surveying and Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science. Previously she obtained a Diploma in Quantity Surveying from the same university in 1979. She then pursued a Master in Management from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in 2007. In 2004 she obtained a Professional Diploma in Internet Business and Marketing from Open University Malaysia.

She began her career as a Quantity Surveyor in the Public Works Department in 1981. In 2008, she was appointed as Head of Enterprise Content and Knowledge Management Unit to initiate the Department’s Knowledge Management (KM) Program. Through her leadership, she charted out a KM framework for implementation, inculcated knowledge culture, set up the KM governance, and developed KM initiatives, guides and training modules. By the time she retired in 2018, KM had been successfully embedded in work practices and processes to facilitate knowledge transfer and retention within the Department.

Sr Roznita is a JKR Certified Project Manager and Certified Workplace (PM) Assessor, and a Certified Construction Project Manager (CIDB). She is also a Certified Knowledge Manager (KM Institute, USA), a Certified Professional Trainer (IPMA, UK) and a HRDF registered trainer.

She has written and presented papers at conferences, both locally and overseas, as well as contributed a chapter to the 2nd edition of “The Knowledge Manager’s Handbook” by Nick Milton and Patrick Lambe, which was published this year.

Although retired, Roznita is still actively involved in the following:-

- The Malaysian Asset and Project Management Association (MAPMA), as the Secretary
- The Certified Practitioner in Knowledge Management Programme (accredited by IPMA, UK),
  as the Master trainer and coach
- KM webinars/online courses (by Quest Learning Centre), as speaker/trainer
- The Certified Associate in Asset Management programme
  (accredited by the Asset Management Council, Australia), as the Programme Coordinator
- Task force for Review of JKR Project Management training module, as a Committee member
- JKR Project Management Fundamentals training program, as an external trainer
- JKR Project Management competency certification, as an evaluation panel member
- The Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM), as the Examiner for QS
- Direct Finals Examination (Project Management paper) and as BIM Subcommittee member
- KConnect and MY KM Roundtable conferences, as organiser and facilitator