To create new services and improve the functional efficiency of the existing public works, the Thai government invests a significant portion of the National Budget to promote public goods every year per the National Development Plan. Project Management is being utilized globally and specifically by the Thai public sector to generate public solutions in all business areas and satisfy all national stakeholders’ expectations. However, many such projects are under-performed and a number of failures have resulted in inefficiencies and ineffectiveness of public services thereby leading to nationwide economic deficiencies.
The challenge of poor project management at both managerial and technical levels not only crucially influence the performance of the public sector itself, but also diminish the return on investment of the business-sector as a co-developer, joint-investor, and a supplier. By encouraging public-sector project management standards, the national budget and resources would be better utilized, public services would be effectively enhanced per plan, and capabilities expanded henceforth resulting in overall business sector expansion.
A Key Success Formula: 1 Build = Growth 2
Build a Project Management Standard in The Thai Public-Sector.
- Good Organizational Process Assets
- Good Project Process Assets
- Good Project Management Values
- Good Project Managers
Growth of Business-sector in The Thai Economy
- More successful projects
- More new projects approval
- More Budget circulated in the Thai Economy
- More Public-Private partnership promotion (PPPP)
Growth of Thailand
- Budgetary Growth
- Economic Growth
- Social Growth
- Education Growth
- Industrial Growth
- Technology Growth
- Military Growth
- People Growth
Col.Jirasak Jewmaidang
Executive Director, Project Management Department, DTI
Col. Jirasak Jewmaidang has worked as: a professional military officer; a practical engineer; a hands-on functional, cross-functional, cross organizational and multinational project manager in military technology and corporate strategic development team in the Thai Ministry of Defence.
During his work for more than 18 years as an officer, he is a team leader of artillery battery.
As an engineer, he worked as a development team leader to design and develop weapon systems and won a researcher awards from the Royal Thai 
Army and the Ministry of Defence.
As a production manager, he helped a technology provider to establish a new production line of artillery systems under ISO9001.
As a project manager, he has managed series of defence projects and worked with a co-project manager and teams from the UK, China and Sweden to deliver high-value complex systems to the users which is worth up to USD 100 million.
To promote a project management standard, he helps DTI’s executives to establish a practical project management office (PMO) and a project management information system (PMIS) aligned with core technologies and corporate strategies. He also establishes a strong relationship with R&D departments in Defence domain to initiate a concrete action for PM standard promotion.
He holds an BS.ME and MS.ME from Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, and Ohio University respectively. He, moreover, received a Leadership Training and Strategic Planning from Royal Thai Army Staff College.