Chinese software project managers..._文教Education
south china's shenzhen city said that some 1,000 software project managers will undergo training in india in a government scheme to turn the city into china's top software outsourcing destination, thursday's china daily reported.
"the companies are frustrated, not because they can't win deals, but because they're not sure how to run the projects successfully.the lack of qualified project managers is becoming a serious problem," zeng guozhong, director of the administration office of shenzhen software park, told the china daily.
after several months of negotiations with a veteran indian outsourcing solution provider - zensar technologies ltd - the local government yesterday signed a memorandum with the company on setting up the center of excellence (coe), an organization to provide courses and work experience for china's software project managers, according to the paper.
the trainees will learn etiquette, communication and negotiation skills as well as international standards for the software outsourcing industry for three months, said zeng, whose office selects candidates for the programme.
they will then go to work for zensar in dealing with us and european clients for their remaining time in india before their six month training period ends, said the paper.
"the project is significant since the human factor is becoming more and more crucial to the development of the city's software outsourcing industry," zeng was quoted as saying, "without sufficient project managers with international experience, the software companies will become less attractive to foreign clients, especially from europe, the united states and japan. "
the government will subsidize 1,000 such trainees over three years with 15,000 yuan (1,812 us dollars) each, or about one third of the total training fee. the rest will be paid by the companies and individuals, said the paper.
the scheme may be applied nationwide in three years, according to zeng.
the software outsourcing business has grown rapidly in this it-driven southern boom town riding a wave of foreign companies selecting china as an it offshore (ito) and business offshore destination (bpo).