Kharizam Ismail

Critical Success Factors in Operation Phase of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Projects

Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is a collaboration between private and public sector in procuring public infrastructure projects begin with designing until the operational phase. The notion has existed in Malaysia since 1980s and trend would have been maintained to the present day. The schemes have unveiling by Malaysian government with aimed to enhancing the efficiency and quality of public infrastructure projects. However, there are some criticism arises during the operational related to the quality of the service delivery had been provided by the facilities management Contractors (FMC). Hence, the aim of this paper is to cultivate the significant success factors in operation phase in order to upsurge the effectiveness of PFI projects. Nine critical factors of operational phase has been identified through in depth analysis of case study via semi structured interviews. The research output is expected to assists the FMC to identify success factors during the operational phase, which could be reinforcing the quality of the service delivery performance of PFI projects.

Review of issues and challenges for public private partnership (PPP) project performance in Malaysia

Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Malaysia aims to stimulate economic growth and overcome the weakness of conventional system. Over the years, many critics have been reported along the massive growth of PPP project development. Within that context, this study provides a review of issues and challenges for PPP pertaining to project performance in Malaysia. The study also attempts to investigate four performance measurement models around the globe as a basis for improvement of PPP in Malaysia. A qualitative method was used to analyse literature review from previous published literatures while comparative analysis was carried out within the models to identify their advantages and disadvantages. The findings show that the issues and challenges occurred were related to human, technical and financial factor that could hinder the implementation of PPP project in Malaysia. From the analysis, KPIs, guideline / framework, risk allocation, efficiency & flexibility are perceived as dominant issues. Finally, the findings provide an informed basis on the opportunity areas to be considered for improvement in order to achieved project effectiveness.Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Malaysia aims to stimulate economic growth and overcome the weakness of conventional system. Over the years, many critics have been reported along the massive growth of PPP project development. Within that context, this study provides a review of issues and challenges for PPP pertaining to project performance in Malaysia. The study also attempts to investigate four performance measurement models around the globe as a basis for improvement of PPP in Malaysia. A qualitative method was used to analyse literature review from previous published literatures while comparative analysis was carried out within the models to identify their advantages and disadvantages. The findings show that the issues and challenges occurred were related to human, technical and financial factor that could hinder the implementation of PPP project in Malaysia. From the analysis, KPIs, guideline / framework, risk allocation, efficiency & flexibility are perceived as dominant issues. Finally, the fin...