Presentation for Press Conference on April 29, 2011.. Software Park and ABAC couse in Mini Master of IT in Software Testing

1. บทบาทและทิศทางของซอฟต์แวร์พาร์ค
ในการสร้างนักทดสอบซอฟต์แวร์
ผ่านสถาบันการศึกษา
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Thanachart Numnonda
Director
Software Park Thailand
29 April 2011

2. Towards ASEAN Community 2015
ASEAN COMMUNITY 2015
ASEAN Security ASEAN Economic ASEAN Socio-
Community (ASC) Community (AEC) Cultural Community
(ASCC)
The Peaceful, Prosperous, and People-Centric ASEAN
Producton/Supply Regional Producton Base Single Regional Market Consumpton/Demand
Dual Track Strategy

3. Impact of AEC
•
Gross GDP to 2.65 Trillion from 1.8
•
Free fow of Human Resources
•
Landing pad for re-export
•
Re-thinking of Investment Incentve
•
Large investment opportunity
•
Industry Shif
Source : Nattasak; Oracle Thailand

5. Global software industry
Source: Software Industry Survey 2010; Aalto University

6. Global Services Location Index 2011
Source: AT Kearney February 2011

7. Services Industry Activities
Source: AT Kearney February 2011

8. IT Outsourcing Figure
Source: RUSSOFT 2009 and XMG Global

9. Thailand Software Industry
Based on Cloud Strategy
Very difficult for outsourcing
Growing IT Professional to 100K
– Mobile Apps => 30K
– IT Architecture => 1K
– Programmer => 60K
– Others (incl. Software Tester) => 10K

10. Thailand Software Industry
Services Model:
– Cloud Computing & Mobile Applications
– IT Architectures
– Software Tester
Outsourcing and Offshoring
– Requirement capturing skill
– English Proficiency
Local SIs => Architectures, services based
Local ISVs => Mobile Apps, App Stores

11. To grow the software enterprise industry
We need to build more
IT Software architects
Software Testers
IT Security
Not only the programmers

12. Thailand SPIN
Software Process Improvement
Network
Software Tester group
– ABAC
– Thompson Reuters
– SET
– IBM
– Sanook

13. Thailand SPIN's Activity
Co- Seminar with ABAC : Software
Development Series

14. Conventional Training
University Graduates
Bachelor/Master Degree
Short courses
Professional Training

15. Software Park
IT Professional Development
Strategy
Quick win => new IT professional to the
industry
Mini Master
Linkage between universities and
Industry

16. Mini Master Programs
Software Testing
– Mini Master of Information Technology in
Software Testing
Software Architects
– Mini Master of Java Technology
– Architecture based on Java Technology
Mobile Applications
– Mini Master of iOS Programming
– Professionals for iPhone/iPad

17. Next Step
Collaboration with Industry in This area
Matching
– Demand <==> Supply

18. Thank you
thanachart@swpark.or.th
twitter.com/thanachart
www.facebook.com/thanachart
www,facebook.com/softwareparkthailand
www.swpark.or.th