周龍鴻博士於 PMI Global Summit Series Seoul 獲頒 PMI 榮譽獎 ｜ Dr. Roger Chou Receives the PMI Honors Award at the PMI Global Summit Series, Seoul

Taiwan’s achievements in developing project-management and enterprise-transformation talent have reached the Asian stage. Dr. Roger Chou, CEO of PM-ABC Inc., will receive the PMI Honors Award at the PMI Global Summit Series in Seoul on June 10. As Asia’s first PgMP (2008) and a newly certified PfMP (2026) — PMI’s highest-level credential — and a two-time recipient of PMI international awards, Dr. Chou earns his third PMI international honor; it is also a first for Taiwan’s project-management community, in recognition of his long-standing work to professionalize project management, develop international talent, and advance enterprise transformation in practice.

According to April Tai, PMI’s APAC market lead, only 11 of the region’s 130-plus Authorized Training Partners (ATPs) hold Honors recognition — underscoring how selective and significant the distinction is within Asia-Pacific project-management education. Dr. Chou’s award, on behalf of PM-ABC, is the first time a Taiwan partner has received the honor; this year PMI recognized only three top APAC representatives, with Taiwan (PM-ABC) named among the top three.

Since founding PM-ABC in 2005, Dr. Chou has devoted nearly two decades to project-management education, training more than 20,000 PMP-certified professionals. Of these, approximately 1,000 went on to become CEOs or senior executives — a notable pattern of Taiwan’s project-management talent advancing into the corporate decision-making layer. As a long-standing PMI Authorized Training Partner, PM-ABC continues to help Taiwanese managers build globally minded management capabilities and to bring project-management methods into enterprise operations, cross-functional collaboration, and organizational upgrading.

Beyond project-management education, Dr. Chou has in recent years become a driving force in enterprise agile transformation. He is Taiwan’s only Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), one of about 244 CSTs worldwide. Through executive programs, product-decision workshops, and large-scale agile community events, he has carried agile beyond software and R&D teams into executive decision-making, product strategy, and cross-functional collaboration.

Dr. Chou said the award is not only a recognition of personal achievement but a sign that Taiwan’s energy in management education and enterprise transformation is being seen across Asia.

“This award isn’t just about me being seen — it’s about Taiwan’s project-management and agile communities being seen by Asia, together.”

He noted that enterprises once prized “executing the plan well,” but in an era of AI, digital transformation, and fast-moving markets, what companies need most is the ability to learn fast, adapt fast, and create value fast amid uncertainty.

“A company shouldn’t only ask whether it finished the work — it should ask whether the work was the most valuable thing to do,” Dr. Chou said. Project management, he explained, gives enterprises the foundation to handle complex tasks, risk, and cross-functional collaboration; agile thinking helps them validate direction in shorter cycles and gather feedback, avoiding heavy investment in the wrong direction.

In Dr. Chou’s experience, the real difficulty in transformation is often not team execution, but whether senior leaders can rethink how they make decisions, allocate resources, and judge value. “If agile stays only within teams, its impact is limited. The real next stop for agile is the executive’s decision-making table.”

In recent years he has led numerous executive agile programs, helping business leaders and management teams rethink how organizations raise decision quality in fast-changing environments. Product decision-making and product-owner training have drawn particular interest, focusing on product value, prioritization, business outcomes, and cross-functional decisions — helping enterprises direct limited resources toward what truly creates customer value.

Dr. Chou also founded the Taiwan Agile Tribe and drives major international agile events such as Regional Scrum Gathering Taipei, connecting Taiwan with the global community. The 2024 edition drew 1,111 participants, demonstrating the momentum of Taiwan’s agile community and showcasing the country’s strength in agile advocacy and large-scale community building.

Receiving the PMI Honors Award at the PMI Global Summit Series in Seoul, he said, is not an endpoint but the beginning of the next responsibility. “True professionalism doesn’t end when you earn a certification — it means continually pushing yourself toward greater responsibility. In the next decade, Taiwan can be more than a place that learns international methods; it can become a place that integrates project management, agile thinking, and executive leadership — and exports that influence to Asia.”

The award affirms Dr. Chou’s long-term commitment to project-management and enterprise-transformation education, and signals that Taiwan’s results in talent development, enterprise agile transformation, and management-education innovation continue to draw attention across Asia and beyond.

Founded in 2005, PM-ABC Inc. has long focused on project management, agile management, enterprise talent development, and organizational transformation. It has trained more than 20,000 PMP-certified professionals, with approximately 1,000 later becoming CEOs or senior executives. PM-ABC continues to help enterprises build professional management capabilities, improve cross-functional collaboration, and develop managers with a global perspective and a value-driven business mindset.

Dr. Roger Chou will receive the PMI Honors Award at the PMI Global Summit Series in Seoul on June 10 — a symbol of Taiwan’s project-management and enterprise agile-transformation achievements reaching the Asian stage.

PM-ABC Inc.
Contact: Elly Chen, Associate Director
Email: elly_chen@mail.pm-abc.com.tw