Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS: VRTU), a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform the customer experience, announced that it has designed and developed a Virtusa specific Project Management Professional Program in partnership with the Project Management Institute Colombo, Sri Lanka (PMICSL) Chapter.

The course consists of Virtusa specific content and case studies along with modules that meet PMI’s global standards. This is the first of its kind in Sri Lanka’s IT/BPO sector and will be available exclusively for Project Managers at Virtusa. Virtusans trained through this program will strengthen the company’s delivery excellence capabilities. Selected individuals will also be certified as Project Management Professionals jointly by Virtusa and PMI, providing professional development and valuable recognition for their skills.

“Working closely with our clients, Virtusa’s Project Managers play an important role in managing global teams that deliver digital and transformational solutions, and in the process steer complex, multi-year, and multi-million dollar IT projects from initiation through delivery to benefit realization and client delight. We are glad to offer this world class training with PMI. This program will help strengthen the project management skills within Virtusa, enabling project leadership teams to successfully lead large scale engagements for our clients,” said Madu Ratnayake, senior vice president and general manager, Virtusa.

“Given the dynamic demands of our programs, we are excited to launch the Project Management Professional Program suited to our specific requirements. The curriculum is based on industry best practices and as well as cutting edge PM tools,” he added.

Commenting on the program, Aruna Kooragamage, President, PMI Colombo, Sri Lanka Chapter said, “We are delighted to partner with Virtusa on this unique program. At PMI, we strive to create project management professionals who are industry ready and can quickly scale to successfully handle the demands of the workplace. Virtusans certified by this program will be geared to perform better in their roles as project managers, leading and directing projects and teams. Partnerships like this will go a long way in raising the standard of project management talent in Sri Lanka.”

About Virtusa: Virtusa provides end-to-end information technology (IT) services to Global 2000 companies. These services, which include IT consulting, application maintenance, development, systems integration and managed services, leverage a unique Platforming methodology that transforms clients’ businesses through IT rationalization. Virtusa helps clients accelerate business outcomes by consolidating, rationalizing and modernizing their core customer-facing processes into one or more core systems.

Virtusa delivers cost-effective solutions through a global delivery model, applying advanced methods such as Agile and Accelerated Solution Design to ensure that its solutions meet the clients’ requirements. As a result, its clients simultaneously reduce their IT operations cost while increasing their ability to meet changing business needs.

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Massachusetts, Virtusa has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.

About Project Management Institute Colombo, Sri Lanka (PMICSL): The Project Management Institute Colombo, Sri Lanka (PMICSL) Chapter was officially launched in September 2004. PMICSL initiated and continues to conduct Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification prep courses and paper based examinations, contributing to more than 300 Sri Lankan credential holders to date.

PMICSL cements its position as the leading professional body for project management discipline in Sri Lanka by conducting public and private sector workshops, trainings and high level project audits, among other Chapter activities and services, on behalf of both economic, financial, technological and social development ventures in Sri Lanka.

Photo caption: The first batch of Project Managers to take the course with team Virtusa and team PMICSL