SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE ·BUILDING · DESIGN
Centre for Modern Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia
Bachelor of Quantity Surveying (Honours)
Portfolio
(Semester 4, April 2013)
YVONNE LAI YEE VUN
(0304029)
Project Management [ QSB 2423 ]
Self-Introduction…
My name is Yvonne Lai Yee Vun , currently studying year 2 ,semester 4 in Bachelor of Quantity Surveying.
I am from a little town in Sabah called Sandakan. I am interested in this course because I like to observe the buildings around me since young and I love mathematics. I was told that this course is related to both buildings and involved a lot of calculation, so I decided to take this course.
This course is getting tougher and tougher and now I am in semester 4, there will be a lot of challenges coming , so I have to study hard to fulfill my ambition as a Surveyor.
Objective…
- To be able to apply the management techniques in the control and direction of project resources.
- To understand the influence of leadership in the project process and the relationships to a projects success.
- To understand the means of getting success and failures in a project's performance and if fail, how to monitor and control it.
- To appreciate the roles and functions of projects participants and the organizational forms where they occur.
Learning outcomes…
Project Management enable me to explain the project characteristics, objectives, organizations and success. Besides, this module allow me to plan strategies for the development process based on client's objectives. This module also enable me to detect the risk that is going to be face by project manager during the process of development. In addition, I can have more understanding the differences between the skill of project management and construction management in the development process. Lastly, this module gave me the opportunity to explain the framework of personal qualities needed by the Project Manager in discharging their duties.
I wanted to acknowledge my lecturer,Leong Boon Tik, who is really helpful and care for our needs. Besides, I can seek help from him when I m facing any difficulties , he will always have patience to teach us.
In conclusion, this module really provide the skills and knowledge that I need for my future career.
Lessons Learned…
This module will be graded in the form of coursework, final examination and portfolio submission. Coursework consists of two assignments.The first assignment which is an individual assignment, the task given was to list out all the work packages in building a guardhouse with toilet at the entrance of Taylor's University.After the completion for listing out all the work packages, a Gantt chart is then produce, generate Critical Path Analysis (CPM) and decide the Critical Path of the project. This is the first time I learned how to uses the Microsoft Project which is the computer's software, I m facing some difficulties due to not familiar to this software. However, with the help of the lecturer and my classmates,I was able to complete the assignment on time and according to the right way of doing it.
For the second assignment, which is a group assignment, I was divided into a group of 5 students to complete the assignment. The project brief was to find a vacant land in a size of 800m2 to 1200m2. Our objectives was to decide the development or what type of building to be done on the chosen site. In this assignment, my task was to monitor and control the project. Thus,I have to think on how to be a project manager of the client to handling the project. This module would be very important for me in the future because this give better ideas for me to know how to handling a project when I go for work in the future.
Project Monitoring and Control
Method of Monitoring
Method of Monitoring
- Through meetings with clients, parties involved in project (Contractor, supplier,etc.)
- For schedule – Update CPA, PERT Charts, Update Gantt Charts
- Using Earned Value Analysis
- Calculate Critical Ratios
- Milestones
- Reports
- Tests and inspections
- Delivery or staggered delivery
- PMIS (Project Management Info Sys) Updating
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| Earned Value Chart |
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| 6 Possibilities Earned Value Analysis |
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