ASSIGNMENT ON- ADP EXERCISE

PSM 607: ADVANCED PROJECT MANAGEMENT

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

Mr. Mosta Gausul Hoque Surojit Mondal

BRAC University, MPSM Student

BIGD, Faculty Member Student ID: 19382007

 Project Management
Team Exercise

Team:

Sl. No Name Roll

1 SUROJIT MONDAL 19382007

Section-1
1. Please expand the following:
ADP Annual Development Programme
JDCF Japan Debt Cancellation Fund
ICT Information and communications technology

2. What is ADP? Please mention some of the existing policies considered during ADP preparation.

Answer:

ADP:

ADP means Annual Development Programme. Annual Development Programme means the Annual
Development Plan submitted along with the Annual Budget Statement, which includes the details of
capital and revenue expenditure proposed for the various developmental schemes in the budget for a
financial year.

Existing policies considered during ADP preparation:

During ADP preparation, following policies are considered:

I) Financial policy

II) Industrial policy

III) Agricultural policy

IV) Delta Plan 2100

V) Sectoral policies

VI) Improving life style of people

VII) Digital Bangladesh implementation

3. What is the budgeted public sector investment for the FY 2022-23? Please indicate the composition
of funding.

Answer:

Budgeted public sector investment for the FY 2022-23 = 2,59,617 Crore Taka.

Composition of Funding:

Scheme/5 = 3155 Crore Taka.

Non-ADP Special Project = 7721 Crore Taka.

Annual Development Programme/6 = 246066 Crore Taka.

Non-ADP FFW and Transfer/7= 2675 Crore Taka.

Total= 2,59,617 Crore Taka.

4. Please mention a long term development policy of the government.

Answer:

An example of a long term development policy of the government is -“Making Vision 2041 a Reality:
Perspective Plan of Bangladesh 2021-2041”

The government's Vision 2041, which is a continuation of Vision 2021, aims to carry the development
journey of Bangladesh that Bangabandhu had dreamed of – to end absolute poverty and to graduate into
a higher middle-income status by 2031 and a developed country by 2041.

5. In the equation, Y = C + I + G + X – M, what the Y, C, I, G, X and M stands for?

Answer:

Y= GDP,

C=Consumption,

I=Investment,

G=Government Expenditure,

X=Export,

M=Import.
6. Please mention the knowledge areas of project management.

Answer:

I. Integration management
II. Scope management
III. Schedule management
IV. Cost management
V. Quality management
VI. HR management
VII. Communication management
VIII. Procurement management
IX. Risk management
X. Stakeholders management

7. When to use DPP and TAPP?

Answer:

DPP use for Investment/Development project and TAPP use for Technical Assistance project.

Section-2
8. Please expand the following
PPP Public Private Partnership
IMED Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
RADP Revised Annual Development Programme

9. What vital issues are being considered during ADP formulation?

Answer:

I. Availability of domestic and foreign fund.

II. Ability to use the allocation
III. Importance of national economy
IV. Sectoral priority
V. Disaster management and current economic condition of country.
VI. Availability of skill workers
VII. Response of foreign aid
10. To utilize cent percent allocation, what strategies GoB suggested?

Answer:

To utilize cent percent allocation, strategies GoB suggests are: To approve APP (Annual Procurement Plan),
ADP review, timely PEC & PSC meeting, Midterm budgetary fund, increasing strength of dept. monitoring
of IMED should be increased.

11. Please mention a mid-term development policy of the government

Answer:

8th Five-Year Plan of Bangladesh (duration 2021-2025).

The government set targets to bring down the poverty rate to 15.6 percent and the extreme poverty rate
to 7.4 percent during the 8th Five-Year Plan of Bangladesh (duration 2021-2025).

12. Please mention the core skills required for British Civil Service.

Answer:

• Excellent organization and negotiating skills

• Creativity and flexible thinking
• Leadership
• Decision-making ability
• Teamworking skills
• The ability to work alone
• Good communication skills, written and oral
• Enthusiasm and commitment for politics, policy issues and current affairs
• Confidence and drive
• Time management skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines
• Interpersonal skills
• Commercial awareness
• Project management and a logical approach to solving problems

13. What are the different types of government expenditures?

Answer:

Government expenditures:
1) Operating activity –

i) Recurrent Expenditure

ii) Capital Expenditure

iii) Financial Assets

iv) Domestic Liabilities

v) Foreign Liabilities

2) Development Activity

i) Recurrent Expenditure

ii) Capital Expenditure

iii) Financial Assets

14. Why construction of Padma Bridge is a project?

Answer:

A project is an endeavor that is temporary in nature, that is undertaken to produce a unique product. It
is temporary as it does not exist after product is made. This is because phase before a product is made
includes a project. The budget is Defined for Projects. The stake holders and management, who wish to
get a product made, specify a budget for it. A project is undertaken to create a new kind of product. It
has more risk as it is done for first time. There is a risk of failure attached because specified thing has
never been made before. Padma Bridge has all the properties of project until completing it’s
construction. When this project will be complete it will be turned into operation.

Section-III
15. Please expand the following
MTBF Medium-term budgetary frameworks
DPP Development project proposal
RTPP Revised technical project proposal
16. How many sectors are there for GoB development allocation? Please mention five such sectors.

Answer:

Number of sectors 15.

5 names of sectors:
 I. Transport and Communication
II. Local Govt. & Rural Development
III. Education & Technology
IV. Agriculture
V. Health

17. What are the different types of projects right now GoB has been implementing? Please indicate the
numbers from different categories.

Answer:

Types of Project Number of project

Investment Project 1324
Unapproved New Project 609
(Without allocation of fund)
Technical assistance Project 120
Unapproved New Project in assistance to 141
receive Foreign Fund (without allocation of
fund)
Autonomous/Corporation own fund project 90
PPP Enlisted Projects 88

18. Please state the guiding principles for ADP preparation.

Answer:

The guiding principles or factors to be considered for ADP preparation are as follows:

a) In line with short, mid & long-term policy and strategy

b) Considering the availability of resources

c) Considering the same nature projects result and avoiding delicacy

d) Justification of project expenditure and project cost

e) Eradication of poverty & removing local / regional disparity

 f) Sustainability of project result/ Benefit

g) Considering cross-cutting influencing issues of Environmental and

h) climate change

i) Project Duration

19. Please mention a short-term development policy document of the government.

Annual Development Program (ADP) is a short-term development policy document of the
government.

20. What are the different contexts of feasibility study of a project?

Answer:
a) Human Resources and Administrative Support Analysis,
b) Financial Analysis,
c) Economic Analysis,
d) Institutional and Legal Analysis
e) Risk (Uncertainty) and Sensitivity Analysis,
f) Environmental Sustainability,
g) Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Analysis
h) Market/Demand Analysis
i) Alternative/Options Analysis

21. Please mention the size of development expenditures for last five years.

Answer:

Year Development Expenditure

(Taka in crore)
2016-2017 88,090 (actual)
2017-2018 122,154 (actual)
2018-2019 151,055 (actual)
2019-2020 161,797 (actual)
2020-2021 169,491 (actual)
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22. Please expand the following

TAPP Technical Assistance Project Proposal
ECNEC Executive Committee of the National Economic Council
RDPP Revised Development Project Proposal

23. Which sectors have been given priority for achieving rapid economic growth?

Answer:

Transport & Communication, Power & Energy, Housing & Community Facilities, Education and Health
sectors have been given priority for achieving rapid economic growth.

24. Please indicate the five priority sectors of the government as per the amount of allocation.

Answer:

As per ADP 2021-22, the five priority sectors of the government as per the amount of allocation are:

I. Transport and Communication = 61,631.41 crore tk.

II. Power & Energy = 45867.84 crore tk.
III. Housing & Community Amenities = 23747.21 crore tk.
IV. Education = 23177.96 crore tk.
V. Health = 17036.67 crore tk.

25. What is the projected GDP size for FY 2022-23?

Answer:

Projected GDP size for FY 2022-23 = 44,49,959 Crore Taka.

26. Please mention ten indicators of Macroeconomics?

Answer:

I. Aggregate demand (AD)

II. Aggregate supply (AS)
III. External debt indicators
 IV. GDP deflator
V. Green gross domestic product
VI. Gross domestic product (GDP)
VII. Gross national product
VIII. Gross National Happiness
IX. Jobless claims
X. Monetary conditions index (MCI)

27. Why project management is considered as a core skill for a civil servant?

Answer:

In national Budget almost 30-40% is implemented through Project. Civil servants are related to those
projects in different stages. From planning to implementing, monitoring and evaluation stages also. So,
for proper handling with those projects civil servants should be capable in project management.

28. How to define a project?

Answer:

A project is defined as a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.
The temporary nature of projects indicates a definite beginning and end.

Project Management is the application of a methodology, knowledge, skills and techniques to effectively
execute a project.

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