ASSIGNMENT / TUGASAN

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EBTM3103
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PENGURUSAN PROJEK
SEPTEMBER 2022

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION / ARAHAN KHUSUS

1. Answer in ENGLISH or MALAY /

Jawab dalam BAHASA INGGERIS atau BAHASA MELAYU

2. Submit your assignment ONCE only in MULTIPLE files /

Hantar tugasan SEKALI sahaja dalam PELBAGAI fail.

3. Submit your assignment ONLINE /

Tugasan ini dihantar secara ONLINE.

4. Submission date : 14 November 2022

Tarikh penghantaran : 14 November 2022

5. This assignment accounts for 50% of the total marks for the course divided by 10% for
Question 1, 20% for Question 2, 10% for Question 3 (Video Presentation) and 10% for
Question 4 (Online Class Participation).
Tugasan ini menyumbang sebanyak 50% dari jumlah markah kursus dengan dibahagikan
kepada Soalan 1, 10%, Soalan 2, 20%, Soalan 3 (Video persembahan), 10%, dan Soalan 4,
10% (Penglibatan Kelas Online).
QUESTION 1

Project cost control is important to all organisations, regardless of size. Cost control
is a sub-system of the management cost and control system.

By using any chosen project, review the following tasks:

a) Identify the elements of cost control which imply good cost management.
b) Describe phases of a management cost and control system.
c) The Earned Value Management System (EVMS) emphasises prevention over
cures. Discuss the benefits of applying EVMS in your project.

SOALAN 1
Kawalan kos projek adalah penting kepada semua organisasi, tanpa mengira saiz. Kawalan
kos ialah sub-sistem kos pengurusan dan sistem kawalan.

Dengan menggunakan mana-mana projek yang dipilih, kaji tugasan berikut:

a) Kenal pasti elemen-elemen kawalan kos yang memberikan pengurusan kos yang
baik.
b) Huraikan fasa-fasa pengurusan kos dan sistem kawalan kos.
c) Sistem Pengurusan Nilai Diperolehi (EVMS) menekankan pencegahan daripada
penawar. Bincangkan faedah-faedah mengaplikasikan EVMS dalam projek anda.
[Total / 10 Marks /
Jumlah: 10 Markah]
QUESTION 2

a) Draw the Critical Path Method (CPM) network diagram and highlight the critical
path for activities shown in Table 1(a). Perform CPM calculation using forward
pass and backward pass method and complete Table 1(b).

b) Draw a resources profile (histogram). Manually level your resources and

improve the daily resource use (start low, increase the resource use gradually
till it peaks around the middle of the project, then gradually decrease it toward
the end of the project). Give your comments on the resource profile.

Table 1(a) / Jadual 1(a)

Activity/ Duration (Days) /

IPA* Labour
Aktiviti Tempoh (Hari)
/Buruh
A - 6 2
B - 2 3
C - 9 3
D A, B 4 3
E B 7 4
F D 5 2
G D, E 10 3
H C, F, G 8 1
I C, G 3 2
J H, I 2 3
*Immediately Preceding Activities / Aktiviti Mendahului Serta-merta

Table 1(b) / Jadual 1(b)

ID Duration (days)/ ES EF LS LF TF
FF
Tempoh (hari)
A 6
B 2
C 9
D 4
E 7
F 5
G 10
H 8
I 3
J 2
SOALAN 2

a) Lukiskan gambar rajah Kaedah Laluan Kritikal (CPM) dan tunjukkan laluan kritikal
bagi aktiviti-aktiviti yang ditunjukkan dalam Jadual 1(a). Jalankan pengiraan CPM
dengan menggunakan kaedah forward pass dan backward pass dan lengkapkan
Jadual 1(b)

b) Lukiskan profil sumber (histogram). Laraskan sumber anda secara manual dan
perbaiki penggunaan sumber harian (mulakan rendah, tingkatkan penggunaan
sumber secara beransur-ansur sehingga ia memuncak di tengah-tengah projek,
kemudian kurangkan secara beransur-ansur menjelang akhir projek). Berikan komen
anda mengenai profil sumber tersebut.

[Total /: 20 Marks /
Jumlah 20 Markah]

QUESTION 3: VIDEO PRESENTATION

Project managers should see conflicts as opportunities to growth and to move the
project forward towards delivery. Conflicts allow project managers and project
stakeholders or project team members to raise and address the problem and highlight
unforeseen issues.

The content of the video presentation should answer the following question:
a) Discuss the major causes of conflict in projects.
b) Choose a situation in your project where you as a project manager need to
choose appropriate conflict management style to handle the situation.

Based on the question above, students need to prepare a video presentation based
on the following requirements:
i. The slides presentation should include your name, photo and programme
name.
ii. The duration of the video is between 10 to 15 minutes and the maximum size of
the video file does not exceed 400MB. The format of the video: mpeg/MP4/etc.
iii. The video presentation must be recorded with the slides along with the
 presenter’s face and voice.
iv. You need to submit two different files: 1 file of the essay/calculation type
(Question 1, 2 and 4) and separate file for Question 3 (video presentation) to
the system.
v. For grading, please refer to the assessment rubric.

SOALAN 3
Pengurus projek harus melihat konflik sebagai peluang untuk berkembang dan
menggerakkan projek ke hadapan dan ke arah penyampaian. Konflik membolehkan
pengurus projek dan pihak berkepentingan projek atau ahli pasukan projek membangkitkan
dan menangani masalah tersebut serta menyerlahkan isu yang tidak dijangka.

Kandungan persembahan video tersebut perlu menjawab soalan berikut:

a) Bincangkan punca-punca utama konflik dalam projek.
b) Pilih situasi dalam projek anda di mana anda sebagai pengurus projek perlu memilih
gaya pengurusan konflik yang sesuai untuk menangani situasi tersebut.
Berdasarkan soalan di atas, pelajar perlu menyediakan persembahan video berdasarkan
keperluan-keperluan berikut:
i. Pembentangan slaid topik yang mengandungi nama, gambar dan program anda.
ii. Durasi video antara 10 hingga 15 minit dan saiz maksimum fail video tidak melebihi
400MB. Format video: mpeg/MP4/etc.
iii. Pembentangan video perlu dirakam bersama slaid berserta wajah dan suara anda.
iv. Anda perlu menghantar dua fail yang berbeza: 1 fail jenis esei/pengiraan (Soalan 1, 2
dan 4) dan fail berasingan bagi Soalan 3 (Persembahan video) ke dalam sistem.
v. Bagi penilaian, sila rujuk kepada rubrik penilaian.

[Total / 10 Marks /
Jumlah: 10 Markah]
QUESTION 4: ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION

As a group, select and discuss the following:

Share and discuss the 8 project performance domains according to 7th PMBOK. The
discussion can be tailored to any projects of any industries and how the domains can
lead project manager to deliver project outcomes successfully.

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT PROOF OF ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION

(10%)

Do the following:

1. Select YOUR OWN best FIVE (5) postings from the forum discussion set up by your
tutor.
2. Do screenshots of the postings and include them as images in your assignment.
3. The screenshots should be in image file (either in JPG or PNG format). Refer to the
sample of Screen Grab below
4. The screenshots should contain: Name, Title of the discussion, Day, Date and Time.

SOALAN 4

Sebagai satu kumpulan, bincangkan yang berikut:

Kongsi dan bincangkan 8 domain prestasi projek mengikut PMBOK ke-7. Perbincangan
tersebut boleh difokus kepada mana-mana projek dan mana-mana industri dan bagaimana
domain-domain tersebut boleh membantu pengurus projek menghasilkan projek yang
berjaya.

ARAHAN BAGI TATACARA PENGHANTARAN SEBAGAI BUKTI AKTIVITI ONLINE CLASS

PARTCIPATION (10%)

Laksanakan perkara berikut:

1. Pilih LIMA (5) kiriman terbaik ANDA dari perbincangan dalam talian yang telah di
sediakan oleh tutor anda.
2. Buat tangkapan skrin kiriman dan isikan dalam tugasan anda sebagai file imej.
3. Imej screen shot mesti dalam format imej (sama ada JPG atau PNG). Rujuk pada
contoh screenshot di bawah.
4. Screen shot mesti mengandungi: Nama, Tajuk Perbincangan, Hari, Tarikh dan Masa
MUKA SURAT TAMAT / END OF PAGE
 RUBRIC FOR QUESTION 1 / RUBRIK BAGI SOALAN 1 (CLO 2)

Excellent Above average Fair Poor Unsatisfactory

Marks Max
Criteria 4 3 2 1 0
Weight Marks

Introduction and background
of the chosen project
0.5
Pengenalan dan latar belakang
projek yang dipilih
Discussion on the following
tasks used for the project:
a) Elements of cost
management
b) Phases of cost
management and
cost control system
c) Benefits of EVM
1.0
Perbincangan terhadap tugasan
yang digunakan bagi projek:
a) Elemen-elemen
pengurusan kos
b) Fasa-fasa pengurusan
kos dan sistem
kawalan kos
c) Faedah-faedah EVM
Conclusion. 0.5
Kesimpulan
Excellent introduction Good introduction and Moderate introduction and Brief introduction and Not available.
and background of the background of the project. background of the project. background of the project
project.
2
Pengenalan dan latar Pengenalan dan latar Pengenalan dan latar Pengenalan dan latar Tiada.
belakang projek yang belakang projek yang baik. belakang projek yang belakang projek yang
cemerlang. sederhana. ringkas.
Excellent discussion on A good discussion on the Average discussion on the Brief discussion on the No discussion.
the THREE tasks used for THREE tasks used for the THREE tasks used for the THREE tasks used for the
the project with project with literature project with literature project with literature
literature reviews reviews support. reviews support. reviews support.
support.
Perbincangan yang Perbincangan yang baik Perbincangan yang Perbincangan yang ringkas
cemerlang terhadap terhadap TIGA tugasan sederhana terhadap TIGA terhadap TIGA tugasan bagi Tiada perbincangan.
TIGA tugasan bagi bagi projek dengan tugasan bagi projek dengan projek dengan sokongan 4
projek dengan sokongan sokongan kajian literatur. sokongan kajian literatur. kajian literatur.
kajian literatur.
Excellent conclusion Good conclusion which Fair conclusion which A weak conclusion and does Not available. 2
which is concisely and indicates considerable indicates reasonable not indicate an attempt to
precisely written. It analysis and synthesis of analysis and synthesis of synthesize the discussion.
provides concluding ideas of the overall report. ideas of the overall report.
remarks that shows an
analysis and synthesis of
ideas of the overall
 report.
Kesimpulan cemerlang Kesimpulan yang baik yang Kesimpulan yang sederhana Kesimpulan yang lemah dan Tiada.
yang padat dan tepat menunjukkan analisis yang yang menunjukkan analisis tidak menunjukkan usaha
bertulis. Ia menyediakan agak besar dan sintesis yang munasabah dan untuk mensintesis
kesimpulan yang idea laporan keseluruhan. sintesis idea laporan perbincangan.
menunjukkan analisis keseluruhan.
dan sintesis idea
keseluruhan laporan.
All references are cited Almost all of the Only some of the references Only a few of references are Not available.
appropriately. No references are cited are cited appropriately. cited appropriately. Many
mistakes in citations and appropriately. Very few Some mistakes in citations mistakes in citations and
writing references in mistakes in citations and and writing references in writing references in APA
APA system. writing references in APA APA system. system.
Mechanics of writing and APA 5 and above references system. 3 references were used. 2 references were used.
referencing. were used. 4 references were used.
0.5 2
Mekanisme penulisan dan Semua rujukan telah Hampir semua rujukan Hanya beberapa rujukan Hanya beberapa rujukan Tiada
rujukan APA. dipetik dengan tepat. dipetik dengan tepat. dipetik dengan wajarnya. dipetik dengan wajarnya.
Tiada kesilapan dalam Sebilangan kecil kesilapan Beberapa kesilapan dalam Banyak kesilapan dalam
peikan dan penulisan dalam petikan dan petikan dan penulisan petikan dan penulisan
rujukan dalam sistem penulisan rujukan dalam rujukan dalam sistem APA. rujukan dalam sistem APA.
APA. sistem APA. 3 rujukan telah digunakan. 2 rujukan telah digunakan.
5 dan ke atas rujukan 4 rujukan telah digunakan.
telah digunakan.
Total points
2.5 10
Jumlah markah        

RUBRIC FOR QUESTION 2 / RUBRIK BAGI SOALAN 2 (CLO 2)


Marks
Criteria
Weight
Construction of CPM logic
network based on Table 1
2.0
Pembinaan rangkaian logik
CPM berdasarkan Jadual 1
Calculations of ES, EF, LS, LF, FF
and TF for each activity.
1.0
Pengiraan ES, EF, LS, LF, FF dan
TF bagi setiap aktiviti.
Identification of critical path 0.5
and the interpretation.
Pengenalpastian laluan kritikal
dan interpretasinya.
Excellent Above average Fair Poor Unsatisfactory
Max
4 3 2 1 0
Marks
A comprehensive and Most of the logic network The logic network is The logic network is not Not available.
correct logic network is is done correctly and performed but many are done thoroughly.
done. thoroughly. incorrect.
8
Rangkaian logik yang Kebanyakan rangkaian Rangkaian logik telah dibuat Rangkaian logik tidak Tiada.
komprehensif logik yang betul disediakan tetapi banyak kesalahan. disediakan secara terperinci.
disediakan. dan terperinci.
.
Calculations of ES, EF, Calculations of ES, EF, LS, Calculations of ES, EF, LS, LF, Calculations of ES, EF, LS, LF, Calculations for all
LS, LF, FF and TF for each LF, FF and TF for each FF and TF for each activity FF and TF for each activity activities not shown and
activity are tabulated activity are tabulated but are shown in a table but not are not shown in a table. incorrect.
and correct. not ALL are in order. ALL are in order.
4
Pengiraan ES, EF, LS, LF, Pengiraan ES, EF, LS, LF, FF Pengiraan ES, EF, LS, LF, FF Pengiraan ES, EF, LS, LF, FF Pengiraan bagi setiap
FF dan TF bagi setiap dan TF bagi setiap aktiviti dan TF bagi setiap aktiviti dan TF bagi setiap aktiviti aktiviti tidak ditunjukkan
aktiviti dijadualkan dijadualkan tetapi tidak ditunjukkan dalam jadual tidak ditunjukkan dalam dan tidak betul.
dengan betul. semua betul. tetapi tidak semua betul. jadual.
Correct critical path is Correct critical path is Most of the critical path is Critical path is identified but Critical path is not 2
identified and shown in identified and shown in correct but interpretation is mostly not correct and no performed in the overall
the network and correct the network but not all are vague. interpretation given. network. No
interpretation. correct and interpretation interpretation.
is given.
Laluan kritikal dikenal Laluan kritikal dikenal pasti Sebahagian besar dari Laluan kritikal dikenal pasti Laluan kritikal tidak
pasti dan ditunjukkan dan ditunjukkan dalam laluan kritikal adalah betul tetapi kebanyakannya tidak ditunjukkan dalam rajah
dalam rajah rangkaian rajah rangkaian tetapi tetapi interpretasi adalah betul dan tiada interpretasi rangkaian. Tiada
dan interpretasi yang tidak semua betul dan samar. diberikan. interpretasi.
 tepat. interpretasi diberikan.
A comprehensive Most of the resource The resource profile is The resource profile is not Not available.
resource profile is done profile is done correctly performed but many are done thoroughly. No
with justification given and thoroughly and some incorrect and without justification is given.
on the profiling. justification is given on the justification on the profiling.
profiling.
Construction of resource
profile and justification.
Profil sumber telah dibuat
1.5 6
Profil sumber yang Kebanyakan profil sumber tetapi banyak kesalahan Profil sumber tidak Tiada.
Pembinaan profil sumber dan
komprehensif disediakan yang betul disediakan dan tanpa justifikasi profil. disediakan secara
justifikasi.
dengan justifikasi profil terperinci dengan sedikit terperinci.Tiada justifikasi
diberikan. justifikasi profil diberikan. diberikan.

Total points
5.0 20
Jumlah markah
       

RUBRIC FOR QUESTION 3 (VIDEO PRESENTATION) / RUBRIK BAGI SOALAN 3 (PERSEMBAHAN VIDEO) (CLO 3)
 Excellent Above average Fair Poor Unsatisfactory
Max
Component Sub Criteria
Weight 4 3 2 1 0 Marks
The delivery is The delivery and The delivery and Fails to deliver Does not meet
engaging and sentence structure are sentence structure are correctly the requirements
sentence structure is generally correct moderately correct
Communication consistently correct
1.0 4
Komunikasi Penyampaian yang Penyampaian dan Penyampaian dan Gagal menyampaikan Tidak memenuhi
menarik dan struktur struktur ayat secara struktur ayat yang dengan betul keperluan
ayat yang umumnya betul sederhana betul
konsistennya betul
Presentation is full The confidence level is Lack of confidence No confidence Does not meet
with confidence affected at times the requirements
Confidence
1.0 4
Pembentangan penuh Tahap keyakinan Kurang keyakinan Tiada keyakinan Tidak memenuhi
Keyakinan
dengan keyakinan terjejas kadang- keperluan
kadang
Introduction of Definition is concise Definition is precise, Definition is brief Discussion is vague No definition
conflict in project and precise based on but not concise based based on literature without literature provided
management. literature review on literature review review review
Tiada definisi
Pengenalan 0.25 Definisi yang padat Definisi yang tepat Definisi ringkas Definisi yang samar diberikan 1
kepada konflik dan tepat berdasarkan tetapi tidak padat berdasarkan kajian tanpa kajian literatur
dalam kajian literatur berdasarkan kajian literatur
pengurusan literatur
projek
Discussion on 0.25 Discussion is concise Discussion is precise, Discussion is brief Discussion is vague No discussion 1
conflict and precise based on but not concise based based on one example and not thorough.
management one example of a on one example of a of a project.
with given project. project.
situation and
applying conflict
 management
style.
Perbincangan
terhadap Perbincangan yang Perbincangan yang Perbincangan ringkas Perbincangan adalah Tiada
pengurusan padat dan tepat tepat tetapi tidak berdasarkan satu samar dan tidak perbincangan
konflik dengan berdasarkan satu padat berdasarkan contoh projek. menyeluruh.
memberikan contoh projek. satu contoh projek.
situasi dan
mengaplikasikan
gaya pengurusan
konflik
Total points  
Jumlah markah
2.5 10

RUBRIC FOR QUESTION 4 / RUBRIK BAGI SOALAN 4 (CLO 3)

Marks for the online forum discussion will be given based on the following rubric:
Markah bagi perbincangan dalam talian akan diberi berdasarkan rubrik berikut:
 Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory
Max marks
QN CLO Criteria Weightage 4 3 2 1 0

Quality of All five comments are
Postings good, appropriate, relevant,
meaningful, and respectful.
Postings reflect active
participation within
assignment timeline.
Four of the comments Two or three of the One post submitted. OR All Postings done past
are good, appropriate, comments are posts done in one day. assignment timeline.
relevant, meaningful, somewhat good, OR None of the comments OR No postings given
and respectful. appropriate, are good and relevant. as proof of
Postings reflect meaningful and OR Comments are short participation in
participation within respectful. responses that are not discussion
assignment timeline. Postings show substantial nor meaningful.
relatively short
Minimum effort (e.g. “I agree
participation time.
with Tina”)

4 3 Kualiti 2.5 Kelima-lima komen baik, Empat Dua atau tiga komen Satu penghantaran Postings melepasi 10
Postings sesuai, relevan, bermakna komen baik, sesuai, baik, sesuai, ATAU Semua penghantaran tempoh tugasan.
dan berhemah. relevan, bermakna dan relevan,bermakna dan dibuat dalam satu hari ATAU ATAU Tiada Postings
Postings mencerminkan berhemah. berhemah Tiada komen yang baik dan diberi sebagai bukti
penyertaan aktif sepanjang Postings mencerminkan Postings menunjukkan penyertaan dalam
relevan. ATAU Komen hanya
tempoh tugasan. penyertaan sepanjang penyertaan dalam perbincangan
tempoh tugasan. jangakamasa yang respon yang ringkas dan tidak
singkat. meluas dan tidak
bermakna.Usaha minimum
(Cth: “Saya bersetuju dengan
Tina”)

Total
Marks/
10
Jumlah
Markah