MPM7001 Project Management & Practice: Singapore Apartment Project

This report delves into the application of project management principles to an apartment construction project in Singapore undertaken by Koon Holdings Limited. It covers various aspects of project management, including stakeholder and communication management, scope management, schedule management, cost management, resource management, risk management, quality management, and procurement management. The report identifies key stakeholders such as the project manager, procurement manager, contractors, subcontractors, plumbers, electrical engineers, designers, workers, architects, and civil engineers, outlining their responsibilities and influence. It also details the project's scope, which includes construction, bidding, procurement, concreting, and interior/exterior decoration. A schedule management plan is presented, estimating a 730-day completion timeline, and a cost management plan outlines a budget of $1,152,360.00. The report emphasizes the importance of effective communication, risk mitigation, and quality control throughout the project lifecycle. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments for students.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project management
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Table of Contents
1. Background of the project......................................................................................................2
2. Project stakeholder and communication management...........................................................2
3. Project scope management.....................................................................................................6
4. Project schedule management................................................................................................8
5. Project cost management......................................................................................................10
6. Project resource management..............................................................................................15
7. Project risk management......................................................................................................18
8. Project quality management.................................................................................................20
9. Project procurement management........................................................................................21
References................................................................................................................................23

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1. Background of the project
The paper mainly reflects on the construction of an apartment in Singapore, by the
organization Koon Holdings limited that is an investment holding company that helps in
providing proper infrastructure as well as the services of civil engineering. The construction
of the apartment was mainly undertaken by the company for increasing the occupancy for the
people who are not from Singapore. Moreover, it is found that development of an apartment
will also be helpful in increasing the source of income.
2. Project stakeholder and communication management
The stakeholders are the individuals who will generally get impacted by the power.
Project stakeholder management generally involves the identification of project stakeholder,
analyses of the project expectations, influences and development of number of strategies that
generally work with number of project stakeholders in order to execute the entire project
(Eskerod, Huemann & Savage, 2015). It is found that proper communication is generally
needed with the stockholders in order to achieve the expectations and goals of the project.
Managing conflicting interest is mainly identified as one important activity that is quite
crucial for the successful completion of the project (Aaltonen & Kujala, 2016). It is
identified that project stakeholders who are mainly associated with the project “construction
of an apartment in Singapore” are mainly reflected below:
Stakeholders Responsibilities Power Interest
Project manager Project manager is
responsible for
successfully
developing as well
as managing the
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project time, cost as
well as the project
scope.
Procurement
manager
The main role of the
procurement
manager is to play
an integral role in
ensuring that a
company must stick
to the budget and
operations quite
effectively.
Low High
Contractor Contractor is mainly
responsible of
providing all the
needed materials,
labour as well as
equipment’s that are
generally required
for the project work
High High
Sub-contractor Sub-contractors is
the person who is
generally hired by
the contractor for
performing tasks of
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the overall project.
Plumber The main
responsibilities of
plumber is to install,
maintain as well as
repair the pipes of
the residential
buildings that will be
constructed.
Low High
Electrical engineer The electrical
engineer is mainly
responsible of
evaluating the
electrical system,
products as well as
other components
that are needed for
conducting the
research program.
low High
Designer The designer is
mainly responsible
for preparing wok
that is needed to be
accomplished by
gathering various
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types of information
as well as materials.
Workers Workers are the
individuals wo take
the responsibility of
doing the needed
work within the
construction project.
Low Low
Architect They are mainly
responsible for
controlling the
project by
developing proper
architecture as per
the need of the
clients.
Low High
Civil engineers Civil engineers are
the individuals who
generally take the
responsibility of
planning, designing
as well as for
overseeing
construction as well
as maintenance of
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the building.
Communication management is considered as one of the systematic planning,
monitoring as well as implementing and revising all the communication channels within an
organization. It is found that the main reason of using the concept of communication
management is to make sure that flow of information within two people are generally
required (Kanki, 2019). For managing communication, it is quite necessary to create proper
plan after the requirements for communication of the stakeholders are identified. It is found
that dissemination of various types of information generally helps in making sure that the
communication plan must be implemented on the schedule of the project. It is found that
building a communication matrix, the flow of the information can be identified quite easily
(Ham et al., 2015). In addition to this, it is quite important to report the effectiveness as well
as measurement that generally keeps the stakeholder informed with the latest performance of
the project including costs, schedules as well as quality of the project. Furthermore, it is also
important to close the project communication that further requires the sign off from the
project.
3. Project scope management
The scope of the project mainly includes:
 Construction of an apartment in Singapore
 Bidding with the contractors
 Procurement of raw materials
 Concreting slab as well as wall
 Interior decoration
 Exterior decoration

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It is found that the scope of the project that is created for the development of an
apartment must be managed with the help of the scope management plan. In the initial step of
scope management plan, the most important task is to collect the project requirements for
managing the various expectations of the stakeholder (Kerzner & Kerzner, 2017). Thus, it is
considered to be very much significant to document all the requirements so that they can be
managed with the help of stakeholder expectation. The second step that is required to be
followed is to define the scope process of the project so that the requirement of the project
can be clearly evaluated and the chances of scope creep within the project will generally get
reduced (Gordon, Sharp & Martin, 2018).
Furthermore, it is found that the creation of work breakdown structure generally helps
in structuring the work of the project into manageable chunks. It is found that WBS helps in
dividing the work of the project into small project activities that can be executed in a very
short period of time (Sanghera, 2019). In addition to this, it is so necessary to validate the
entire scope procedure of the project so that the stakeholder of the business can be able to
sign off the entire WBS. In addition to this, it is found that the entire scope of the project can
controlled by taking effective change control step if the scope generally requires change. It
also helps in tracking the project with a scope in order to check whether the project work gets
completed on time or not.
It is quite necessary to follow the scope of the project quite effectively by following
some of the significant steps. It is found that the steps that are generally required in order to
complete the work of the project mainly includes collection of requirements, defining scope,
creation of work breakdown structure, validation of scope as well as controlling of project
scope is quite necessary (Hornstein, 2015). Furthermore, utilization of all the steps helps in
managing the scope effectively and further helps in resolving the problems that the project
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4. Project schedule management
Schedule management is mainly defined as one of the procedure that is used for
developing, maintaining as well as communicating the schedules of the project within the
expected time as well as resources (Ahmed et al., 2017). It is found that the schedule that is
generally developed for the construction of an apartment in Singapore is generally reflected
below that further reflects that the work of the work will be completed in 730 days.
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0
Construction of an apartment in
Singapore
730 days Thu 21-03-19 Wed 05-01-22
1 Pre-construction planning phase 155 days Thu 21-03-19 Wed 23-10-19
1.1
Drawing for the construction of an
apartment
30 days Thu 21-03-19 Wed 01-05-19
1.2
Taking permission from the G4
foundation
20 days Thu 02-05-19 Wed 29-05-19
1.3
Permission for the construction of
the building
45 days Thu 30-05-19 Wed 31-07-19
1.4
3D blueprint for the entire
residential building
60 days Thu 01-08-19 Wed 23-10-19
2 Procurement planning phase 130 days Thu 24-10-19 Wed 22-04-20
2.1 Bidding with the contractors 30 days Thu 24-10-19 Wed 04-12-19
2.2
Recommendations for the
subcontractors and other workers
60 days Thu 05-12-19 Wed 26-02-20
2.3 Procurement of raw material 40 days Thu 27-02-20 Wed 22-04-20
3 Construction phase of the project 425 days Thu 23-04-20 Wed 08-12-21

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3.1 Getting notice to proceed 50 days Thu 23-04-20 Wed 01-07-20
3.2 Plot division for car parking 50 days Thu 02-07-20 Wed 09-09-20
3.3 Construction of building base 325 days Thu 10-09-20 Wed 08-12-21
3.3.1 Footholds construction 60 days Thu 10-09-20 Wed 02-12-20
3.3.2 Concrete the slab 60 days Thu 03-12-20 Wed 24-02-21
3.3.3 Concrete wall 30 days Thu 25-02-21 Wed 07-04-21
3.3.4
Electrical and mechanical
components, waterline installation
30 days Thu 08-04-21 Wed 19-05-21
3.3.5 Wall and painting 35 days Thu 20-05-21 Wed 07-07-21
3.3.6 Interior decoration 35 days Thu 08-07-21 Wed 25-08-21
3.3.7 Exterior decoration 35 days Thu 26-08-21 Wed 13-10-21
3.3.8 CC camera installing for security 20 days Thu 14-10-21 Wed 10-11-21
3.3.9 Building the division 20 days Thu 11-11-21 Wed 08-12-21
4 Closure phase project 20 days Thu 09-12-21 Wed 05-01-22
4.1 Post project implementation 5 days Thu 09-12-21 Wed 15-12-21
4.2 Sign off stakeholder 6 days Thu 16-12-21 Thu 23-12-21
4.3 Completion construction 9 days Fri 24-12-21 Wed 05-01-22
The schedule that is created as a part of management plan procedure in context to
integration management. The schedule management plan is mainly needed for the schedule
that is created in order to avoid the issues as well as challenges that will generally occur due
to the project variances. It is reflected from the entire table that is provided above that the
project of apartment construction will be completed in 730 days. The plan that is made above

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includes the duration that is required for successful execution of project activities in days. All
this information that is present within the table is helpful in establishing the baseline of the
project. The project baseline is mainly utilized for monitoring as well as controlling the
project during each phases (Han et al., 2016). In addition to this it is also necessary to include
proper plan for the project in order to successfully mitigate the variances that are generally
found within the schedule of the project.
In addition to this, the change control procedure must be used effectively for
managing the changes that generally occurs within the project schedule. In addition to this,
the methods of reporting requirements must be effectively established so that the performance
of the project can be properly measured and then it is captured as well as reported
(Barchmann et al., 2016). Furthermore, the schedule management plan generally helps in
defining project activities, reflecting the sequence of the project activities as well as reflecting
on the duration that is generally needed for the completion of the project.
5. Project cost management
Cost management is mainly concerned with the entire procedure of planning and
controlling the budget that is mainly related with the construction of an apartment. Project
cost management generally includes number of activities as well as tools which are needed
for the successful completion of the project within the approved budget (Noe et al., 2017).
The budget that is required for the project will be around $1,152,360.00 which is generally
relected in the table that is given below:
.
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Cost

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0
Construction of an
apartment in
Singapore
730 days
Thu
21-03-
19
Wed
05-01-
22
$1,152,360.00
1
Pre-construction
planning phase
155 days
Thu
21-03-
19
Wed
23-10-
19
$56,000.00
1.1
Drawing for the
construction of an
apartment
30 days
Thu
21-03-
19
Wed
01-05-
19
civil engineer $10,800.00
1.2
Taking
permission from the
G4 foundation
20 days
Thu
02-05-
19
Wed
29-05-
19
Project manager $8,000.00
1.3
Permission for
the construction of
the building
45 days
Thu
30-05-
19
Wed
31-07-
19
Project manager $18,000.00
1.4
3D blueprint for
the entire residential
building
60 days
Thu
01-08-
19
Wed
23-10-
19
architect $19,200.00
2
Procurement
planning phase
130 days
Thu
24-10-
19
Wed
22-04-
20
$44,400.00
2.1
Bidding with the
contractors
30 days
Thu
24-10-
19
Wed
04-12-
19
contractor $10,800.00
2.2 60 days Thu Wed sub-contractor $19,200.00