Workshop:Effective Project Management – Earned Progress Measurement Approach

Effective Project Management – Earned Progress Measurement Approach

SYNOPSIS

Determination of actual progress in term of time and cost is very important during the execution and monitoring of any project. Effective project management is the accepted solution that uses a structured approach in managing projects. Successful managers is assisted by their ability to develop a fully integrated information and control system to plan, instruct, monitor and control large amount of data, quickly and accurately to facilitate the problem solving and decision making process. Comprehensive toolkit using a computer producing organisation charts, work breakdown structures, bar-charts, resource histograms and cash flow statements.

Wrong reporting arises when expenses and progress are reported separately. Hence, quality and accurate estimation is essential to effectively plan and control a project. Data Capture technique provides regularly information on the project’s progress and status. The Earned Value approach, developed in 1967, fully integrates cost and time. The performance measuring mechanism periodically assessed progress and costs in comparable units against baseline plan.

Earned Value structure can either be presented as table that provides further detail to investigate any variance, or as graph that provides an excellent presentation that can be easily assimilated. The schedule variance can be translated directly from the earned value graph using any one of the three measuring techniques.

SCHEDULE & OUTLINE

BIODATA OF SPEAKER

IR. DR. ABU BAKAR B. MAHAT

Dip., B.Sc. Hons., M.Sc., Ph.D.,

MIEM, PEng., MIMechE, CEng., APEC Eng., IntPE (MY), MMSET,

MTAM, AAE, ACPE

(Mechanical Engineering)

Ir. Dr. Abu Bakar Mahat received his early education in Singapore before continuing his higher education in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Heholds a Master and Doctorate Degrees in the field of Manufacturing Technology from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), United Kingdom in 1983 and 1987.

He has substantial industrial experience that covers many technical and management functions as well as business development and project implementation. To date, he has successfully managed and completed a number of projects of various capacities. He is very active in providing advisory and consultancy services and representatives to the various private and government agencies such as MARA, SIRIM, CIDB, SMIDEC, IEM, and BEM.

Currently, he is the Chairman of TAM Negeri Sembilan Branch, Executive and Council Member of TAM Central. He is also an active member of IEM at Negeri Sembilan Branch and at Central level. He is currently attached to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, as Consultant / Professor (Industry).

Last but not least, Ir. Dr. Abu Bakar Mahat is a highly respectable and reputable academician and professional in the field of Mechanical and Manufacturing. He is a Corporate Member of TAM (MTAM), Corporate Member of IEM (MEIM), registered Professional Engineer with BEM (PEng), Corporate Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineer, UK (MIMechE) and a Chartered Engineer, UK (CEng). ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE), etc.