Prepared by:
Tay Wei Qiang
Soon Pei Qun

Land Transport - Project Management
Self-Discovery Programme
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Self-Discovery Programme
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• Lecturers are encouraged to go through a brief summary on Project Management in class.
• Lecturers will need to divide the students into maximum groups of 5.
• Lecturer will be provided with:
Activity Worksheets & answer sheet,
Ice-breaker answer sheet
School Lecturer’s guide (refer to page 10) for reference before commencing the tour.
• Facilitator will set up the gallery, providing the necessary props stated in the Facilitator’s Guide.
(refer to page 9)
• Facilitator welcomes the class and organises them in their groups as assigned by the Lecturers.
•Facilitator will then go through Introduction Slides
(refer to page 21) with the students to let them understand what the programme is about.
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Gallery Lobby
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Work Breakdown Structure
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a deliverableoriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team.
• Students will be given answer cards and boards are required to re-arrange according to the structure.
One of the lecturers will be required check the answers before the students carry on with the next challenge.
• 2 groups of students will be sharing one board.
•Facilitator will be giving a normal tour in this zone
•Facilitator will play the video and bring the group into the Memories zone
•Once the students reach memories, their Self-
Discovery Programme starts
Gallery Lobby
Zone 1:
Journey
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Challenge 4: Picture Search
• Students will need to find the pictures that are shown in the worksheet and write down the correct description that are pasted around the gallery
Zone 2-4:
Memories –
Land Transport
Today
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Challenge 2: Short Answer Questions
• Students will be answering some theory questions related to LTA and project planning, using the hints
(refer to PROPs 3, 4, 5) placed in the gallery.
Zone 2-3:
Memories-
Formative
Years
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Challenge 3: Project Life Cycle Phases
• Students will learn about the 5 phases of project life cycle. Focusing on the Thomson East Coast Line, 9 answer cards will be given in this challenge. Students will have to match the cards to the phases on the board provided. A definition of phases will be an aid to the students as to recall what each phase is.
• One of the lecturers will check the answers before the students proceed on with the guided tour.
Zone 4:
Land Transport
Today
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Challenge 1: Crossword Puzzle
• Students will need to walk around the gallery to find the answers for the crossword puzzle, using the hints placed in the gallery.
Facilitator will play the Challenge Theatre video for the students
Facilitator will play the video of Land Transport
Master Plan 2013
Zone 2-4:
Memories –
Land Transport
Today
Zone 5:
Challenge
Theatre
Zone 6:
Visions
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Land Transport - Project Management
Self-Discovery Programme
Description
• Pre-arrival:
- Lecturer will need to print and give out the Activity Worksheet and Activity Worksheet Answer.
• Upon arrival:
- Short briefing by facilitator. (introduction slide)
- Assist the facilitator to assign the students into 10 groups of 5 and engage the students during self-discovery programme.
Location/Zone
Duration
(mins)
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• Ice-Breaker:
- Lecturers will need to check the answer with the students
• Normal Guided Tour:
- Lecturers will be with the students
•No action required by the lecturer in this zone
•No action required by the lecturer in this zone
Gallery
Lobby
Zone 1:
Journey
Zone 2:
Memories
Zone 3:
Formative
Years
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•Lecturer will need to be standing in this zone to collect the worksheet before the students proceed to the next zone(Challenge Theatre)
Zone 4:
Land
Transport
Today
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• Normal Guided Tour:
- Lecturers will be with the students
• Normal Guided Tour:
- Lecturers will be with the students
- Lecturer will go through the worksheet in the next lesson.
-Reflection journal (RJ) will be given to students at the end of the day as homework.
Zone 5:
Challenge
Theatre
Zone 6:
Visions
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Challenge Instructions
There are 3 Challenges in this Worksheet. You are to complete all in 40 mins and handover to your lecturer at Zone 4, see Annex A for Gallery Map.
This section tests your Singapore Land Transport knowledge. You are to find the exhibit as below and copy the relevant description found in the gallery Zone 2-4.
Picture Description
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Land Transport - Project Management
Self-Discovery Programme
Description
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Self-Discovery Programme
This challenge tests your Project Management knowledge. The answers can be found in exhibit A, B, C around the gallery.
1. Name the 5 phases in a Project Life Cycle:
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2. List down the 4 constraints that are important in success or failure of the project:
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3. List down 3 characteristics of a project:
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4. List down 4 project planning activities:
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This challenge tests your Project Life Cycle Phases of Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL). Match the correct description to the correct phases indicated in “Board D” and write down in the correct order in the blanks below. Look out for the board “Project Life Cycles Phases” which has been provided to help you out.
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Total Length:
Stations:
To serve:
Project Cost:
Project Timeline:
43Km
31
1 million commuters/day
$24 Billion
13 years
2. Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) - will be fully operational by 2024
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Power up stations like electrical, mechanical and architectural finishing touches applied. Stations are wired for operations.
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Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) was started in 27 July 2014 and is still going, which will continue till year 2024. There will be a total of 5 stages (Stage 1 in 2019, Stage 2 in 2020, Stage 3 in 2021, Stage
4 in 2023 and Stage 5 in 2024).
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Routes: North South corridor directly to the heart of the city and developments in the Marina Bay area. (Woodlands North to Garden by the Bay)
6. Digging begins. Tunnel boring machines create tunnel. Construction is on-going.
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Commuters can have alternative route to reach their destination in a shorter time. Parallel to
North- South line to reduce crowd
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Test the train; Train signalling, communication and operational system are test for at least 6 months before the official launch of the MRT.
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Check surrounding like building and structure near tunnelling sites and test that ground is strong enough to support rail road. Make detailed calculations like construction method and station size.
Traffic and utilities may be diverted.
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This challenge tests your Project Management knowledge.
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1) is the series of phases that a project passes through from its initiation to its closure.
2) is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives. It organizes and defines the total scope of the project.
3) A refers to a collection of projects, programs, sub-portfolios and operations managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives
4) Project background is under which phase of project life cycle?
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This section tests your Singapore Land Transport knowledge. You are to find the exhibit as below and copy the relevant description found in the gallery Zone 2-4.
Picture Description
“Woodsville Interchange”
"washing place" in Hindi
"Whole-Day Area & Road Pricing Licence"
" License Tag"
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Description
“Tunnel Boring Machine”
“Strenuous and slow means of transport”
“Symbol that indicates MRT station”
“Bus Ticket”
“License plate used for Research & Development
Vehicle”
“Bus and MRT Guides”
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This challenge tests your Project Management knowledge. The answers can be found in exhibit A, B, C around the gallery.
List down any 3 projects that Land Transport Authority had completed
Any 3:
MCE, KPE, Circle Line, North South Line, North East Line
List down 4 constraints of a project
Time
Cost
Quality
Scope
List down 3 characteristics of a project
Any 3:
Specific Objective
Defined start & end dates
Consume limited resources
May be multi-functional
Unique
List down 4 project planning activities:
Define the Project
Define the specific work activities, tasks or jobs to be done.
Create the project organization that will perform and manage the work.
Prepare a schedule showing the timing of work activities, deadlines, milestones.
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This challenge tests your Project Life Cycle Phases of Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL). Match the correct description to the correct phases indicated in “Board D” and write down in the correct order in the blanks below. Look out for the board “Project Life Cycles Phases” which has been provided to help you out.
Initiation
Scoping
Benefits
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Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) was started in 27 July 2014 and is still going, which will continue till year 2024. There will be a total of 5 stages (Stage 1 in 2019, Stage 2 in 2020, Stage 3 in
2021, Stage 4 in 2023 and Stage 5 in 2024).
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Commuters can have alternative route to reach their destination in a shorter time.
Parallel to North- South line to reduce crowd
Planning
Budget
Time
Approval
Other Requirements
Executing
Execute against Project management plan
Monitoring and Control
Measure
Make Adjustment
Scope Change
New risks
Closing
Handover
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Routes: North South corridor directly to the heart of the city and developments in the Marina Bay area. (Woodlands North to Garden by the Bay)
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Total length: 43km
Stations: 31
To serve: 1 million commuters/day
Project Cost: $24 Billion
Project Timeline: 13 years
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Check surrounding like building and structure near tunnelling sites and test that ground is strong enough to support rail road. Make detailed calculations like construction method and station size. Traffic and utilities may be diverted.
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Digging begins. Tunnel boring machines create tunnel.
Construction is ongoing.
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Power up stations like electrical, mechanical and architectural finishing touches applied. Stations are wired for operations.
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Test the train; Train signaling, communication and operational system are test for at least 6 months before the official launch of the MRT.
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Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) - will be fully operational by
2024
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This challenge tests your Project Management knowledge.
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1) Project Life Cycle is the series of phases that a project passes through from its initiation to its closure.
2) Work Breakdown Structure is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives. It organizes and defines the total scope of the project.
3) A Portfolio refers to a collection of projects, programs, sub-portfolios and operations managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives
4) Which phase of the project life cycle does project background come under?
Initiation
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