Project Management

1.00 credits · Undergraduate

Aims to develop a body of knowledge, methods, skills and techniques that are essential for students to successfully manage future engineering projects within budget, deadline and resource limits. Topics discussed include: introduction to project management body of knowledge (PMBOK); project delivery systems and contracting methods; budget estimate and bid cost estimate; project planning, work breakdown structure; project scheduling: critical path method (CPM) and network diagram, resource allocation and leveling, line of balance (LOB), integration of CPM and TLOB; project control and earned value analysis; project risk management, impact of uncertainty on schedule and cost, PERT; general principles of construction quality, health and safety management. Computer software for cost estimation and scheduling will be practised in laboratory sessions.