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Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction
Organizational
“drivers”
Project driven or Non Project
driven
Application Area
Interpersonal Knowledge,
Skills Standards, &
Regulations
General Understanding
Management the Project
Knowledge & Environment
Skills
Engineering
Project
Management
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Team Team
Member Member
Project Management Process
Initiate Plan Endorse •Project Team Commitment
& Align the Work the Plan
•Management Endorsement
•Project
Description •Work Breakdown
•Team Mission/ Structure (WBS) /
Assignment Master Deliverables Work Transition
List (MDL) the Plan & Closure
•Major Milestones
•Task Planning &
•Boundaries Scheduling
•Team •Managing Scope, •Implement
•Budget Schedule & Budget Transition Plan
Identification
•Risk Planning •Manage Risks •Review Lessons
•Roles &
Responsibilities •Communication •Manage Change Learned
Plan •Reward &
•Measures of •Communicate
Success •Change Recognize
Management Plan • Progress
•Operating •Archive
•Quality (QA/QC) • Issues
Guidelines
Plan • Lessons
•Transition & Closure Learned
Plan
Continuous Communication
Schedule Building Blocks
1. Team Mission Statement
2. Work Breakdown Structure
3. Task Planning & Analysis
4. Precedence or Network Diagram
5. Resource loaded schedule
6. Resolve resource conflicts & risk
7. Endorsement & Commitment
“Top-down” estimate approach
(Analogous Estimating - based on
previous project experience)
Uncertainty
Time
Schedule & Budget Development
Use an interdisciplinary team approach
Project Performance Baseline
Work
Breakdown Risk
Structure Planning
(WBS)
Task Planning
Budget
& Scheduling
Project Management Plan
Project
Project Management Plan
Performance (including Initiate &
Baseline Align
documentation)
Change
Management Plan
Quality Plan
(QA/QC)
Communication
Plan
Transition &
Closure Plan
Managing Project Delivery
+ 90% of
“Work the Project effort
Plan”
Active
Project Management
Regular comparison of
“Planned”
(activities, accomplishments, costs, etc)
with
“Actuals”
(activities, accomplishments, costs, etc)
Construction Engineering
and Project Management
(CEPM)
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Sections
• Introduction to Construction Industry
• Personal Background
• CEPM Curriculum and Research
• Construction Engineering Career Paths
• Questions
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Construction Project Participants
• Owner
– The Public Owner
– The Private Owner
• Architect/Engineer (A/E)
• Prime Contractor (General Contractor)
• Sub Contractor (Specialty Contractor)
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Professional Experience
• Project Engineer
– Bid solicitation
– Document control
– Site layout
– Quality control
– Estimating
– Scheduling
– Safety Inspections
– Pre-construction services
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Projects
Biological Pharmaceutical
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Complex Building, Lexington, KY
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Construction Engineering Career
Paths - Industry
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Bridge: Things to Consider
• Maintenance of traffic
• Laydown area(s)
• Materials management
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The Engineering Design Process
Creative process
Problem Identification
Research Phase
Requirements Specification
Concept Generation
Design Phase
Prototyping Phase
System Integration
Maintenance Phase
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Problem Identification and
Requirements Specification
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Needs Identification
1. Collect information
2. Interpret information
3. Organize needs
4. Determine relative importance of needs
5. Review outcomes and process
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Requirements Specification
1. Marketing requirements
Customer needs
2. Engineering requirements
Applies to technical aspects
Performance requirements
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Example Engineering
Requirements
Performance and Functionality
Reliability
Energy
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Concept Generation and
Evaluation
Explore many solutions
Brainstorm
Select the best solution
Based on needs and constraints
Creativity
Development of new ideas
Innovation
Bringing creative ideas to reality
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Strategies to Enhance Creativity
Lateral thinking
Question
Practice
Suspend judgment
Allow time
Think like a beginner
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Design Considerations
Component variation
Environmental conditions
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Design Considerations
2) RELIABILITY
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Design Considerations
3) SAFETY
identify failure modes
provide protection
4) TEST
design for ease of test
5) PRODUCTION/MANUFACTURING
consider ease of assembly
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Design Group (Team)
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Design Group (Team)
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Design Group (Team)
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Project Management
Why?
to persuade
to inform
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Oral Presentations
Tips
Prepare – practice, practice, practice
Eye contact with entire audience
Avoid too much information
Meet time constraints
Look and act professionally
Use visuals effectively
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Oral Presentations
Slides
Use a large font, 24 pt or more
Avoid more than 4 or 5 bullets per page
Avoid fancy graphics that add no value
Group slides for major points (top-down)
Avoid reading slides
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Project Lifecycle
Cost and
Intermediate
Staffing
Phases (one
level
or more) Final
Initial
Phase Phase
Time
Start Finish
Milestones :
• defined state of the project
• decision point
Project scope
management
Definitions
Project scope management
Time, quality, cost
Human resources management
Information management
Risk management
Monitoring Project scope during the project
Overquality
Specifications What has been
realised
Errors in Waste
specifications
Adequate
Quality
Happy
hazard
Court circuit
Unsatisfaction
Customer’s Needs
Project time management
Activity A Activity B
Project time management
A B E
Start
Finish
D F
C
B
A E
Start Finish
C F
D
Intermediate Phases
(one or more)
Time
Start Finish
Curve of cost baseline
Project quality management
Definitions
Project scope management
Time, quality, cost
Human resources management
Information management
Risk management
Subcontracting management
Time
Project location
Information System
Organisations
Task 2
Task 3
Task 1
Tasks, processus
Files and Documents
Systems ?
Risk Management
What is risk ?
management
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Several studies show that IT projects share some
common sources of risk
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Market risk
Financial risk
Technology risk
People risk
Structure/process risk
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SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, and threats) can also be used
during risk identification
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Sensitivity analysis is a technique used to show
the effects of changing one or more variables on an
outcome
Many people use it to determine what the monthly
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PROJECT LIFE
CYCLE AND
OBJECTIVES
PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIFE-CYCLE
1. Initiation
2. Planning
3. Executing
4. Closure
INITIATION OF A PROJECT
1. Create an idea
2. Identify the project vision and objectives
Sustainability Consultancy
Environmental Engineering
Project Delivery