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Project Management Essentials in Construction

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    This course aims to provide students with the opportunity to develop an understanding of project management definition and areas, basic management functions, Construction project life cycle, project delivery methods, contracting strategies, construction contracts. Construction planning and scheduling, WBS bar charts, AOA and AON networks, critical path method, project control. Construction resources, material management, Organization charts, construction equipment. Construction method statement, constructability, Construction cost estimating, direct and indirect costs, cash flow calculations, introduction to management information systems.
  • Course Goals
  • Quality Education

Requirements

Description

  • English Description

    Definition of Projects and Project Management, Project management techniques, models, and knowledge to enable students to design and operate an effective project management system, Project Life Cycle in Construction, Project Scope Management, Quality Management, Introduction to Procurement Management, Introduction to Equipment Management, Introduction to Risk Management, Human Resources Management including Charts and staff motivation, Communication, and stakeholder management, Construction method statements and constructability, introduction to operation research. Topics are aligned with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
  • Arabic Description

    Definition of Projects and Project Management, Project management techniques, models, and knowledge to enable students to design and operate an effective project management system, Project Life Cycle in Construction, Project Scope Management, Quality Management, Introduction to Procurement Management, Introduction to Equipment Management, Introduction to Risk Management, Human Resources Management including Charts and staff motivation, Communication, and stakeholder management, Construction method statements and constructability, introduction to operation research. Topics are aligned with the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
  • Department
    Structural Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (20) + tr.Student Activities (30 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 30% ) + Exam Grade (50)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 1, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    75
  • Equivalent ECTS
    3
  • • PMI, “A guide to the project management body of knowledge”, 5th edition, PMI, USA
  • • Hinze, Jimmie, “Construction Planning and Scheduling”, 4th edition, Person Prentice Hall, New Jersey, USA, 2011
  • • Sears, S. et al., “Construction Project Management”, 6th edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2015
  • • Mubarak, Saleh A., “Construction Project Scheduling and Control”, 3rd edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2015 - PMI, A guide to the project management body of knowledge, 5th edition, PMI, USA - PMI, A guide to the project management body of knowledge, 5th edition, PMI, USA.