Main topics of study:

Implementing the Programme:

• Project Authorisation
• Authorising Work Without a Contract or Order
• Preliminary Organisation of the Project
• Correspondence & Other Projects
• Project Engineering Standards & Procedures
• Physical Preparation & Organisation
• Getting Work Started
• Issuing Detailed Planning & Work Instructions

Managing Progress:

• Closed Loop Control System
• Routine Collection of Progress Data
• Non-Routine Approach to Progressing
• Managing Subcontractors & Agency Employees
• Routine Priority Allocation in Manufacturing Projects
• Bad News
• Corrective Measures
• Immediate Action Orders
• Haste Versus Good Management
• Construction Site Organisation & Management
• Progress Meetings
• Project Reports

Changes & Production Permits:

• Classification of Changes
• Authorisation Arrangements
• General Administration
• Estimating Design Modification Costs
• Forms & Procedures
• Modifying Drawings
• Emergency Modifications

Cost Management – Principles:

• Objectives of Project Cost Management
• Cost Management Factors
• Total Cost Approach
• Budgets
• Cost Collection Methods
• Audits
• Comparing Actual & Planned Costs

Cost Management – Evaluation, Prediction & Reporting:

• Milestone Analysis
• Earned Value Analysis
• Earned Value Analysis Prediction Reliability & Implications
• Evaluating Cost Performance for Materials & Bought Out Equipment
• Effect of Modifications on Earned Value Analysis
• Project Ledger Concept
• Predicting Profitability
• Post Mortem

Final Project Definition & Closure:

• Formal Project Closure
• Final Project Cost Records
• Disposal of Surplus Material Stocks
• Final Project Definition
• As-Built Condition
• Managing Files & Archives

Reading List

Main Text:

Project Management – Dennis Lock (Gower)

Alternative Texts and Further Reading:

Getting the Job Done: Managing Project Teams & Task Forces for Success – W A Randolph (Prentice-Hall)