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Introduction I

The document outlines a course focused on project management, specifically in construction and infrastructure projects. It details the course structure, including three main parts: Project Finance, Project Evaluation, and Project Organization, along with a term project involving preliminary proposals and deliverables. Additionally, it covers various phases of construction, feasibility studies, risk management, and project dynamics.

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Introduction I

The document outlines a course focused on project management, specifically in construction and infrastructure projects. It details the course structure, including three main parts: Project Finance, Project Evaluation, and Project Organization, along with a term project involving preliminary proposals and deliverables. Additionally, it covers various phases of construction, feasibility studies, risk management, and project dynamics.

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Outline

Introduction

Course Information
Lecture Outline
T.A.
Students; Background, Interests, &
Expectations
Project Management

Focus of Class – Construction Projects;


Primarily Infrastructure Projects
Topics
The Course is divided in three parts:
Part 1: Project Finance
Part 2: Project Evaluation
Part 3: Project Organization
There will be a few Guest Lecturers
Term Project (1.401)

Step 1: Preliminary Project Proposals

Step 2: Project Details

Step 3: Deliverables
Report
Presentation
Construction Phases
& Class Topics
Construction Phases
Strategic Planning, or conceptualization The need for a project is
identified, so that specific Objectives are achieved Alternative
projects (including the do-nothing option) are examined
System Design The approach for addressing the organization’s
strategic concerns is established during systems design The
requirements are translated into specific technical specifications
Detailed Design is the phase in which the optimal systems design
is translated into a detailed technical implementation scheme
Development refers to the implementation of the detailed design
Operations and Lifecycle Support represents the period during
which the project yields benefits to the organization
Divestment The initial design again determines the potential for
proper divestment in the context of the sociopolitical and natural
environment
Feasibility Studies and Preliminaries

Understanding project finance and evaluation


Helps understand economic challenges faced by owner
and contractor
Risk management
Deciding on fundamentals of contract
Delivery systems (organizational method)
Contract type (how pay?)
Award method (how decide who hired?)
Construction Phases
Design Phase
Estimation
Successive estimates produced
Planning & Scheduling
WBS – Web Based Scheduling
Deterministic & probabilistic scheduling
Resource planning
Simulation
Project Dynamics

As-planned vs. as-built (e.g., errors and changes)


Significance of feedbacks - Counter-intuitive effects of
policies (e.g., overtime)
Construction Phases
Project Management

1. The phases of
- Development
- Close Out
Project Management

1. The phases of
- Development
- Close Out
Project Management

1. The phases of
- Development
- Close Out
Project Management

1. The phases of
- Development
- Close Out
Project Management

1. The phases of
- Development
- Close Out
Project Management

1. The phases of
- Development
- Close Out
Project Management

1. The phases of
- Development
- Close Out
Project Management

1. The phases of
- Development
- Close Out

2. Related Topics
- Risk and Uncertainty, etc.

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