ENGE352
Project Engineering and Management
Syllabus
- Introduction (4 hours)
- Project definition, characteristics, types
- Project life cycle and its phases
- Project stakeholders: Roles, responsibilities and expectations
- Introduction to project management frameworks: Waterfall, agile and hybrid models
- Project Appraisal and Feasibility Studies (8 hours)
- Project appraisal methods: Concepts and importance
- Feasibility studies for geomatics projects: Technical, economic, legal, and environmental aspects
- Project proposal development: Objectives, scope, resources, and timeline
- Developing technical and financial proposals
- Project Planning and Scheduling (8 hours)
- Planning and its importance
- Work breakdown structure
- Bar chart, linked bar chart and milestone chart
- Network techniques: Critical path method (CPM); Program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
- Time cost trade-off analysis
- Resource (Labor, material and equipment) planning and scheduling
- Resource leveling and smoothing
- Monitoring, evaluation and control
- Earned value analysis
- Procurement of Goods, Works and Services (14 hours)
- Public procurement act and regulation
- Types, method and tools of procurement: Goods, works and services; Direct, sealed quotation, tender; Force account, users' committee; Expression of interest, request for proposal
- Preparation of detailed cost estimate
- Technical sanction and budget approval
- Procurement condition, steps and provisions
- Tender and standard bidding documents
- Tender notice, submission
- Methods of selection and evaluation of proposals
- Types of contract: Based on payment; Build own operate transfer; Design and built; Turnkey; Engineering procurement construction
- Negotiations, contract award and agreement
- Project Implementation, Monitoring and Control (8 hours)
- Project execution: Managing resources, communication and risk
- Project monitoring and control: Tracking progress, identifying deviations and taking corrective actions
- Project schedule control
- Cost control: Budgeting, forecasting and earned value management
- Quality control: Ensuring adherence to standards and specifications
- Project Financing and Risk Management (8 hours)
- Project finance and capital structure
- Capital budgeting decisions and their importance
- Funding sources (Loans, grants, equity), capital budgeting
- Selecting and managing vendors and suppliers
- Project risk and types
- Sources of risk and risk management
- Risk identification: Qualitative and quantitative
- Risk response planning, monitoring and controlling
- Project Leadership and Team Management (6 hours)
- Effective project leadership
- Team dynamics and collaboration
- Project communication management
- Project Closure and Post-Project Evaluation (4 hours)
- Project Closure: Finalizing deliverables, documenting lessons learned
- Post-Project Evaluation: Analyzing project success, identifying areas for improvement
Assignments
- Feasibility study for a land surveying project
- Creating a schedule for a GIS-based urban planning project
- Managing a remote sensing project
- Financing a large-scale geomatics project
- Leading a team on a 3D modeling project
- Risk management in construction projects
- Evaluating a geomatics project