Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2011/12 |
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 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Modular (no specific semester) |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: This unit aims to: * Introduce the student to current best practice thinking in project management by considering the individual phases of a construction project lifecycle. * Encourage the student to critic and question the effectiveness of current practice particularly on complex construction projects. * Provide an opportunity to reflect and apply leading-edge research using a set of new systems methodologies for dealing with complex construction projects. Learning Outcomes: After taking this unit students should be able to: * Be able to apply PM theory & techniques and reflect on their effectiveness, * Articulate why PM theory & practice needs a new direction, * Describe what this new thinking might look like in the international construction context in which they operate in and how it might be applied. Skills: Intellectual skills To understand and apply research methodology techniques - taught and assessed Professional/Practical skills To provide students with the ability to use project planning software - facilitated and assessed To provide students with the ability to apply project management techniques and estimating - taught, facilitated and assessed Transferable/key skills To communicate ideas verbally and in writing - facilitated and assessed To provide students with the ability to apply time management skills - facilitated. Content: Through the use of a case study, this lifecycle framework will be embellished to give an understanding of the key support processes typically encountered in construction projects. The lifecycle will be divided into: concept and definition, design and development, construction, commissioning and handover, operation and maintenance. A toolkit of PM techniques will be reviewed. These include: maintaining the business case, planning (programming), initiating (procurement), managing risk, controlling (earn value reporting), delivering (quality and people management) and closing (reviewing objectives and feedback mechanisms). |
| Programme availability: |
AR50383 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
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