Engineering Project Management 4 (U01306)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : EEL-4-MNEPM

Project Management is the application of management principles to deliver a project to a specified timescale, budget and quality. This course will consider the principles of the management of engineering projects with respect to the life-cyle of the project, the parties, planning, estimating, risk management, contractor selection and contract management.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Management (School of Engineering and Electronics), (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
21/09/2007	14:00	15:50	Lecture Theatre 1, Eng Sanderson Building	KB

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Friday	14:00	15:50	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course the student should be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the stages of a project and the principal players within and without a project;
- Analyse a project and produce a plan and a schedule of resources requirements, and carry out limited optimisation;
- Appreciate the fundamentals of hazards and risks in the development of projects and how these may be managed;
- Understand how the various parties involved in an engineering project use estimating and budgeting techniques as financial control tools; and
- Understand the contractual aspects between the various parties involved in an engineering project