Project Planning & Control

What is Project Management, Is Project Management an Art / Science?.

Objectives of a Project, Scientific Way of Managing of Objectives.
Course Scope & Plan, Questions and Discussions.
Construction Industry and National Growth.
Project Stakeholders, Project Phases, Project Organization.
Project Scheduling Levels & Scheduling Engineer Responsibilities.
Time Management Overview.
Basics of Work Breakdown Structure WBS.
Tools for Time Management.
Gantt Bar Chart History, Representation, Progress Monitoring, Uses, Steps to draw.
Develop a Bar Chart (Exercise).
Bar Charts for Resource Usage, Pros and Cons.
Duration Estimation Types, Inputs, Methods, Parametric Estimation.
Factors influencing Productivity, Example for Ideal Productivity, Factored Productive.
Piling Activity Example, Applicability of different methods to Estimate Activity Duration.
Summary of Key Topics, Types of Networks.
Networks Introduction, Techniques.
Representing Results in a Bar Chart, AON Example.
Introduction to Floats, Types of Floats and Example 1 Discussion.
Example 4, Usage of Floats for Project Decisions.
Two Span Bridge Activity Identification and Duration Estimation (Cont ).
Two Span Bridge Activity Identification and Duration Estimation.
Two Span Bridge Activity Duration Predecessors.
Review Network Analysis Concepts, Apply Network Analysis to Two Span Bridge Cont ,.
Two Span Bridge Network Analysis.
Two Span Bridge Resource Constraints in Network Logic.
Fast Tracking vs Crashing, Relationship between Activity Direct Cost & Activity Duration.
Time Cost trade off ABCD Example Project, Steps for Crashing.
Time Cost trade off Class Exercise 2.
Time Cost trade off Problem 3, Tabulation Approach.
Incorporating Factors such as Bonus and Penalty; Problem 4.
What is Resource, Influence of Resources on Schedule, Two Span Bridge Example, Resource.
Projects & Resources, Example of Two Resources, Exercise, Two Span Bridge Example.
Review Problem 1; Problem 2 Cash Resource; Resolving Over Allocation.
Problem 1 -Two Resources; Resolving Resource Allocation Problems.
Resource Profile Requirements.
Resource Leveling Example Network.
Minimum Moment Concept.
Applying Improvement Factor Illustration.
Introduction to Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM).
PDM network representation and its issues, Network Calculation.
PDM – Problem #1.
Issues in PDM, Negative Lags, Problem #2 Solution.
PDM – Analysis with non continuous duration, Floats.
Defining Relationship Based on Construction Method Simple Shed.
Project Monitoring & Control – Typical Project Time Monitoring Process, Levels.
Project Control Process, Daily Progress Report, Macro Level Update Data Need.
Application Two Span Bridge – ES Schedule.
Review of Key Issues in Project Monitoring, Earned Value Concept Through Examples.
Basic Earned Value Definitions & Terminology, Summary.
Uncertainty in Project Schedules.
PERT Background & Assumptions, Stepwise Procedure.
PERT Example Problem, Summary.
Course Conclusion.
Emerging Trends & Tools in Project Planning.
Industry Perspective –Prof N Raghavan.Final Exam Pattern, Acknowledgements.