AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide a significant background to EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction about the job manage) Project Managers starting from the overall definition of the methodology based on international standards (PMI/IPMA) and focusing to bidding phase with associated economic risks evaluation (contingencies). The student will learn to achieve an optimized management of the project ranging from the construction phase, to the suppliers selection and qualification up to the final commissioning according to corporate policies. The proposed models, which use the Monte Carlo simulation, Design of Experiments and other appropriate business tools, will enable students to acquire the skills needed to deal with the difficulties arising from acting in stochastic regime.

PREREQUISITES

Pre-requisites : Basics in Statistics and in Industrial Plants

TEACHING METHODS

The whole documentation, including interactive exercise with IA for automated evaluation are online: www.itim.unige.it/pm

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Course provides competences on

• Project Management (Integration Management, Scope Management, SOW, WBS, PDM, PERT, CPM, GANTT, GERT, CPI, SPI, etc)
• Construction and Engineering Context
• Resource Management (Time Management, Cost Management, Human Resources, etc)
• Risk Management
• Team Working
• Problem Solving

The Course is based on Blended Education, Lectures & Exercises as well as Case study, experiences and Role Play Games individual and in teams. The whole Course and educational material is available in English or Italian, and lectures are provided in the languages on basis of the student demand and audience .

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Bruzzone A.G. (1998) "Gestione di Progetti d'Impianto ", DIPTEM Press University of Genoa, Genova, Italy  - on line available on www.itim.unige.it/pm

Optional

• Kerzner H. (1998) "Project Management", Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
• Duncan W. (1996) "Project Management Body of Knowledge", Project Management Institute, Charlotte, NC, USA
• Pierce D.R. (1998) "Project Scheduling and Management for Construction, Means Co, Kingston MA
• Arcibald R.D. (1994) "Project management. La gestione di progetti e programmi complessi", Franco Angeli, Milan
• Willoughby (1995) "Project management for Builders & Contractors", Salal Press
• Navarrete P.F. (1995) "Planning, Estimating and Control of Chemical Construction Process", Marcel Dekker Inc.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

AGOSTINO BRUZZONE (President)

LESSONS

Class schedule

PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The final evaluation is based on  Case studies (team works), Interactive Lectures with evaluation and a final Oral Exam

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Oral and in written

Exam schedule