Project management

Syllabus
General introduction to project management covering all phases of the project life cycle and
including:
- project appraisal;
- project planning and control;
- procurement issues (such as collaborative working and contract strategy development);
- project cash flow and risk management.
Recommended Textbook
Smith, Nigel J. Engineering project management . Blackwell, Third EditionOther suggested
Textbooks (latest edition suggested)
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide. )Fifth Edition. -PMI
Burke, Rory. Project management: planning and control techniques - Burke Editions
Turner, J. Rodney. The handbook of project-based management : leading strategic change in
organizations . McGraw-hill
Harvey Maylor - Project Management - Practice Hall

Advanced Project Management

Syllabus

Project management basics reconciliation; applying PM tools and techniques; stakeholder

relationship management; project governance; project success and failure; the reality of project
management.

Strategic Management in Construction

Syllabus

- The strategic management process formulation, choice and implementation;

- Tools and techniques;
- Organisational structure and roles;
- The management of change;

- Corporate Risk and Responsibility;

- Competitor analysis, international business strategy;
- Strategic alliances, joint ventures and consortia;
- Case studies.
Gerry Johnson, Kevan Scholes, Richard Whittington. Exploring corporate strategy : text and
cases.. Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2008. 8th ed.
Rodney Howes and Herbert Robinson. Infrastructure for the built environment : global
procurement strategies. Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005.
Mark Mawhinney. International construction. Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 2001.
Robinson, Simon, et al. Engineering, business and professional ethics. Amsterdam; London:
Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007

Funding for Projects

Syllabus

Introduction.
Topics:
- Funding of Infrastructure projects
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Financial Packages
- Presentations and Discussion
Tony Merna and Cyrus Njiru, Financing infrastructure projects Thomas Telford
Publishing: 2002 ISBN: 0-7277-3040-1

Risk Management
Syllabus

- Risk Management theory, the definition of terms and basic methodologies adopted in civil
engineering and construction projects.
- Risk Management approaches, dealing with Identification, Assessment, Response and
Management of Residual Risk.
- Sensitivity Analysis and Monte-Carlo Simulation and an overview of Risk Management
Software, RMS, when and how to use.
- Risk Registers - purpose, management applications.
- Introduction to Uncertainty Management, the relationship between risk and opportunity.
- Case Studies of Risk Management over the project life cycle.

N J Smith , Managing risk in construction projects WILEY Blackwell 2014 3rd ed.
N J Smith , Appraisal, risk and uncertainty Thomas Telford Publishing 2003 ISBN: 0-72773185-8
Vose, D. (2000) Risk analysis : a quantitative guide, Chichester ; New York, Wiley,.

Procurement Management
Syllabus

- Introduction to Procurement Management

- Alternative Procurement Strategies
- Partnering
- Client Supply Chain Management and Procurement Options
- Contract Strategies
- Procuring programme of projects.
Greenhalgh B & Squires G, (2011), Introduction to building procurement , Spon
Denise Bower. (2003) Management of Procurement, Thomas Telford
Masterman J.W.E., (2002) Introduction to Building Procurement Systems, 2 nd Ed. E & F N
Spon
Office of Government Commerce (OGC), Achieving Excellence Guidance Note 6: Procurement
and contractstrategies Available online http://www.forthconstruction.co.uk/index.php?
page=achieving-excellence
Smith NJ (2008), Engineering Project Management, 3rd Edition, Blackwell Science - ( Chapters
8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17)
Turner A. (1997) Building Procurement, 2 nd Edition, Macmillan

Value Management
Syllabus

This module introduces candidates to the process of value engineering and value management
through its operation at the Scheme/Schematic design stage. Differences between cost cutting,
value engineering and value management are highlighted. The concept of the Client's Value
System is introduced and approaches to teams and facilitation are explored. These are then
illustrated in practice through an introduction of the more advanced techniques of the strategic

briefing of projects. A case study is used throughout to explain the process, tools and techniques
of value engineering and value management.
- Introduction, background and definitions, types of VM study, the job plan, the VM team,
element function analysis, evaluation and development techniques. Workshop: Information,
information processing and analysis, creativity at elemental level.
- An introduction to teams, team dynamics and facilitation. Strategic VM and the client's value
system. Workshop: The techniques of strategic functional analysis and creativity.
- The implications of VM and the client's value system; development, presentation and
implementation. Workshop: Development, action planning, presentation.
- The Value Management/Value Engineering Process - study styles, designing studies and
workshops, the study and workshop methodology. Workshop: Designing a VM/VE study in
practice - team working.
- Workshop: Team presentations on study styles, review of facilitation styles.
RECOMMENDED MODULE TEXT:
Kelly J R., Male S.P., & Graham D., Value management of construction projects . WILEY
Blackwell Publishing. Oxford, 2015, ISBN 978-1-118-35123-9.
Nigel Smith. Engineering Project Management 3rd Ed. Blackwell, Value Management chapter

ADDITIONAL READING
Male S., Kelly J., Fernie S., Gronqvist M., Bowles G., Value management : the value
management benchmark : a good practice framework for clients and practitioners. Published
Report for the EPSRC IMI Contract. Thomas Telford. 1998.
Male S., Kelly J., Fernie S., Gronqvist M., Bowles G., Value management : the value
management benchmark : research results of an international benchmarking study. Published
Report for the EPSRC IMI Contract. Thomas Telford. 1998.