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Lecture 2 of 57Week 1: Introduction, Course Context, Construction Project Management
Lesson 2. Objectives of a Project, Scientific Way of Managing of Objectives
Prof. Koshy Varghese · IIT Madras
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All the lectures
- Lesson 1. What is Project Management?, Is Project Management an Art/ Science?
- Lesson 2. Objectives of a Project, Scientific Way of Managing of Objectives
- Lesson 3. Course Scope & Plan, Questions and Discussions
- Lesson 4. Construction Industry and National Growth
- Lesson 5. Project Stakeholders, Project Phases, Project Organization
- Lesson 6. Project Scheduling Levels (& Scheduling Engineer Responsibilities)
- Lesson 1. Time Management - Overview
- Lesson 2. Basics of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Lesson 3. Tools for Time Management
- Lesson 4. Gantt / Bar Chart - History, Representation, Progress Monitoring, Uses, Steps to draw a Bar Chart
- Lesson 5. Develop a Bar Chart (Exercise)
- Lesson 6. Bar Charts for Resource Usage, Pros and Cons
- Lesson 1. Duration Estimation - Types, Inputs, Methods, Parametric Estimation
- Lesson 2. Factors influencing Productivity, Example for Ideal Productivity, Factored Productivity and Working Time Factor
- Lesson 3. Piling Activity Example, Applicability of different methods to Estimate Activity Duration
- Lesson 4. Summary of Key Topics, Types of Networks
- Lesson 5. Networks - Introduction, Techniques
- Lesson 6. Representing Results in a Bar Chart, AON Example -2
- Lesson 1. Introduction to Floats, Types of Floats and Example- 1 Discussion
- Lesson 2. Example 4, Usage of Floats for Project Decisions
- Lesson 3. Two-Span Bridge: Activity Identification and Duration Estimation (Cont.,)
- Lesson 4. Two-Span Bridge: Activity Identification and Duration Estimation
- Lesson 5. Two-Span Bridge: Activity- Duration- Predecessors
- Lesson 6. Review Network Analysis Concepts, Apply Network Analysis to Two-Span Bridge (Cont.,)
- Lesson 7. Two-Span Bridge: Network Analysis
- Lesson 8. Two-Span Bridge: Resource Constraints in Network Logic
- Lesson 1. Fast-Tracking vs Crashing, Relationship between Activity Direct Cost & Activity Duration - Assumptions
- Lesson 2. Time-Cost trade-off: ABCD Example Project, Steps for Crashing
- Lesson 3. Time-Cost trade-off: Class Exercise- 2
- Lesson 4. Time-Cost trade-off: Problem- 3, Tabulation Approach
- Lesson 5. Incorporating Factors such as Bonus and Penalty; Problem- 4
- Lesson 1. What is Resource?, Influence of Resources on Schedule, Two-Span Bridge Example, Resource Decisions; ABCD Example Project; Resource Over-Allocation; Example-2
- Lesson 2. Projects & Resources, Example of Two Resources, Exercise, Two-Span Bridge Example
- Lesson 3. Review Problem -1; Problem -2 (Cash Resource); Resolving Over-Allocation
- Lesson 4. Problem 1- Two Resources; Resolving Resource Allocation Problems
- Lesson 5. Resource Profile Requirements
- Lesson 6. Resource Leveling - Example Network
- Lesson 7. Minimum Moment Concept
- Lesson 8. Applying Improvement Factor - Illustration
- Lesson 1. Introduction to Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
- Lesson 2. PDM network representation and its issues, Network Calculation
- Lesson 3. PDM – Problem #1
- Lesson 4. Issues in PDM, Negative Lags, Problem #2 Solution
- Lesson 5. PDM – Analysis with non-continuous duration, Floats
- Lesson 6. Defining Relationship (Based on Construction Method) - Simple Shed
- Lesson 7. Project Monitoring & Control – Typical Project Time Monitoring Process, Levels and Frequency of updates
- Lesson 8. Project Control Process, Daily Progress Report, Macro Level Update- Data Need, Standard Progress Reports
- Lesson 9. Application: Two Span Bridge – ES Schedule
- Lesson 1. Review of Key Issues in Project Monitoring, Earned Value Concept Through Examples
- Lesson 2. Basic Earned Value Definitions & Terminology, Summary
- Lesson 3. Uncertainty in Project Schedules
- Lesson 4. PERT Background & Assumptions, Stepwise Procedure
- Lesson 5. PERT Example Problem, Summary
- Lesson 6. Course Conclusion
- Lesson 7. Emerging Trends/Tools in Project Planning
- Lesson 8. Industry Perspective –Prof. N. Raghavan
- Lesson 9. Final Exam Pattern, Acknowledgements