Postgraduate Course: Project Management: Theory, Practice and Application (ARHW11014)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
15 |
| Home subject area |
Architecture - Heriot-Watt University |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
PLEASE NOTE: THIS COURSE IS OWNED AND ADMINISTRATED BY HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY AND DELIVERED BY DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENT EFFORT HOURS 150 COURSE LEADER S OGUNLANA
To provide the student with an understanding of the concepts and practices of construction project management. The module develops understanding of the issues related to the management of construction clients and other project stakeholders and how their needs can be co-ordinated, managed and delivered from the project?s design stage through production to occupation and maintenance within the context of client satisfaction and the overarching construction project constraints of time, cost, quality sustainability, health and safety management.
To provide the student with an opportunity to develop practical capability of applying the concepts and practices of construction project management in a simulated real life project-based scenario. The problems within the case study material will address issues related to the management of construction clients and other project stakeholders and the co-ordination and management of a project from its design stage through production stage of a simulated construction project. The student will need to formulate responses to the practical problems posed in the context of the overarching construction project constraints of time, cost, quality sustainability, health and safety management. |
Entry Requirements
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Co-requisites |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Weeks |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Use the relevant construction project management practice standards and bodies of knowledge as detailed in the BS6079, ISO 140001, RICS, CIOB, APM and PMI BoK to determine appropriate PM services
Understand client and other construction project stakeholders needs & their translation into project success criteria
Understand the key concepts involved in setting up construction project organisational structures so as to promote effective communications between construction project participants
Develop an understanding of the applicability of tools and techniques used to manage the process of project production and control within the key project constraints of time, cost and quality
Develop a knowledge of TQM approaches to construction project management & related health and safety
Develop an ability to work in teams and an understanding of leadership on the processes involved in the production of the built environment.
Demonstrate an understanding of construction client and other construction project stakeholders needs, construction project organisational structures, tools and techniques used to manage the process of project production and control within the key project constraints of time, cost and quality
In addition the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of TQM approaches to construction project management and issues related to health and safety management through the production of documentation that provides evidence of being able to plan, co-ordinate and manage the processes involved in the production of the built environment.
At the end of this module the learner will be able to
Apply strategies for appropriate selection of relevant information from a wide source and large body of knowledge
Analyse and interpret practice problems to develop creative solutions.
An ability to produce project management plan
An ability to develop project proposals |
Assessment Information
| Coursework 100% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
Construction project management concepts, standards and services, organisational structures for the |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Mark Dorrian
Tel: (0131 6)50 2338
Email: Mark.Dorrian@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Moira Seftor
Tel: 0131 221 6072
Email: m.seftor@eca.ac.uk |
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