An-NajahNational University
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Civil Engineering Department
Engineering Project Management
Dr. Nabil Al-Dmaidi
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Course Description
This course is designed to prepare students to handle the practical and managerial tasks the manager is exposed to in the real life. It includes an intensive coverage of management in a wide range of project applications from concept through operations. Planning, scheduling, controlling, and customer satisfaction are stressed in this course". t covers the main concepts in the following field of planning, scheduling, organizing and controlling. This course covers a construction project schedule as a network of activities. An understanding of the logic diagram; network analysis through forward pass, backward pass, critical path and float; and updating, evaluation and use of schedule in cost crashing and resource leveling are explained. Application software systems are utilized
The course is part of the core course requirements for the Master degree in engineering management. The course will provide the students with a thorough understanding of the issues related to the application of planning and scheduling principles. It is intended to provide an in depth discussion of some of the important scheduling issues faced by various agencies involved in the construction industry. The principal objectives of the course are to:
Provide students with a basic understanding of project management principles and practices.
Increase the student's ability to function effectively on a project team.
Increase the student's ability to function effectively as a project manager.
Improve the student's ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
At the conclusion of the course students should be able to:
linear schedules
ii) Perform schedule computations to calculate project duration, activity early and late dates, and total and free floats
iii) Identify the critical path(s)
iv) Update and monitor project progress
v) Recommend an appropriate course of action when the schedule must be shortened or crashed
vi) Evaluate construction project progress
The course will focus on the following broad topics. These topics will be covered with the help of lectures, assigned readings, and scheduling project.
1) Introduction to project management
2) Management function
3) Project scheduling techniques
4) Preparation and usage of the Critical Path Method (CPM)
5) Preparation and usage of Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
6) Issues relating to determination of activity duration
7) Resource leveling and constraining
8) Time cost tradeoff
9) Schedule monitoring and updating
10) Communicating schedule
COURSE MATERIALS
Due to the vast number and the diversity of topics covered in this course, there is no single text available. However, students will be directed to the references as we move on.
References
10. Hinze, Jimmie (2004) Construction Planning and Scheduling. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey
The instructor will provide class notes, handouts, technical papers, laboratory manual and other reading materials for the course
Each student will present a 5-10-minutes oral formal talk on an assigned topic. Students are expected to research the assigned topic to present material that supplements the text. Students are expected to present a professional quality PowerPoint briefing, and distribute copies of the presentation slides to the class before the presentation.
One copy of the report should be submitted not later than the end of twelfth week of the semester.
Grading systems:
Report Assignments and Quizzes 15%
Mid-term Exams 2 No. 20% each
Final Exam 45%
Total 100