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Project Planning and Control. Instructor: Prof. Koshy Varghese, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras.
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This course includes
Hours of videos
1583 years, 2 months
Units & Quizzes
57
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Certificate of Completion
This course will cover the basic concepts in Project Planning and Control with a focus on construction projects. The course is relevant to Civil Engineering senior level undergraduate as well as post-graduate students in the area of construction management. Practicing engineers who are part of the planning team on construction projects will also benefit from the concepts covered in the course. (from nptel.ac.in)
Course Currilcum
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- Lecture 01 – What is Project Management? Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Objectives of a Project, Scientific Way of Managing of Objectives Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Course Scope and Plan, Questions and Discussions Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Construction Industry and National Growth Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – Project Stakeholders, Project Phases, Project Organization Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – Project Scheduling Levels (and Scheduling Engineer Responsibilities) Unlimited
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- Lecture 07 – Time Management: Overview Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Basics of Work Breakdown Structure Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Tools for Time Management Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Gantt/Bar Chart: History, Representation, Process Monitoring, etc. Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – Develop a Bar Chart (Exercise) Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – Bar Charts for Resource Usage – Pros and Cons Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – Duration Estimation: Types, Inputs, Methods, Parametric Estimation Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Factors Influencing Productivity, Example for Ideal Productivity, … Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Piling Activity Example, Applicability of Different Methods to Estimate Activity Duration Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Summary of Key Topics, Types of Networks Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – Networks – Introduction, Techniques Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Representing Results in a Bar Chart, AON Example Unlimited
- Lecture 27 – Fast-Tracking vs Crashing, Relationship between Activity Direct Cost and Activity Duration Unlimited
- Lecture 28 – Time-Cost Trade-Off: ABCD Example Project, Steps for Crashing Unlimited
- Lecture 29 – Time-Cost Trade-Off: Class Exercise Unlimited
- Lecture 30 – Time-Cost Trade-Off: Problem, Tabulation Approach Unlimited
- Lecture 31 – Incorporating Factors such as Bonus and Penalty Unlimited
- Lecture 40 – Introduction to Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) Unlimited
- Lecture 41 – PDM Network Representation and its Issues, Network Calculation Unlimited
- Lecture 42 – PDM – Problem Unlimited
- Lecture 43 – Issues in PDM, Negative Lags Unlimited
- Lecture 44 – PDM – Analysis with Non-continuous Duration, Floats Unlimited
- Lecture 45 – Defining Relationship (based on Construction Method) – Simple Shed Unlimited
- Lecture 46 – Project Monitoring and Control – Typical Project Time Monitoring Process Unlimited
- Lecture 47 – Project Control Process, Daily Progress Report, Macro Level Update Unlimited
- Lecture 48 – Application: Two Span Bridge – ES Schedule Unlimited