Manage large projects by identifying their key characteristics, examining the key factors and risks that affect their performance and exploring methods to counter their impact on the successful delivery of projects.
This course is part of the Managing Major Engineering Projects Specialization
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This course is ideal for graduates from engineering, science and other numerate subjects or for professionals with relevant work experience.
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Understand the key phases of a project life cycle
Discriminate between projects, programmes and portfolios and identify the key characteristics of major projects
Define forms of bias and strategic misinterpretation and ways of mitigating against them
Analyse the cost and time performance indicators of major projects
This course is ideal for graduates from engineering, science and other numerate subjects or for professionals with relevant work experience.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Major engineering project performance
Programmes, portfolios and transaction costs
Time and cost in major projects
Project management success vs project success
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- 5 stars77.93%
- 4 stars18.46%
- 3 stars1.62%
- 2 stars0.92%
- 1 star1.04%
TOP REVIEWS FROM MAJOR ENGINEERING PROJECT PERFORMANCE
it gives very good knowledge of the wind power utilization with with clear explanation of installation, design calculations, problems and Economic consideration. i liked it
A brief learning course on major engineering project and it's handlings and challenges. Recommended highly !!
BIG THANKS FOR UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS AND SPECIAL THANKS FOR DR Giorgio locatelli. he has guided us nicely in this course.he made the course smooth and easy
It was a unique and intensive course. The reading materials were excellent especially Articles. will definitely recommend it.
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