Develop a Career in Engineering Project Management. Master the skills required to lead large engineering projects

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Managing Major Engineering Projects SpecializationUniversity of Leeds

What you will learn

Understand the key phases of a project life cycle and the main characteristics of major projects

Understand the key cost and time performance indicators of major projects

Understand the governance of major projects, its challenges and learn how governance informs project management

Understand major project financing and key financial indicators used in major project finance

Skills you will gain

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About this Specialization

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Accelerate your career by improving your project management skills. This Specialization delivers a rigorous exploration of the best practices for planning and delivering these major engineering projects. You’ll learn about the measures of success, how to resolve challenges of governance and typical financing approaches of these projects. If you are an engineer or a project manager and you aspire to get involved with major engineering projects, or you are already working on one, then this Specialization is for you. Master your project management skills and prepare to develop your career in engineering. This specialization is based on content from the Online MSc in Engineering Management. If you interested to develop your career further, take a look at our online degree.

Applied Learning Project

The projects for this specialization give you the opportunity to develop your skills in relation to real-life case studies. You will develop templates, tools and presentations to demonstrate your mastery of engineering project management techniques. Preparation for the projects will involve research into your chosen case study, and you will be encouraged to reflect on how the outcomes of your research might change the practices or approaches in your profession.

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Intermediate Level

This specialization is ideal for graduates from engineering, science and other numerate subjects or for professionals with relevant work experience.

Approximately 4 months to complete

Suggested pace of 4 hours/week

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Learner Career Outcomes

14%

Started a new career after completing this specialization.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online courses

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Flexible Schedule

Set and maintain flexible deadlines.

Intermediate Level

This specialization is ideal for graduates from engineering, science and other numerate subjects or for professionals with relevant work experience.

Approximately 4 months to complete

Suggested pace of 4 hours/week

English

Subtitles: English, Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Vietnamese, German, Russian, Spanish

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Hands-on Project

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When you finish every course and complete the hands-on project, you'll earn a Certificate that you can share with prospective employers and your professional network.

There are 3 Courses in this Specialization

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Course 1

Major Engineering Project Performance

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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.

Looking into examples of best practice, you'll explore the relationship between projects, programmes and portfolios. You'll also discover the roles performed by the project manager, examine the difficulties associated with quantifying transaction costs in major project management and consider how different management approaches impact on these costs. Optimism bias and strategic misinterpretation regularly cause delays to major engineering projects. Using stimulating case studies, you'll evaluate the measures of success and compare and contrast 'project success' versus 'project management success'. In the final week of the course, you'll research and present a contemporary example of a major engineering project from your own country. This course explores concepts analysed in the University’s Online MSc in Engineering Management. If you are interested to develop your skills further, take a look at our online degree.

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Major Engineering Projects: Governance, Risk and Scope

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Gain confidence when dealing with stakeholders of major projects by learning to identify and manage those that are involved in the project planning and delivery. This course will enable you to explore project governance in theory and practice.

Through real life examples you’ll understand how the critical challenges of the governance in major projects are resolved. Being able to successfully manage risk and uncertainty in major projects is vital for their delivery. In this course you’ll learn to distinguish between risk and uncertainty and the role of risk register. You’ll identify the unique challenges of scope management in major projects and employ scope management tools and techniques that will facilitate your project planning. This course explores concepts analysed in the University’s Online MSc in Engineering Management. If you are interested to develop your skills further, take a look at our online degree.

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Financing and Initiating Major Engineering Projects

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To successfully lead major projects you have to understand typical investor and project financing approaches. In this course, you’ll learn to interpret some key contractual instruments that are relevant for the financing of major engineering projects so that you are in a position to ensure the financially secure delivery of your project. You’ll explore the concept of “time value of money” and be able to compute key indicators such as “Pay-back time”, “Net Present value” and “Internal Rate of Return”.

You’ll identify common stakeholder and management approaches, and be able to implement key messaging, taking accurate requirements and manage expectations. Through real-life case studies you’ll identify appropriate best practice related to governance, execution strategies, requirements management, procurement, asset and risk management and organisational design and development for the successful delivery of large engineering projects. This course explores concepts analysed in the University’s Online MSc in Engineering Management. If you are interested to develop your skills further, take a look at our online degree.

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Dr Giorgio Locatelli

Lecturer of Infrastructure Procurement and Management

School of Civil Engineering

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Is this course really 100% online? Do I need to attend any classes in person?
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Will I earn university credit for completing the Specialization?
This Specialization doesn't carry university credit, but some universities may choose to accept Specialization Certificates for credit. Check with your institution to learn more. Online Degrees and Mastertrack™ Certificates on Coursera provide the opportunity to earn university credit.
How long does it take to complete the Specialization?
Time to completion can vary widely based on your schedule, most learners are able to complete the Specialization in 3-5 months.
What background knowledge is necessary?
Some familiarity with engineering projects is recommended.
Do I need to take the courses in a specific order?
The recommended order for taking the courses is; Major Engineering Project Performance, Major Engineering Projects: Governance, Risk and Scope, Financing and Initiating Major Engineering Projects but the courses are all self-contained and can be studied in any order.
What will I be able to do upon completing the Specialization?
When you have completed the Specialization you will have gained;
· Understanding of the contexts in which major projects are planned and delivered
· Knowledge of a range of issues that are currently facing the project manager(s) in major projects
· Awareness of a range of realistic situations that a successful project manager would have to manage and control
· Awareness of best practices for planning and delivering major projects
How often is each course in the Specialization offered?
Each course in the Specialization is offered on a regular schedule with sessions starting every two weeks. If you don't complete a course on the first try, you can easily transfer to the next session, and your completed work and grades will carry over.

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