Construction Projects are notorious for going wrong when they are not well managed. Understanding the process of project management is a critical part of the process, Tradesmen who can pair their trade skills with project management skills will greatly improve their opportunity for business and career success.
CHAPTERS
1, NATURE AND SCOPE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- The role of a project manager
- Definitions
- Characteristics of a project
- Stages of a project
- Where is project management applied?
- Project identification
- Who is not suitable?
- People that bring personal problems to work
- Understanding the interested parties
- Types of project management
- Types of project management offices
- The supportive project management office
- The controlling office
- The directive office
- Project types
- The straightforward project
- The complex project
- The evolutionary project
- State of the art
- Complex project management
- New project management methodology systems and standards
2. RISK AND UNCERTAINTY
- What is risk?
- Some seek risk
- The importance of a business case
- The feasibility study
- Who should do the feasibility study?
- Writing a feasibility study report
- Risk identification
- Types of risk
- Risk assessment
- Identify the risks
- Risk analysis
- Negating risks and responding to threats
- Identifying and using positive risk
3. MAINTAINING CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT
- Tools for control
- Benchmarking
- Procedures
- Gantt charts
- Using cpa (critical path analysis)
- Work/project sheets
- Job descriptions
- Job sheets/staff timetables
- Staff social programme/activities
- Counselling and supervision sessions
- Assessments and incentives
- Routine staff meetings
- Memos
- Orientation training
- Mentoring
- Pairing
- When and where control needs to be exercised
- Unanticipated problems that cause a risk to achieving goals
- Continually consider where, what and when
- What are you trying to control?
- An example of a project control schedule:
- Nine steps to successful project planning
4. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
- What is communication?
- Types of communication
- Communication methods are various
- Communication systems and techniques
- Other forms of verbal communication
- Miscommunication
- Setting up communications systems in projects
- First identify the stakeholders
- Understanding communication
- Active listening
- Communicate clearly to get your message
- Conflict
- Changes must be accepted
- Finding the right staff
- Teams
5. THE END GAME
- Phase/milestone reviews
- End of project review
- Reviews are costly
- How to approach a project review
- What should a project review cover – an example
- Keep your final report meetings positive
- Disposal of left-over assets
6. SOME GOLDEN RULES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT