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Major Engineering Projects: Governance, Risk and Scope

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Major Engineering Projects: Governance, Risk and Scope

利兹大学

About this course: Dealing with a complex network of stakeholders is a key feature of major projects. 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 and 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 is the second course in the Managing Major Engineering Projects Specialization. The Specialization is the first step towards earning degree credit from the University of Leeds. Learners who successfully complete the specialization will be able to apply to the enhanced, for-credit Capstone project which will run as a private course on Coursera. Credit earned by successfully completing the Capstone project can be used directly towards our online MSc in Engineering Management and as evidence of accredited postgraduate study.

Who is this class for: This course is for professionals currently working in engineering project management. You might be an engineer or a project manager working on engineering projects or an engineering graduate aspiring to work in major projects in the near future. If you want to know more about the governance of major projects, strategies to manage their risks and scope management tools then this course is for you.


Created by:  利兹大学
利兹大学

  • Dr Giorgio Locatelli

    Taught by:  Dr Giorgio Locatelli, Lecturer of Infrastructure Procurement and Management

    School of Civil Engineering
Basic Info
Course 2 of 3 in the Managing Major Engineering Projects Specialization
LevelIntermediate
CommitmentWe suggest that each week of this course will take approximately 5 hours to complete.
Language
English
Hardware ReqParticipation in peer review activities require presentation software such as PowerPoint.
How To PassPass all graded assignments to complete the course.
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Major Engineering Projects: Governance, Risk and Scope
1 video, 25 readings, 2 practice quizzes
  1. Reading: Welcome to Major engineering projects: governance, risk and scope
  2. Video: Introduction from Giorgio
  3. Reading: Introduction
  4. Reading: Where are your peers located?
  5. Ungraded Plugin: Interactive course map
  6. Discussion Prompt: Introduce yourselves
  7. Reading: Research and further reading
  8. Reading: Lesson summary
  9. Reading: Lesson overview
  10. Reading: Identifying stakeholders: public and industrial stakeholders
  11. Reading: Identifying stakeholders: financial and other stakeholders
  12. Reading: Quiz introduction
  13. Practice Quiz: Major engineering project stakeholders
  14. Reading: What roles do stakeholders perform?
  15. Reading: Internal and external stakeholders
  16. Reading: What is stakeholder management?
  17. Reading: Stakeholder mapping: case study
  18. Reading: Quiz introduction
  19. Practice Quiz: Rovigo case study
  20. Discussion Prompt: Stakeholder management
  21. Reading: Lesson summary
  22. Reading: Lesson overview
  23. Reading: Stakeholder management theory
  24. Reading: What is a RACI model?
  25. LTI Item: RACI matrix: a worked example
  26. Reading: Case study: the impact of stakeholder management in HS2
  27. Discussion Prompt: HS2 Ltd.
  28. Reading: How did the National Audit Office review HS2's management case?
  29. Reading: Quiz introduction
  30. Reading: Lesson summary
  31. Reading: Lesson overview
  32. Reading: Apply your understanding: producing a stakeholder categorisation
  33. Discussion Prompt: Critiquing your stakeholder categorisation
  34. Reading: References
Graded: Test your understanding
WEEK 2
Governance and project governance
3 videos, 15 readings
  1. Reading: Welcome to the week
  2. Reading: Lesson overview
  3. Video: Governance
  4. Reading: Governance vs management
  5. Reading: Müller’s four paradigms
  6. Reading: Governance objectives and institutions
  7. Discussion Prompt: Governance paradigms
  8. Reading: Lesson summary
  9. Reading: Lesson overview
  10. Reading: Governance of projects
  11. Video: Governance of major projects: part 1
  12. Video: Governance of major projects: part 2
  13. Reading: What are the challenges to major project governance?
  14. Discussion Prompt: Governance challenges
  15. Reading: Lesson summary
  16. Reading: Lesson overview
  17. Reading: Critical analysis
  18. Reading: Lesson overview
  19. Reading: Writing your reflections
  20. Discussion Prompt: Sharing your reflections
  21. Reading: References
Graded: Developing critical analysis skills
WEEK 3
Strategic risk management process
1 video, 21 readings
  1. Reading: Welcome to the week
  2. Reading: Lesson overview
  3. Reading: What is strategic risk?
  4. Video: Features of risk management
  5. Reading: What is uncertainty?
  6. Reading: Organisational involvement
  7. Reading: What are risk registers?
  8. Discussion Prompt: Risk and uncertainty
  9. Reading: Lesson summary
  10. Reading: Lesson overview
  11. Reading: Live risk registers
  12. Reading: Opportunities
  13. Reading: Socio-technical hexgaon introduction
  14. LTI Item: Socio-technical hexagon
  15. Reading: What is risk appetite?
  16. Reading: What is utility theory?
  17. Discussion Prompt: Risk appetite
  18. Reading: Lesson summary
  19. Reading: Lesson overview
  20. Reading: Apply your understanding: creating a risk register
  21. Discussion Prompt: Critiquing your risk register
  22. Reading: Lesson overview
  23. Reading: Preparing your risk register
  24. Reading: Your risk register task
  25. Reading: What is peer review?
  26. Discussion Prompt: Reflecting on the risk register process
  27. Reading: References
Graded: Reviewing your peer’s risk register
WEEK 4
Scope management and associated challenges
1 video, 21 readings
  1. Reading: Welcome to the week
  2. Reading: Lesson overview
  3. Reading: Scope management: internal and external projects
  4. Video: Overview of scope management
  5. Reading: What is scope creep?
  6. Reading: What is gold plating?
  7. Reading: The cost of scope change
  8. Reading: Case study: nuclear sector
  9. Reading: Work Breakdown Structure
  10. Reading: How to design a Work Breakdown Structure
  11. Reading: Work Breakdown Structure: a practical example
  12. Reading: Other breakdown structures
  13. Reading: What is Buildings Information Modelling?
  14. Discussion Prompt: Scope problems
  15. Reading: Lesson summary
  16. Reading: Lesson overview
  17. Reading: What is complexity?
  18. Reading: How does complexity affect scope management?
  19. Reading: What are major project sublimes?
  20. Reading: Quiz introduction
  21. Discussion Prompt: Scope management
  22. Reading: Lesson summary
  23. Reading: Writing your reflections
  24. Discussion Prompt: Sharing your reflections
  25. Reading: References
Graded: Test your understanding
WEEK 5
Project
10 readings
  1. Reading: Welcome to the week
  2. Reading: Lesson overview
  3. Reading: The assignment
  4. Reading: Approaching your research
  5. Reading: Academic referencing
  6. Reading: Lesson summary
  7. Reading: Creating your presentation
  8. Discussion Prompt: Your experiences of presenting
  9. Reading: Preparing your presentation
  10. Reading: Submitting your presentation
  11. Discussion Prompt: Writing and assessing a presentation
  12. Reading: Next steps
Graded: Review your peer’s presentation

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