Course Duration

Project Management alignment course

Project Integration and Scope management

Project Time management

Project Cost management

Project Quality and Human resources management

Project Communication and Stakeholder management

Project Risk management

Project Procurement Management & Professional Responsibility and Ethics

Critical Information, final preparation of PMP exam& Simulated Preparation Mock Exam  
 

Revolutionise your contract management skills
Project managers, site engineers and principal agents: come and hone your
contract management skills. This course will equip you to expertly manage
your contracts, from compiling watertight contract documents, through to
handling problems on site and managing your contractors effectively.

Day one
Introduction
•A kaleidoscope of project case studies
•Introducing the course case study
•Group exercise: tender award; site handover; managing the contract; snagging and closure
•The principle of planning and control

Preparing contract documents
•An overview and comparison of different standard contracts: GCC, JBCC, FIDIC & NEC
•Apportioning risk to the contractor and client
•Selecting a procurement strategy and the best type of contract
•Tips for compiling specifications and tender documents

The tender process
•The site inspection / tender briefing
•Tender adjudication and award
•Criteria for selecting the preferred tenderer
•Templates for the tender briefing, tender adjudication and recommendation report

Administering the contract
•The duties of the Engineer / Principal agent / Project manager
•Administering the contract based on the terms and conditions of the contract document
•Managing scope changes (variation orders), time (progress & delays), costs (claims), quality, human
resources and communication (the flow of information)
•Preparing a risk analysis

Day two
Administering the contract (continued)
•Key principles for managing safety, health and the environment (SHE)
•Monitoring progress, costs and quality, and taking corrective action to keep the project on track
•Monthly reporting
•Keeping your client happy
•Practical advice and case studies from an experienced contract manager
•Exercise on monitoring and control

Delays and extension of time claims
•Checking contractors’ programmes
•Handling extension of time claims
•Dealing with concurrent delays
•Who owns the float?
•Practical exercises

Handling contractors
•The "Do’s” and "Don’t’s” of dealing with contractors
•Six key principles for successful contracts
•Practical, problem-solving exercises

Key Project Management principles

The universal problem of time and cost over-runs
Concepts of planning and control
Planning with a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Following a structured process for project initiation, planning, execution, control and closure
Case studies: multi-disciplinary building project and IT software development project

Creating schedules with MS Project
Setting the project start date
Using the WBS to plan the programme
Creating tasks, subtasks and summary tasks
Working with task durations and links
Manipulating the critical path and float
Setting constraints
Customising and printing Gantt charts

Managing costs and resources
Working with resources
Assigning costs to tasks and resources (fixed costs, work resources, material resources and "cost" resources)
Working with fixed duration, units and work
Generating resource histograms and cash-flow reports

Cost control with MS Project
Cost control for the project manager: handling the overall project budget
Cost control for the consultant: controlling design team costs
Cost control for the contractor: labour, plant & material costs
Tracking progress and costs
Creating a baseline and setting the status date

Tracking progress and costs
Creating professional reports
Taking corrective action for delays and cost over-runs

MSProject features (3-day course only)
Creating new calendars and using multiple calendars
Working with multiple, linked projects
Sharing data and graphics with Microsoft Word, Excel and other programs
Additional scheduling and tracking exercises