University College London The Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management MSc Project Enterprise and Management 2012-2013 TERM PAPER BENVGPM1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT “All projects need simple processes in place to monitor and control cost, progress and quality. It is argued, however, that projects involving innovation and complexity, almost regardless of size, need a “systems approach” to project management.” Sokratis Avenidis SN: 110075446 S.Avenidis.12@ucl.ac.uk Table of Contents
insight into which complexity is and how it relates to project management especially within the construction industry. Project complexity is defined as consisting of many varied interrelated parts and can be operationalized in terms of differentiation and interdependence (Baccarini, 1996). The course established the fact that all projects do have some level of complexity. To be able to effectively identify the extent of complexity and to adequately plane for these complexities, one needs to get a
All projects need simple processes in place to monitor and control cost, progress and quality. It is argued, however, that projects involving innovation and complexity, almost regardless of size, need a “systems approach” to project management. Discuss. 1. Introduction This literature review will discuss Project Management and the apparent need for a systems approach when managing projects involving innovation and complexity compared to using a simple process. In order to conceptualise
Mr. Cody Whittle is a project manager at Andres Construction Services, L.L.C. in Dallas, Texas. On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, Mr. Whittle spoke to all sections of the Construction Project Planning course to explain the purpose of scheduling in commercial construction. Andres Construction Services is a family-owned construction company which employs about one hundred employees. The company focuses on negotiated work on multi-family apartments, retirement communities, adaptive re-use complexes, private
report style paper on two currently used UK construction procurement methods that would be applicable to the example scenario below. Upon presenting the two most suitable options you should then suggest which one would be most suitable for the scenario given. Your assignment is outlined below. Construction projects, establishing a procurement strategy Many clients to the construction industry will often face a steep learning curve on their construction project or programme. To establish a valid and robust
Factor Analysis of Causes of Delay in the U.S Construction Industry Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli, LEED AP University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Delay in completion of construction projects is one of most common issues of the construction industry. Despite the considerable negative consequences of this phenomenon and attempts to control it, due to various complexities, delays are still hard to predict and control. The fundamental step to control the risk of delays, is studying their hidden
Manpower Behind the bridge: A total of 2850 workers and 150 engineers were employed over a span of eight years including several teams of foreign engineers and technicians involved in specialized tasks. The main engineering positions includes: Project Manager, Project Chief Engineer, Planning executive, Works Manager (Super-Structure), Chief Design
Most of the project fund was supported by the City, State and Federal. The project was originally funded $ 50 million AUD each from both the State of Victoria and the City Council. It was estimated to cost between $ 100 to $ 150 million AUD. Later at its completion, the total final costs was blown out by $ 300 million AUD on top of $ 150 million AUD, reaching at $ 450 million AUD and it was further projected that the final cost will reach at $ 470 million AUD (Misiak 2003). As a result, The State
that education is the key to every person to be successful and to develop his/her society and the country. My aim to pursue Construction Project Management is to improve and widen my skills and knowledge and have a professional contribution to the world because this course will add value of my bachelor degree of science in Quantity Surveying. I am building my career in construction industry and it is required to have a high education background to be competitive on the market. This will only be achieved
Construction Management and Economics (April 2008) 26, 387–393 The impacts of change management practices on project change cost performance YI ZOU1 and SANG-HOON LEE2* 1 2 FMC Technologies Inc., Houston, USA Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, 304A Technology Bldg, University of Houston, Houston 77204, USA Received 18 June 2007; accepted 15 January 2008 Change cost is one of the most sensitive aspects of construction project management, but it is also one of the