Advanced Facilities Engineering and Construction
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Advanced Facilities Engineering and Construction Course
Introduction:
The primary objective of this course is to enhance the coordination abilities of managers and facilitators in managing project teams. Participants will acquire valuable knowledge and techniques to assist project teams in establishing and attaining ambitious targets related to time, cost, and performance. The course emphasizes not only the acquisition of these skills but also the development of participants' capability to transfer their newfound expertise to their team members.
Upon completion of this course, facilitators will possess the skills necessary to support their project teams in effectively planning, scheduling, and controlling their projects. This will enable them to enhance overall project management effectiveness and achieve successful project outcomes.
Course Objectives:
Upon the successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:-
- Know what facilities maintenance management is and be able to review the universal maintenance goals and objectives
- Understand the concept of the maintenance dimension including the demand for construction work, building maintenance in the construction industry, government policy and maintenance cost trends
- Analyze the maintenance organizations which comprises of the context within which maintenance exists as well as its maintenance policy framework & other issues
- Determine the design/maintenance relationship considering their performance requirements, construction, life cycle costing and maintenance feedback
- Describe the nature of maintenance work and identify its various types, classification, and applications
- Understand the principle of information management used in building & facilities and be able to introduce information systems
- Improve maintenance planning methodology by reviewing its principles, techniques, and programs
- Develop in-depth knowledge on maintenance contracts including the types of service contracts, contractor selection & documentation, and jobbing agreement
- Learn the techniques in cost estimating and budgeting and be able to recognize their importance in building & facilities maintenance management
- Become familiar with cost-based maintenance decisions such as the present value & uniform annual cost methods, labor-saving devices, and sensitivity analysis
- Know the process of identifying the maintenance workload including planned & unplanned maintenance work and the work identification process
- Understand the method of evaluating & executing maintenance work and recognize the importance of controlling the maintenance effort
- Learn the principles of computerized maintenance management including its system parts, program features and hardware considerations
- Employ preventive maintenance on buildings & facilities and be able to identify preventive maintenance needs & order
- Learn the interpersonal and process skills required for the successful facilitation of project teams.
- Understand a model for successful project management and then facilitate this process for individuals and teams in the organization.
- Learn the key elements in a scope document and how to help teams create effective documents.
- Learn how to facilitate the identification of critical issues and how this helps clarify the scope and do a more comprehensive job of planning.
- Learn three different methods for planning projects and how to help individuals and team development plans.
- Learn how to help identify resources for planning as well as how time estimating turns plans into schedules.
- Learn when and how to use tools such as Gantt, CPM, PERT, PDM, and Linked Bar Charts.
- Learn about tracking and controlling during implementation and how to adapt to a dynamic environment.
- Learn a methodology for reducing project schedules and how to facilitate this process.
- Receive a model for conducting effective project status meetings.
- Learn about successful HR management strategies as well as how to take on different leadership styles as a facilitator in different project situations.
- Receive a model for improving project methods.
- Receive a tool for assessing projects in the organization.
- Receive an instrument for assessing risk and determining contingency plans and mitigation measures.
- Receive a model to enhance project communication.
Who Should Attend?
Engineers, supervisors, superintendents, managers, and scientists involved in the design, construction, assessment, repair, and maintenance of a wide range of public and industrial facilities. Personnel from authorities and major facilities operating companies will also benefit from attending this course.
Course Outlines:
Introduction to Project Management Facilitation
- The Role of the Project Management Facilitator
- Key Project Management Roles
- Expected Benefits
Select Project
- Selecting Projects
- Facilitating Project Selection – The Grid Approach
- Project Prioritization Grid
- Facilitation Practice: How to facilitate a group in selecting a project
Initialize Project
- What Is A Scope Document?
- When To Write A Scope Document
- How To Write A Scope Document
- Scope Document – Terms And Definitions
- The First Step: Stating Specific Goals
- Facilitating Scope Definition – Hints, Tips, and Techniques
- Scope Document Examples
- Facilitation Practice: How to work with project sponsors in developing a scope document
Develop Critical Issues and Project Organization Structure
- Defining Critical Issues
- Example Critical Issues
- Facilitating Critical Issue Identification
- Resolving Critical Issues – Hints, Tips & Tricks
- Creating Teams & Subteams
- Critical Issues Template
- Team Summary Table Template
- Group Process Exercise: How to facilitate a group using the Nominal Group Technique
- Facilitation Practice: Skills practice in facilitating a project team developing critical project issues
Develop Top Tier, Logic Driven WBS
- Terms & Definitions
- Nine Step Planning Process
- Creating Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Strategies For Planning Projects
- Phase/Gate Systems For Project Management
- Hints, Tips & Tricks
Complete Project Risk Analysis
- Facilitating Potential Problem Analysis
- Potential Problem Analysis Examples
- Potential Problem Analysis Form
- Facilitation Practice: Facilitating a team going through a Potential Problem Analysis
Develop Detailed Project Plans
- Task Dependencies
- Task Relationships
- Benefits And Use Of Gantt
- Creating Gantt Charts
- Benefits And Use Of Network Diagrams
- Network Diagrams And The Six Block Method
- Time Estimating
- Resource Loading And Leveling