Project Management for Infrastructure Sector

This lecture gives a basic overview with regards to the what and why of Project Management.

This lecture talks about Project feasibility in all its aspects.

Work breakdown structure is the division of the total project into smaller projects and subordinate work packages, which are required for building up the project plan. Students after this lecture would be able to breakup the total scope contained in the project into smaller packages and activities for smoother execution.

In this lecture, the student will learn preliminary concepts about preparing a project network using Critical Path Method or CPM. After this session, it is expected that students would be able to prepare a project plan, comprising of activities, duration and logical relationships between the activities.

This is continuation from Part I of the lecture on planning preceding before, comprising of critical topics like Precedence Diagramming Method, Analysis of Critical Path, etc.

This lecture focuses on the topic of Program Evaluation & Review Technique (PERT) which is a probabilistic network approach for managing R&D projects where the project activity time can't be accurately estimated. After this lecture, students would be able to learn how to prepare a PERT network.

Project crashing is an important concept to shorten the usual duration of a project for the benefit of all the stakeholders concerned. The lecture covers the technique of project crashing by means of suitable examples. After the lecture, the students would be able to do project crashing on their own.

This lecture covers the management of primary resources i.e. manpower, material and equipment required for the project. After the lecture, students would be able to know about resource deployment in projects in a optimal manner. Certain tools and techniques required for optimization are also discussed in details in this session.

This lecture covers the topic of resource levelling and how it is actually implemented in a project situation. Uniform crew sizes in a project is always desirable and this technique helps us in finding that. After the lecture, students would be able to execute resource levelling and how the concept can also be realized with the help of a PM software like MS- project, to perform the same function.

In this lecture, applications of operations research techniques like Simplex Method, Transportation Problem, etc in project situations is discussed in great details. After this session, students would be able to apply relevant OR techniques to certain project situations requiring optimization of resources.

In this lecture, the various monitoring and control techniques are discussed in detail.  After this session, students will be able to appreciate the role of monitoring and control in the timely completion of projects.

Earned Value Analysis is a important monitoring tool to see the project performance with respect to time and cost on a real-time basis. After this session, students would be able to appreciate the role of this critical method in monitoring the project effectively.

This lecture covers the importance of preparing Project estimates and how these estimates are important both from the point-of-view of Employer as well as Contractor. After this session, students would be able to know about the tendering process and systems followed in different organizations.

In this lecture, different form of tendering like open tender, limited tender etc, has been discussed. Further more, the role of E-Tendering has also been explained in great details. Also, important clauses which are contained in EPC general conditions also also explained.

In this lecture, the entire process of managing a contact involving systems procurement is explained and the challenges faced in Contracts Management has been clearly brought out. After this session, students would be able to know about the actual contracting process followed by many leading EPC organizations and this subject matter is from practical experience, which may not be covered in many leading text-books.

Critical Chain Project Management is a novel concept which has been introduced recently and is based upon the Theory of Constraints propounded by Goldratt. This method takes into account the behavioral aspects like Murphy's law, Student Syndrome etc, as applied to Project Management. After this lecture,  students would be able to learn and apply this path- breaking approach quite efficiently.

This lecture covers, some of the Project Management techniques employed for executing IT projects. Concepts like Waterfall Technique and Agile Methodology , has been discussed in great details. Students and professionals from the IT domain can derive tremendous benefits from this session.

This lecture covers the salient aspects contained in the PMBOK 2016 edition- i.e process routes, knowledge areas and other details. Students who are desirous of giving the PMP exam, will find this session particularly useful.

This is the continuation of the last session.

In this lecture, the salient features of PMBOK (2021 edition ) has been discussed in great details with particular focus on how this recent edition differs from the 2016 version. This lecture, will also be useful for students intending to appear for the PMP exam.

This lecture covers the use of PM software packages like MS-Project and Primavera , in the planning, monitoring and control of projects.

This lecture gives a actual demo of how to use MS-Project while managing a project. Salient features of using MS-Project is explained in great details here. Students would be able to appreciate the power of MS-Project and how it can used to plan, monitor and control projects of a complex nature, through real-life examples.

This lecture focusses on the last activity performed  after all the activities has been completed. It marks the closure of the Contracts between the Employer and the Contractor(s). The certificates required for closing the Contract in actual practice  has been highlighted here in great detail.