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1 ANCHOR INSTITUTE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, CEPT UNIVERSITY OFFERS TRAINING OF TRAINERS On SITE & PROJECT MANAGEMENT 8 TH TO 12 TH AUGUST Promoted by Industries Commissionerate, Goverment of Gujarat Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Gandhinagar

2 Training of Trainers on Site & Project Management iii CONTENTS MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION The Engineer And Construction 1.2 The Construction Industry 1.3 Evolution Of Project Management History 1.4 Project Management In Construction 1.5 Construction Economy And The Engineer 1.6 Construction Economy And The Contractor MODULE 2: PHILOSOPHY AND CONCEPTS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT What Is A Project? 2.2 Project Management: The Need 2.3 Response To A Changing Environment 2.4 Systems Approach To Management 2.5 Three Goals 2.6 Project Management: The Person, The Team, The System The Project Manager The Project Team The Project Management System 2.7 Functions And Viewpoints Of Management Management Functions Viewpoints of Management 2.8 Project Viewpoint Versus Traditional Management Characteristics of Projects Characteristics of Project Management 2.9 Types Of Project Managers 2.10 Where Is Project Management Appropriate? Magnitude of the Effort Unfamiliarity Changing Environment Interrelatedness Reputation of the Organization 2.11 The Different Forms Of Project Management Basic Project Management Program Management New Venture Management Product Management Ad Hoc Committees and Task Forces 2.12 Project Environments Commercial/For Profit Project Management Government and Nonprofit Project Management Military Project Management Preface

3 iv Training of Trainers on Urban Waste Management MODULE 3: PHASES, STAGES OF A PROJECT AND THEIR APPROVAL STATUS Project Phases 3.2 Stages of a Project Basic Project Stages Approval Status during Idea and Feasibility Execution and Completion Stage Approval Process in Execution and Completion Stages MODULE 4: WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 4.2 Rules Facilitating The Preparation Of WBS 4.3 Desirable Characteristics Of Work Packages 4.4 Determinants Having Critical Influence On The Work Packages 4.5 Major Classification Of WBS Product oriented WBS Functionally oriented WBS 4.6 For Description Of A Work Package 4.7 Integrating The WBS And The Organization Structure MODULE 5: PROJECT ORGANIZATION Factors Responsible For Organizational Revolution 5.2 Formal And Informal Organization Structures Formal structure Informal structure 5.3 Forms of Formal Organization structure Traditional/Functional Organization Structures Product Organization Structure Customer Oriented Organization Structure Process based Organization Structure 5.4 Requirements Of A Project Organization 5.5 Matrix Organization Structure Compliance for successful operation of a matrix Project Manager's responsibilities Functional Manager's responsibilities Unique capabilities for properly executed matrix organization structure 5.6 Pure Project Organization Structure 5.7 Fundamental Parameters For Selection Of Project Organization Structure Integrating devices Authority Structure Information system Influence Distribution 5.8 Complexity Of The Integrating Devices

4 Training of Trainers on Site & Project Management v MODULE 6: PLANNING, SCHEDULING AND THE CRITICAL PATH METHOD (CPM MODEL) Bar Charts And Milestone Charts Introduction Gantt Charts Weaknesses in Bar Charts Milestone Charts Work Breakdown Structure CPM and PERT Networks 6.2 Planning And Scheduling Networks Introduction A Complication in Constructing the Arrow Diagram The Activity on Node Diagram Example Building a House 6.3 FINDING THE CRITICAL PATH Multiple Critical Paths Job Slack An Algorithm for Finding the Critical Path Early Start and Early Finish Times Late Start and Late Finish Times Total Slack Free Slack Project Due Dates That Differ from Earliest Completion Time A Digression on Slack Back to the Contractor MODULE 7: THE PERT MODEL General 7.2 The Problem Of Uncertainty 7.3 Expected Times For Activities 7.4 Variability Of Activity Times 7.5 The Expected Length Of A Critical Path 7.6 Probability Of Completing A Project By A Given Date 7.7 Effects Of A Near Critical Path 7.8 Other Methods For Calculating Project Length And Variance

5 vi Training of Trainers on Urban Waste Management MODULE 8: PROJECT CONTROLLING AND MONITORING Introduction 8.2 Meetings Some Monitoring Issues 8.3 Project Control Cycle 8.4 Project Control 8.5 Techniques For Monitoring And Control Earned Value Analysis Critical Ratio 8.6 Summary MODULE 9: SAFETY ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Objectives 9.2 Introduction And Conceptual Understanding Of Safety Safety in Construction Cost of Accidents 9.3 Classification Of Accidents 9.4 Problems Related To Safety In Construction Projects Status of Construction Workers Construction Industry in India: Status of Safety Enforcement Accidents in Construction Industries UK: Safety executive to prosecute 10 contractors Safety in Construction: Duties and Responsibilities 9.5 Safety Programmes 9.6 Hazards In High Rise Construction 9.7 Safety Equipments Safety and Health Policy Statement Emergency Action Plan Scaffold Safety Health and Safety Awareness Test MODULE 10: HR ISSUES ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Theoretical Issues And Framework General Introduction of the Construction Industry Future Challenges Organizational Role Stress (ORS) The Concept of Role Efficacy Learned Helplessness (LH) 10.2 Empirical Data Brief Introduction of the Samples Details of Samples Demographic Characteristics Details about the Scales Hypothesis Statistical Treatment

6 Training of Trainers on Site & Project Management vii 10.3 Issues Of Measurements Uses of LH Scale Details about the scales Organizational Role Stress (ORS) 10.4 Future Research Needs 10.5 Policy & Practice Related Implications General Recommendations Applied to Construction Industry Organizational Role Stress Role Efficacy Learned Helplessness 10.6 Conclusions & Generalization Conclusions Based on Basic Statistics and Demographic Characteristics MODULE 11: SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT Network Techniques In Software Applications 11.2 AOA Network Rules of AOA Network: Calculating Project Time Calculation of Floats Limitations of AOA Network 11.3 PDM Network Finish to Start Start to Start Finish to Finish Start to Finish 11.4 Earned Value Reporting 11.5 Earned Value Concept Definition of the Three Basic Values Derived Metrics 11.6 Earned Value Example 11.7 Project Management Software 11.8 Practical Examples 11.9 Project Scheduling Through Software REFERENCES 201

7 COMPILED BY: Dr. Debasis Sarkar B.Sc, B.E. (Civil), M.Tech IIT Delhi, PhD (Engg) Associate Professor, Construc on and Project Management Programme, Faculty of Technology, Dr. P. V. Akalkotkar B.E (Civil), MBA, Ph.D. Head, Construc on and Project Management Programme, Faculty of Technology, Prepared Under: Faculty of Planning & Public Policy For Further Informa on Contact: Block No. 1, 9 th Floor, Udyogbhavan, Sector 11, Gandhinagar Phone: , , Fax: dir-ced@gujarat.gov.in, cor-ced@gujarat.gov.in Website: h p:// UPCOMING TRAINING OF TRAINERS The following programmes* are proposed to be held shortly: 1 DISASTER GIS 2 P ANNING FOR INDUSTRIAL AREAS THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE 3 INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING 4 CONTRACT MANAGE ENT 5 EIA-LANDUSE 6 INDUSTRIAL LAND DE ELOPMENT MANAGEMENT *For more details on new programmes, registra on procedure, fees and final dates please check our website or contact the Programme Coordinator, Anchor Ins tute for Infrastructure. CONTACT US: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANCHOR INSTITUTE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FACULT OF PLANNING PUBLIC POLICY, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Campus, University Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad cept.anchor@cept.ac.in, utpalsharma@cept.ac.in Ph: / , Fax: Website: h p://

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