Mega Projects Management Part I

Including main concepts, execution phases and products, cost estimates, execution strategy definition and organization.

What you'll learn

Understand and apply the main concepts of project management and major projects execution

Visualize the different subjects that are considered by managers when defining a major project strategy

Understand the project execution phases and the objectives and products of each one

Learn how to define the best organization for major projects and receive highlights from a real execution experience

Understand the responsibilities of the main actors in a major project

Requirements

Shall be engineers working on the projects development area, or considering to work on it. And need only some basic office tools, like power point, word and excel.

Description

The course, prepared by LATINBIS LLC, introduces the students to the main concepts of mega project management. Includes from the concept of mega projects, types of projects and main characteristics (objective, scope, schedule and budget), to the project phases and products of each phase (visualization, conceptualization, definition or basic engineering and execution or EPC), including an explanation of the early works, the issues to be considered when setting a project strategy, the different project strategies, the actors and responsibilities and finally gives recommendations on how to set the project organization. It includes highlights and recommendations from the experience of the instructor. Works as an introduction to other upcoming courses, like Part II, that is ready and includes the areas of contracting, contract administration, project control and cost control. Is instructed by LATINBIS LLC founder and CEO, Valeria Negretti, a highly experienced project manager with more than 39 years in the oil, gas and energy project execution and business development. LATINBIS LLC, is a company founded to render Business Investment Support for project development in the oil, gas and energy areas and specializes on the Latin American countries. The students will end up entering a full set of courses specially prepared by instructors with real experience on the different areas of the project management.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Execution Phases

Lecture 2 Execution Phases

Section 3: Part I . 2 - Execution Strategy

Lecture 3 Execution Strategy Issues

Section 4: Part I . 3 - Actors and Organization

Lecture 4 Actors and Responsibilities

Lecture 5 Questions and Answers

The learners shall be working on project execution on privet or state owned companies, on engineering consulting, construction contractors or operators on the oil, gas or energy areas.