This practical five-day course is designed to systematically cover the developmental subjects vital to training competent contract and field administrators to manage time, cost, documentation and disputes during this important phase. Field administration is a critical process in achieving successful facility construction. Developing an effective field administrator requires time and exposure to a variety of construction and management experiences. Most organizations cannot afford the personnel time to apprentice a field administrator-in-training. As a result, many field representatives are sent out to a project unprepared to deal with the specific responsibilities associated with comprehensive field administration. This course will focus on the legal, technical and personal responsibilities involved in observation, supervision, and coordination of on-site construction. You will increase your knowledge of construction practices and control techniques and develop your skills in management, contract administration, and decision-making, finally contract close-out, all of which are essential in administering the contacts required by today’s complex projects.

Upon successful completion of this course, the delegates will be able to:

• Define project management framework, processes and tools in compliance with the                                                         Project Management Institute (PMI)^® standards
• Analyze the relationship of time, cost and risk when managing projects
• Apply different methods of project selection
• Construct project diagrams, schedules and plans
• Use the techniques necessary to perform an in-depth analysis on project schedules and plans
• Identify different methods for cost estimating, project budgeting and capital budgeting
• Apply earned value analysis
• Determine different tools to deal with complex projects

This course will benefit field administrators-in-training, field representatives of architects, engineers, contractors, employers and government agencies, construction inspectors, construction managers, project managers, and others responsible for effective field administration in building construction

Day 1:

Introduction to project management and framework

How god are your project management skills

Project management knowledge area and processes: Structuring Your Project

Time Management

·         The Planning Cycle (A Planning Process for Medium-Sized Projects)

·         Project Initiation Documents (Getting Your Project Off to a Great Start)

·         Networks

·         Gantt Chart simulation

·         Develop Schedules

·         Target Vs. Current

·         Crashing and Fast Tracking

·         Resource Management

Day 2:

Real case studies Time Management

Cost Management

·         Cost Estimating

·         Cost Budgeting

·         Cost Control _ Earned Value Management

Day 3:

Risk Management

·         Managing Project Uncertainty (Planning for the Unknown)

·         Risk Assessment

·         Risk response plan in real life practices

Understanding the relationship between Time, Cost and Risk management in real life practices

Day 4:

Managing Complex Projects

·         What do we mean by complex projects?

·         WBS

·         KPI’S

·         Dashboard

·         Managing Multiple Projects

·         Applied tools and techniques for complex projects

Day 5:

Building Support to your Projects

·         Stakeholder Analysis (Winning Support for Your Projects)

·         The Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) (Knowing Where the Buck Ultimately Stops)

·         The RACI Matrix(Structuring Accountabilities For Maximum Efficiency and Results) - Related variants: ARCI,               RASCI, RASIC, RACI-V and CAIRO

·         Influence Maps (Uncovering Where the Power Lies in Your Projects)

·         GAP Analysis Identifying what needs to be done on your project

·         Why Do Projects Fail? (Learning How to Avoid Project Failure)

A variety of methodologies will be used during the course that includes:

·         (30%) Based on Case Studies

·         (30%) Techniques 

·         (30%) Role Play

·         (10%) Concepts

·         Pre-test and Post-test

·         Variety of Learning Methods

·         Lectures

·         Case Studies and Self Questionaires

·         Group Work

·         Discussion

·         Presentation

This rate includes participant’s manual, Hand-Outs, buffet lunch, coffee/tea on arrival, morning & afternoon of each day.

Daily Course Timings:

    08:00 - 08:20       Morning Coffee / Tea

    08:20 - 10:00       First Session

    10:00 - 10:20       Coffee / Tea / Snacks

    10:20 - 12:20       Second Session

    12:20 - 13:30       Lunch Break & Prayer Break

    13:30 - 15:00       Last Session

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