Start Date
07/31/2024
End Date
08/02/2024
Description
Project Management is a core skill for all Project Disciplines. In today’s competitive, variable and changing environment, delivering projects successfully on budget and on schedule and with a fully realized design requires a collaborative, whole team approach. While Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), LEAN Construction, and other delivery methods have their merits, they have not proven to be the alternative project delivery method the industry had hoped they would be while an alternate scalable, adaptable and collaborative approach is needed for everyday projects.
This program will address the need for a holistic, effective, and efficient Project Management and leadership approach through Project Team Advocacy. Through this approach, participants will learn to effectively manage resources, the consultant team contractors, ensure a transparent and accountable process, and ultimately complete projects with an intent of design, both within budget and on schedule. Our distinguished instructors will facilitate an interactive, in person learning approach and explore these issues through lectures and case studies of real projects. They will also address how escalation has affected project management and the A/E/C industry supply chain issues as a whole.
There hasn't been a period in the construction industry's history where efficient management of each project discipline wasn't an important skill for every successful architect, planner, consultant, contractor, or project owner. The contribution of the construction industry in our economy and its role in promoting growth is undisputed. The same stands true for the need to raise standards and improve the construction industry's operating efficiency: all projects need to be delivered on time, within budget, and at a high-quality standard to bring the needed benefit to the environment and society at large. Resource and budgetary constraints, together with innovation in software and technology, demonstrate even more the need for a broader, collaborative, holistic, effective, and efficient administration management and leadership team of projects by a Project Advocate. The need for a comprehensive approach to the management of the project across all phases through a timely Integrated Project Management Approach is now more essential than ever.
In this in person program, participants gain an understanding of the basic and more advanced issues, tools, and concepts of an Integrated Project Management approach which is based on a proven and equitable “Intent of Design” IGMP / GMP Project Delivery Method. Examples are drawn from public and private projects at many scales and types, from the individual building to the mixed-use community development (and everything in between). Both US and international projects are addressed, identifying in each case the unique challenges and opportunities.
Key topics include the typical project life cycle and its key stages; the various General Contractors / project delivery option and how to objectively decide which one suits your needs; how to define and manage roles and responsibilities of all entities involved in a project; and effective delivery of all project stages, including feasibility, project implementation plan and strategy, selection of consultants and contractors, the RFP process, responsibilities for phases of design, the Pre-Construction Phase shop drawings, total project scheduling and budgeting design, subcontractor’s involvement in the design process, value
Location
Cambridge, MA
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Development Trends
Health, Safety and Welfare
No
Hours
21.0
Learning Outcomes
Master key project management principles.
Manage the project life cycle and key alternate project delivery methods (Traditional Design/Bid/Build, IPD, LEAN, Design-Build, and IPMA).
Achieve total project scheduling and budgeting. Recognize risks and uncertainties and mitigate their effectiveness through a proactive management process.
Establish solid foundations and select high-performing teams (pre-qualification, RFP, comparison matrix).
Realize alignment of roles and responsibilities for all players.
Motivate teams on concept, strategies, tools, and project implementation.
Direct team and sub-team management and leadership.
Collaborate and learn effectively through in-class workshops and interactive simulations.
Interactive, hands-on approach to learning is key to course success.
Respond to how COVID-19 has affected the industry and the supply chain.
Instructors
Anthony Mason, Andreas Georgoulias
Course Codes
IPM IP
Provider
Harvard University Graduate School of Design - Executive Education