Learning outcome

A candidate who has passed the course should have a learning outcome in the form of acquired knowledge, skills, and general competence, as described below.

Knowledge

The candidate:

• knows the terminology used in multi-disciplinary project management and in cost engineering
• understands the interaction between different diciplines in multi-disciplinary project management
• can explain how life-cycle analyses are used to handle environmental aspects of multi-disciplinary project management

Skills

The candidate:

• is able to carry out investment analyses
• is able to perform cost estimates with focus on early phase estimates in multi-disciplinary projects
• Is able to structure, organize and schedule multi-disciplinary projects, including project control

General competence

The candidate:

• is prepared for carrying out multi-disciplinary projects in industry and process development
• is able to combine competence from the courses of the study programme with the knowledge and skills of cost engineering to obtain cost-effective process solutions

Course Description

• Definition of project and project management
• Phases in projects and different estimate types
• Project stakeholders and definition of project objectives
• Project organizations
• The construction process
• Contracts and contract Formats
• Payment forms
• Introduction to environmental management principles, including Life-Cycle Analysis
• Net present value analysis
• Cost estimation and cost control
• Time scheduling
• Scope Analysis
• Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
• Project Control

Teaching and Learning Methods

An online, part-time version of the SCE study programme was started Fall 2015, and will be started for the PT and EET study programmes Fall 2016. The present course will be taught online from the fall semester year 2018. The course will continue to be taught as a traditional campus-based course. The course contents and the learning material used in the course will be the same in both programmes, however, with some differences in the organization of the course: In the online version of the course, there are no ordinary lectures. A number of relevant videos produced by the instructor(s), or external videos, will be provided. These videos will be provided both for the online course and for the campus-based course.

Assessment Methods

The final test counts 100 %. All homework assignments and exercises in the course are, however, relevant for the final test.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean