SYLLABUS CE736 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT

INSTRUCTOR: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rfat Snmez, (Room:K1-414) FIRST MEETING: 24-September-2013, 14:40TH5 WHEN & WHERE: Tuesdays at 14:40-17:30, TH5 COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course includes several topics related to project and portfolio management techniques from project conceptualization to turnover. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Develop an understanding of the construction project delivery process and key management factors for achieving project success. Provide a basic knowledge of project management functions, and competing values framework management model. Understand and apply scheduling, and integrated cost and schedule control. Provide a basic knowledge of portfolio management. Present an introduction to linear and integer programming, and optimization problems in project management including; resource leveling, time-cost trade-off problem, resource-constrained project scheduling problem and multi-project resource optimization. Practice report preparation, team study and oral presentation. TEXTBOOK: Textbook: (Available at Library) Oberlender G.D.: Project Management for Engineering Construction, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, Boston, Mass., 2000 COURSE HOMEPAGE: http://www2.ce.metu.edu.tr/~ce736/ COURSE OUTLINE: Week 1- Week 4

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Course Introduction, Overview of Case Study, Key Concepts of Project Management, Construction Project Delivery Process, Factors Effecting Project Success, Project Scheduling, & Control, Week 5-Week 8 Scheduling Workshop, Integrated Cost and Schedule Performance, Competing Values Framework, Portfolio management Week 9- Week 10 Class Presentations Week 11- Week Introduction to linear and integer programming, and optimization 14 problems in project management including; resource leveling, time-cost trade-off problem, resource-constrained project scheduling problem, muti-project resource optimization

GRADING: Mid-Term: Assignment-1: WTP Project: Assignment-2:Independent Topic Assignment-3: Optimization in Project Management Class Participation % 45 % 15 % 20 % 15 % 5