CVL742

Project Management
Module 1 (Part 1) Introduction

Instructor:
S. Madeh Piryonesi, PhD

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 Land Acknowledgement
Toronto is in the 'Dish With One Spoon Territory’. The Dish With
One Spoon is a treaty between the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas
and Haudenosaunee that bound them to share the territory and
protect the land. Subsequent Indigenous Nations and peoples,
Europeans and all newcomers have been invited into this treaty
in the spirit of peace, friendship and respect.

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 Course Outline
• Construction project management principles
o Scheduling
o Cost
o Safety
• An introduction to building information modeling (BIM)
• Project finance and risk
o Bidding
o Project delivery
o Risk

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 Construction Industry
• Construction employs over 1.4 million people in Canada
• It generates 7.5 percent of Canada’s GDP (7.2 percent of
Ontario’s GDP)
• Construction as an industry
o It is large
o It is fragmented
o It is project-based

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Why are construction projects delayed?

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 Why construction projects go
overtime or over budget?
• Is it only transportation?
• What about other projects?

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 Delay and cost overrun is not very
unusual in construction

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 Budget Has a Phase Depends on Activity Depends on
design Construction
method
Work
has
Environment
Is dominated by has Schedule
Risk Construction Productivity
Scope project Construction
changes produces product
Equipment

Influences
has management
Has a set of
Owner Contractor Traditional

influences
share of risk share of risk PDS
Complements
Project
influences Design-
Delivery
Build
system
defines sets PM
Scope Owner Contractor Mark up
Management PDS
PDS

Is part of
Interacts with develops CM
Estimate PDS
Lump sum
establishes
Develops

Contracting
method Cost + fee

defines Bid Has to Bid Unit Price

Requirements adhere to Cost + %

establishes
Designer
defines Cost+
Award Target
system cost

Bidding Contract A
Construction contract
system

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Contract B
 Construction Project Management
• Definition of project by PMBOK*:
“A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. The
temporary nature of projects indicates a beginning and an end to the project work or a
phase of the project work. Projects can stand alone or be part of a program or portfolio.”

• Project management:
“The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to
project activities to meet project requirements. Project management refers to guiding the
project work to deliver the intended outcomes. Project teams can achieve the outcomes
using a broad range of approaches (e.g., predictive, hybrid, and adaptive).”

*Project Management Institute. (2021). A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide) (7th
ed.), Project Management Institute.
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 Project Management Body of
Knowledge (PMBOK)
• Published by Project Management Institute (PMI)
• PMBOK identifies
Scope Integration Time Cost
10 knowledge areas*

Quality Human Stakeholders

resources

*(6th Ed. of PMBOK) Communications Risk Procurement

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 Note: PMBOK 7th Edition vs 6th Edition
• The 7th edition of PMBOK was released in 2021
• Instead of knowledge areas, it has eight performance domains:
o Stakeholders
o Team
o Development, Approach and Life Cycle
o Planning
o Project Work
o Delivery
o Measurement
o Uncertainty

Source: PMI website

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 Note: PMBOK 7th Edition vs 6th Edition
• The two have similarities (including the definitions)

7th Edition:
Audience is
anyone in the
6th edition: project
10 knowledge areas

6th Edition: 7th edition:

Developed with 8 project
focus on project performance
manager domains

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 Project life cycle
• Predictive (or waterfall)
• How does the price of
changes vary over time?

Source: PMBOK Guide, 7th edition

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 Cost of Making Changes
• Changes become more expensive

Source: PMBOK Guide, 7th edition

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 Cost of Making Changes
• Example from Toronto

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 A project management methodology
follows a cyclical approach
• Planning
and monitoring
are essential
elements Planning

Tracking and monitoring

Source: Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
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 Planning
• It involves selecting missions and objectives and the
action to achieve them, requires decision making, that
choosing future courses of action from among
alternatives

• The reasons for project planning

o Eliminate or reduce uncertainty
o Improve efficiency of the operation
o Obtain a better understanding of the objectives
o Provide a basis for monitoring and controlling work

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 Planning
• Lack of planning leads to:
o Wild enthusiasm
o Disillusionment
o Chaos
o Search for the guilty
o Punishment of the innocent
o Promotion of the nonparticipants

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 Controlling
• Steps of Controlling:

o Measuring: determining through reports the degree to which progress

toward objectives is being made

o Evaluating: determining cause of and possible ways to act on

significant deviations from planned performance

o Correcting: taking control action to correct an unfavorable trend or to

take advantage of an unusually favorable trend
• Examples?

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 What does planning mean to
construction projects?
• Choosing technology and construction method, defining
major tasks, estimating the required resources and duration
of tasks

• A good construction plan is the basis for developing a schedule

and budget for work

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