“The Future for Industrial Engineers”:

Project Management Competences &

Complexity Research Challenges

Adolfo López Paredes

http://www.insisoc.org

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 Agenda

1. INTRODUCTION

2. INSISOC

3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT & “IM” STUDIES

4. ENGINEERING COMPLEX SYSTEMS

5. SUMMARY

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 “The subject of these conferences is directed to
improvement of education, exchange of students and
EU projects”

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 Aim (I)

Project Management and Industrial Management studies:

 BEng in Industrial Organization

 MSc Industrial Engineering
 MSc Project Management

Contextual
Competences

Behavioural
Competences Technical
Competences

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 Aim (II)

Industrial Management Research:

“Engineering Complex Systems”

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 Related Presentations at AIM

• Engineer as the Future Manager (2004),

Prof. Umit S Bititci

• Education in Industrial Management

(2005), Prof. Ilias P. Tatsiopoulo

• Models for Performance Analysis of

Manufacturing Systems (2006),
Prof. Jacobus E. Rooda

• Industrial View (2008), Dr. Eduard Rikli

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 Agenda

1. INTRODUCTION

2. INSISOC

3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT & “IM” STUDIES

4. ENGINEERING COMPLEX SYSTEMS

5. SUMMARY

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 INSISOC: People
INSISOC is an Excellence Research Group of Castilla y León (GREX 251, 2004- )

Cesáreo Hernández
Professor of Managerial Economics
University of Valladolid (Spain)
Director of INSISOC

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 The University of Valladolid.

• One of the oldest universities in Europe (XIII Century).

• Data:
– 26.000 students www.uva.es
– 2.700 staff (T&R).
• Global university:
– Sciences, Medicine.
– Literature, Philosophy.
– Laws, Economics.
– Arts, Architecture
– Engineering.

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 Valladolid: Tags

Estella,
AIM 2005
Valladolid

Madrid

D.O. Ribera de Duero

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 INSISOC: www.insisoc.org

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 Agenda

1. INTRODUCTION

2. INSISOC

3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT & “IM” STUDIES

4. ENGINEERING COMPLEX SYSTEMS

5. SUMMARY

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 Industrial Engineering / Industrial Management

Contextual
Competences

Behavioural
Competences Technical
Competences

Bititci, 2004

“The Eye Of Competence” (IPMA)

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Tatsiopoulos, 2005
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 IM context: Project-Based Economy

Deustche Bank Research, 2007: Focus Germany 2020

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 IM context: Project-Based Economy

Tom Peters' Personal Branding Lessons,

Part 3: YOUR Lifelong Reinvention Matters

July, 2011

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 Project Management: University of Valladolid

Master in Project Management (2005 - )

Master in Project, Program and Portfolio Management,

(2009 - ; online).

Master Executive Project Manager (2012 - )

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 PM & IM at UVa: Before ‘Bolonia’

Project Management?

MSc Master in
(2 years)
Industrial Organization

MSc
(5 years) Industrial
Engineering

Bachelor Mechanical Electronics

Degree ….. Manufacturing
Engineering Engineering Engineering
(3 years)

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 PM & IM at UVa: currently (Bolonia)

Project Management?

MSc Master in
(90 ECTS)
Industrial Engineering

Bachelor Mechanical Electronics Industrial

Degree ….. Manufacturing
Organization
Engineering Engineering Engineering
(240 ECTS) Engineering

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 Summary: Project Management in UVa

• Bachelor Engineering (BE); 240 ECTS

– Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Electronics, etc.:
Management: 10,5 ECTS
– Industrial Design: Management: 7,5 ECTS

• Bachelor BE Industrial Organization; 240 ECTS:

– Management: 61 ECTS (+48 ECTS elective subjects)
– Operational Research and Production: 42 ECTS

• Master Industrial Engineering; 90 ECTS:

– Management: 15 ECTS

PROJECT MANAGEMENT: 6 ECTS

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 Tatsiopoulos, 2005

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 Project Management & Industrial Management

Industrial Management Educational Programmes

“Project Management” Issues

INSISOC’s Background

“Contributions” from Contextual

Competences

Project Management:
Professional Behavioural
Competences Technical
Competences

Competences (IPMA)

“The Eye Of Competence” (IPMA)

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 Agenda

1. INTRODUCTION

2. INSISOC

3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT & “IM” STUDIES

4. ENGINEERING COMPLEX SYSTEMS

5. SUMMARY

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Norman, 2004

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New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI)
Complex Systems Science
Wikipedia, Sep’11

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Industrial Management Research:
“Engineering Complex Systems”

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 Case study: Water management policies
Galán, López-Paredes, Olmo (2009); An agent-based model for domestic water management
in Valladolid metropolitan area. Water Resources Research, 45

Technological
Domestic demand
diffusion
Opinion diffusion
Urban dynamics

Statistical
model

Socioeconomic
features

GIS
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Inicialization
 Case Study: Enterprise Project Portfolio Managment.
Arauzo, A; Pajares, J.; López-Paredes, A. (2010). Simulating the dynamic scheduling of project
portfolios. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 18 (10); pp 1428-1441.

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 Case Study: Enterprise Project Portfolio Managment.
Arauzo, A; Pajares, J.; López-Paredes, A. (2010). Simulating the dynamic scheduling of project
portfolios. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 18 (10); pp 1428-1441.

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 Agenda

1. INTRODUCTION

2. INSISOC

3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT & “IM” STUDIES

4. ENGINEERING COMPLEX SYSTEMS

5. SUMMARY

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 Conclusions

• In a “project-based Economy” IM Competences are

in strong relationship with Project Management
Competences (IPMA).

• New ‘industry’: Engineering Complex Systems

(smart grids, integrating systems and embedded
systems, sensor networks, etc.) requires
“professional modellers”.

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