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CEM 401 – PROFESSIONAL COURSE 1
COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT
 WHAT IS PROJECT?
A project is a unique, transient endeavor, undertaken to
achieve planned objectives, which could be defined in
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terms of outputs, outcomes or benefits. A project is usually

deemed to be a success if it achieves the objectives
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according to their acceptance criteria, within an agreed

timescale and budget. Time, cost and quality are the
building blocks of every project. 
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 TYPES OF MANAGEMENT
Functional management also known as discipline
management involves the coordination of repeated
work of a similar nature by the same people. Examples
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are management of a department of design engineering,

surveying, estimating, or purchasing.
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Project management involves the coordination of

one time work by a team of people who often have
never previously worked together.
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 FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT

• Planning is the formulation of a course of action to

guide a project to completion. It starts at the
beginning of a project, with the scope of work, and
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continues throughout the life of a project.

• Organizing is the arrangement of resources in a systematic

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manner to fit the project plan. A project must be organized

around the work to be performed. There must be a
breakdown of the work to be performed into manageable
units, which can be defined and measured.
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• Staffing is the selection of individuals who have the expertise

to produce the work. The persons that are assigned to the
project team influence every part of a project.
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• Directing is the guidance of the work required to complete a

project. The people on the project staff that provide diverse
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technical expertise must be developed into an effective team.

• Controlling is the establishment of a system to measure,

report, and forecast deviations in the project scope, budget,
and schedule.
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 Time: scheduling is a collection of techniques used to
develop and present schedules that show when work will
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be performed.

Cost: how are necessary funds acquired and finances

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managed?

Quality: how will fitness for purpose of the deliverables

and management processes be assured?
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- is the application of processes, methods, skills,
knowledge and experience to achieve specific
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project objectives according to the project acceptance

criteria within agreed parameters. Project management
has final deliverables that are constrained to a finite
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timescale and budget.

It includes planning the activities, measuring the progress,

allocating resources, identifying constraints and completing
the task respecting those constraints.
 The core components of project management are:

• defining the reason why a project is necessary;

• capturing project requirements, specifying quality of the
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deliverables, estimating resources and timescales;

• preparing a business case to justify the investment;
• securing corporate agreement and funding;
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• developing and implementing a management plan for the

project;
• leading and motivating the project delivery team;
 
 The core components of project management are:
• managing the risks, issues and changes on the project;
•monitoring progress against plan;
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•managing the project budget;

•maintaining communications with stakeholders and the
project organisation;
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•provider management;
•closing the project in a controlled fashion when
appropriate.
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• Monitoring
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• Control
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• Communication

• People Management
  5 PHASES OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIFECYCLE
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  5 PHASES OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
LIFECYCLE
1. Initiating
This phase might include brainstorming to come up
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with several project ideas. Then, each project goes

through its “initiation” process where you determine
its key aspects like:
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•The scope
•The deadline
•The risk
•The resources
•The people needed
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2. Planning
In this stage, establishes and determine the
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direction and success of any construction project. The

planning phase is where you build a schematic of the
project.
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The actual cycle of the project management cycle

might start here. It depends on the nature of the
project and the methodology the project manager
chooses to use.
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2. Planning
• Carry out studies to determine the feasibility of the
Client’s requirement.
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• Provide information for report on cost implication.

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• Identification of Client’s requirements and of possible

constraints on development.

• Preparation of studies to enable the Client to decide

whether to proceed and to select the probable
procurement method.
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3. Executing
The execution phase is where the magic happens.
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People make progress towards the final goal and the

project manager manages unexpected developments
and supports their people.
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The execution phase includes:

•Building processes
•The Development of the product 
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3. Executing
• is the phase in which the plan designed in the prior phases
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of the project life is put into action.

• The majority of the Project Budget is expended.
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• The purpose of project execution is to deliver the project

expected results (deliverable and other direct outputs).
• The longest phase of the project management lifecycle.
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4. Monitoring
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Monitoring and controlling the project’s progress is a

crucial responsibility of the project managers because it
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enables them to stay on top of the production and proactively

manage it to meet the requirements.
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4. Monitoring
Status Reports should be prepared by the project
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team detailing activities, accomplishments, milestones,

identified issues, and problems.
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The Status Report Template should be used to report

key information including:
• Current status
• Significant accomplishments for the period
• Scheduled activities
• Issues
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5. Closing
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The closing is the final phase in the project

management lifecycle. It’s where the team “delivers.”
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The post-mortem includes:

•What went wrong
•What went right
•Wins to celebrate
•Lessons to be learned
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The purpose of project close out is to assess the project
and derive any lessons learned and best practices to be
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applied to future projects.

• Project Closeout Task/Turning Over

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• Lessons Learned
• Project Closeout Transition Checklist
• Project Closeout Report
• Post Implementation Review and Report.
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