Past event: Project Management for Engineering Professionals Seminar

A One-Day Classroom Seminar (CPE Approved)

This course presents an overview of modern practices in effective management of technical projects and engineering professionals participation in this process. This course is based on a “down-to-earth” delivery, which is achieved through a very tight connection of material with real life utility specifics, and emphasis on exercises and practice sessions.


What You Will Learn

  1. What the definition of the Project is
  2. What the components of triple constraint are
  3. What WBS is for and how it is obtained
  4. What the difference between effort and duration is
  5. How to describe main estimating techniques
  6. What the types of cost estimates are
  7. How to describe Views of Project Schedule
  8. What project schedule optimization techniques are
  9. How to define scope and scope “creep”
  10. What Project Engineer’s involvement in a procurement process is
  11. What the procurement options and types of contracts in T&D projects are, their advantages and disadvantages
  12. How to describe risk identification, analysis and response processes
  13. What main sources of risk in T&D Projects are
  14. How to describe types of project communications
  15. How to make meetings productive
  16. How to define project baseline
  17. What the main components of project control are
  18. How to use Earned Value Analysis to forecast Project outcome

Your Instructor

Boris Shvartsberg, Ph.D., P.E., P.M.P.

Mr. Shvartsberg is an engineering and project management professional with more than 35 years of practical experience in managing and supervising of highly complicated technical projects for utility companies in the United States and Latvia. He has extensive teaching experience in the European and US colleges and universities. Mr. Shvartsberg is the author of more than 20 publications on electrical engineering and project management subjects and has made numerous successful presentations at international conferences and symposiums.

Mr. Shvartsberg has a doctorate and a masters degree in Electrical Engineering. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey, USA and a certified Project Management Professional designated by the Project Management Institute (PMI). He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Leader of PMI Utility Industry Community of Practice.

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Seminar Agenda

Main Concepts:
  • Engineering personnel’s involvement in Project Management
  • Definition of the Project
  • Triple constraint
  • Work breakdown structure
  • Specifics of Power Industry Projects
  • Class Activity: identify time and cost constraints

Estimating:
  • Definitions of estimate, effort and duration
  • Main types of estimates
  • Main estimating techniques: top-down and bottom-up estimating
  • Types of cost estimates based on the levels of accuracy:
  • - Order of magnitude estimates
  • - Budget estimates
  • - Detailed estimates
  • How to increase quality of estimates
  • Impact of estimating errors
  • Estimate components specific for power industry projects
  • Class discussion: role of estimates in the success of the Project
  • Estimating case study (class activity)

Scheduling:
  • Definition of Project Schedule and milestone
  • Views of Project Schedule
  • Schedule components specific for power industry projects
  • Examples of different types of schedules for procurement of transformer
  • Schedule optimization techniques: crashing and fast tracking
  • Scheduling case study (class activity)

Scope:
  • Main scope definitions
  • Project scope statement

Procurement Process:
  • Project engineer’s involvement in a procurement process
  • Procurement options, their advantages and disadvantages:
  • - Procurement from sole source
  • - Procurement from single source
  • - Procurement from multiple sources
  • Main types of contracts, their advantages and disadvantages, recommendations for application:
  • - Lump sum contracts
  • - Unit price contracts
  • - Time and materials contracts
  • Examples of contract types for specific situations
  • Class activity: develop examples of specific situations most suitable for application of each type of the contract

Risk Management:
  • Main definitions: risk and it’s planning
  • Risk identification
  • Risk analysis
  • Risk response
  • Main sources of risk in utility company projects
  • Class activity: for selected project identify at least five risk events and for each of them develop possible response strategy

Project Communications:
  • Main definitions: communication and it’s types
  • Main types of project meetings
  • Keys to effective meetings

Project Baseline and Control:
  • Main definitions
  • Main components of project control
  • Benefits of good project monitoring and control

Performance Measurement:

  • Types of performance data to be obtained: progress, effort, change, expense
  • Performance reporting: main types of reports, data included, frequency of reporting

Earned Value Analysis (EVA):
  • Difference between earned value and simple variance analysis
  • Main EVA metrics
  • Derived EVA metrics

Forecasting at Completion:
  • Two principle approaches to forecasting
  • Cost forecasting at completion using EVA
  • Schedule forecasting at completion using EVA

Corrective Actions:
  • Definition of corrective actions and their goal
  • Recovery from schedule and budget slippages

Earned Value Analysis Case Study (Class Activity):
  • Read the presented case study description
  • Calculate all EVA metrics required to access the Project status
  • Choose possible corrective actions if needed

Quiz

Course Recap and Closing

Venue

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Who Should Attend this Seminar

Target audience is any engineering professional looking to expand his knowledge and experience in modern project management to become a valuable member of Project Team, for example: Project engineers; Designers; Field personnel; Construction supervisors; Engineering managers.

Prerequisites and Advance Preparation
This fundamental level group live seminar has no prerequisites. No advance preparation is required before the seminar.

Program Level
Basic level. This fundamental course begins with basic material and then proceeds to the intermediate level.

Delivery Method
Group-live.


Hotel and Seminar Information

This one-day seminar will be held at the hotel listed below. The seminar will start promptly at 8:00 AM and will finish at 4:30 PM. The program includes continental breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks. Attendees also receive a professionally produced seminar manual that can serve as a valuable office reference. Dress is casual for all seminars.

Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza
4445 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
Telephone: 1-816-531-3000
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Event details
Organizer : PGS
Event type : Training Course
Reference : ASDE-4633