Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

GET 501 — Engineering Project Management

3 units · GET department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

Project management fundamentals – definitions, project environment, nature and characteristics, development practice, management by objectives, and the centrality of engineering to projects, infrastructures, national and global development. The scope of project management – organisational, financial, planning and control, personnel management, labour and public relations, wages and salary administration and resource management. Identification of project stakeholders; beneficiaries and impacted persons – functions, roles, responsibilities. Project community relations, communication and change management. Project planning, control and timeliness;decision making, forecasting, scheduling, work breakdown structure (WBS), deliverables and timelines, logical frameworks (log frames), risk analysis, role of subject matter experts (SMEs), role conflicts; Gantt Chart, CPM and PERT. Optimisation, linear programming as an aid to decision making, transport and materials handling. Monitoring and Evaluation – key performance indices (KPIs); methods of economic and technical evaluation. Industrial psychology, ergonomics/human factors and environmental impact considerations in engineering project design and management. Project business case - financial, technical and sustainability considerations. Case studies, site visits and invited industry professional seminars. General principles of managem

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study GET 501.

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