Adroit will be providing the following training seminar at the 2018 AACE International Conference & Expo in San Diego, CA on June 27 and June 28, 2018: Managing a Project from A to Z – A Methodology Based on Key AACE Recommended Practices.
This seminar provides a project management methodology based on a select set of AACE recommended practices. This methodology identifies the key process steps in managing projects and specifies the tools that can be used in each step for successfully using the methodology in managing real-world projects. With its novel approach, the seminar explores how work breakdown structures need to be developed, and how these structures can effectively be used to produce the list of project activities. The attendees will then practice developing and managing a project schedule based on the key requirements outlined in the corresponding recommended practices. Other topic areas include project cost estimating, project risk management and project execution. With its focus on the AACE Recommended Practices, the seminar reviews the relevant recommended practices in each step of the methodology and provides a variety of examples to effectively use content knowledge and relevant skills in teaching the concepts.
The course material contains both tutorials and example-based exercises. To enable educational training and learning objectives to be planned and measured properly, exercises will specifically target each of the learning objectives outlined above. Additionally, the assessment questions will be created such that they correlate with the seminar learning objectives. More information about the content of this educational seminar is provided below:
Learning Objectives and Method of Measurement
- Apply a proposed project management methodology that can be used for effective management of real-world projects
- Identify the key process steps in implementing real-world projects and the tools and techniques that can effectively be used in practice
- Identify the key AACE recommended practices that relate to each process step to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the key requirements of each recommended practice
Knowledge Areas Addressed
Project Time Management, Project Cost Management, Project Risk Management, and Project Control and Project Control Process
Agenda
Day 1
Develop process- and deliverable-oriented Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
- AACE International Recommended Practice 33R-15 Developing the Project Work Breakdown Structure
- AACE International Recommended Practice 39R-06 Project Planning – As Applied in Engineering and Construction for Capital Projects
Develop Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) and Responsibility Matrix
- AACE International Recommended Practice 83R-13 Organizational Breakdown Structure and Responsibility Assignment Matrix
Produce the Activity List based on the process- and deliverable-oriented WBS’s
- AACE International Recommended Practice 23R-02 Identification of Activities
- AACE International Recommended Practice 37R-06 Schedule Levels of Detail—As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
- AACE International Recommended Practice 32R-04 Determining Activity Durations
Develop the project schedule
- AACE International Recommended Practice 24R-03 Developing Activity Logic
- AACE International Recommended Practice 61R-10 Schedule Design – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
- AACE International Recommended Practice 48R-06 Schedule Constructability Review
- AACE International Recommended Practice 38R-06 Documenting the Schedule Basis
Day 2
Manage the project schedule
- AACE International Recommended Practice 53R-06 Schedule Update Review – As Applied in Engineering, Procurement and Construction
- AACE International Recommended Practice 54R-07 Recovery Scheduling—As Applied in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction
- AACE International Recommended Practice 49R-06 Identifying the Critical Path
- AACE International Recommended Practice 92R-17 Analyzing Near-Critical Paths
Prepare project cost estimates
- AACE International Recommended Practice 18R-97 Cost Estimate Classification System
- AACE International Recommended Practice 19R-97 Estimate Preparation Costs in the Process Industries
- AACE International Recommended Practice 40R-08 Contingency Estimating – General Principles
- AACE International Recommended Practice 34R-05 Basis of Estimate
Manage project risks
- AACE International Recommended Practice 72R-12 Developing a Project Risk Management Plan
- AACE International Recommended Practice 57R-09 Integrated Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis Using Monte Carlo Simulation of a CPM Model
- AACE International Recommended Practice 62R-11 Risk Assessment: Identification and Qualitative Analysis
- AACE International Recommended Practice 63R-11 Risk Treatment
Execute the project and use project control techniques
- AACE International Recommended Practice 55R-09 Analyzing S-Curves
- AACE International Recommended Practice 60R-10 Developing the Project Controls Plan
- AACE International Recommended Practice 82R-13 Earned Value Management (EVM) Overview and Recommended Practices Consistent with EIA-748-C
- AACE International Recommended Practice 86R-14 Variance Analysis and Reporting
Instructor: Dr. Amin Terouhid, PMP, DRMP, PSP
Dr. Terouhid is Adroit is a principal consultant at Adroit Consultants, LLC. He has a master’s degree in industrial engineering and another master’s degree in civil engineering. With a Ph.D. in construction management, Dr. Terouhid’s expertise is focused on project planning and scheduling, construction claim analysis, and cost engineering. As an expert, Dr. Terouhid has provided consulting services to a wide range of clients for more than 14 years especially in the gas, petrochemical, and construction industries.
He also has extensive teaching and research experience in the fields of operations, project, and construction management. He is the primary author of three AACE recommended practices (RP 89R-16, RP92R-17, and 91R-16), and has published a variety of articles, with a focus on construction management, in scientific journals and presented his works in international conferences. He also holds Project Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP), Decision and Risk Management Professional (DRMP), and Project Management Professional (PMP) certificates.
To find out more and register, please check out the following links:
https://web.aacei.org/resources/interactive-learning/seminars/conferenceexposeminars/d3-managing-a-project-from-a-to-z—a-methodology-based-on-key-aace-recommended-practices
https://web.aacei.org/resources/interactive-learning/seminars