1 : The Management of Construction
Projects
Between the idea
And the reality…
Between the conception
And the creation
Falls the Shadow
T. S. Eliot
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Module Objectives
• to provide a synthesis of learning on the
management of construction projects
• to present the discipline as a whole, rather
than a set of disparate parts
• to provide framework for professional
engagement with the management of
construction projects
• to make you think!
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The Management of Construction
Projects
• projects as the creation of new value
• the project as an information processing
system
• project management and the management of
projects
• projects and resource bases
• the five generic project processes
• relationship to PM bodies of knowledge
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Projects as the Creation of New Value
• the dynamism of modern society
• the role of deliberate change
– most deliberate change involves construction
• creating new assets for exploitation
– private gain
– public good
• the new value creation cycle
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The New Value Creation Cycle
profits
financial
resources
new
firm
firm
firm
value
human
resources
learning
NEW VALUE CREATION
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The Project as an Information Processing
System
• all organisations are information processing
systems
– the heart of any business process
• flows are enabled by structure; structure is
shaped by flows
– the river analogy
• the definition of uncertainty
– the lack of information required for a decision
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The Definition of Uncertainty
uncertainty
amount of
information
required for
the decision
amount of
information
available
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The Definition of Uncertainty
• two sources
– complexity
– predictability
• two modes
– mission
– dynamic
• the dynamic reduction of uncertainty through
time
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The Dynamic Reduction of Uncertainty
Through Time
inception
completion
NONE
ALL
mission
uncertainty :
amount of
information
required
dynamic
uncertainty
amount of
information
possessed
certainty
ALL
NONE
0
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Project Management and the
Management of Projects
• project management as organisational
innovation
• project management as “tools and
techniques”
• total process and the “management of
projects”
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Projects and Resources Bases
• projects as temporary organisations
• projects as mobilisers of capital and human
resources
• resources bases as the holders of resources
• the “project coalition”
– common aims and divergent interests
• firms and portfolios of projects
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Projects and Resource Bases
PROJECTS
RESOURCE
BASES
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The Five Generic Project Processes
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•
•
•
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defining the project mission
mobilising the resource base
riding the project life-cycle
leading the project coalition
maintaining the resource base
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Relationship to Bodies of Knowledge
• International Project Management
Association
– Association for Project Management
• Project Management Institute
• bodies of knowledge
– the professionalisation process
• relationship of course to
– APM PMBoK
– PMI PMBoK
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APM PMBoK
APM PMBoK (2000) Area
General Project Management
Strategic Project Management
Control Project Management
Technical Project Management
Commercial Project Management
Organisational Project Management
People Project Management
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Coverage in Book
Parts 1 & 4
Parts 2, 4 & 5
Parts 2, 4 & 6
Parts 4 & 5
Parts 3 & 4
Parts 3 & 4
Parts 3, 4 & 6
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PMI PMBoK
PMI PMBoK (2001) Area
Coverage in this Book
Project Management Framework
Parts 1 & 5
Project Management Context
Chapters 2 & 4, Part 5
Project Management Process
Chapter 1 & Part 2
Project Integration Management
Parts 3 & 4
Project Scope Management
Parts 2 & 4
Project Time Management
Part 4
Project Cost Management
Chapter 10
Project Quality Management
Chapter 12
Project Human Resource Management
Parts 5 & 6
Project Communications Management
Parts 2, 4 & 6
Project Risk Management
Chapter 13
Project Procurement Management
Parts 3 & 4
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