ARC 327R.13 / 386M.14 / ARI 350R.2 / 386M.5 Seminar
Thurs 2:00 – 5:00pm, SUT 2.110
Open to all SOA and non-SOA students
Richard Jennings: rjenn@utexas.edu
This course provides a solid introduction to project management for the design professional, including: project start up; scoping, budgeting, and scheduling; financial management and control of projects; owner and client relationships; establishing and negotiating professional fees; project revenue recognition, earned value management, and percent complete determination; overview of both traditional and newer alternate project delivery approaches, including traditional design-bid-build, design-build, bridging, fast-track, and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD); introduction to Gantt charts, critical path scheduling and other scheduling techniques; team building; coalescing owner-designer-contractor relationships; professional services delivery; project risks and mitigation; life cycle costing analysis; project close-out, commissioning, post-occupancy services; and other project management topics.
The course incorporates principles and concepts from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is intended to partially satisfy the educational requirement of the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® examination. The course is comprised of lectures, written assignments, readings, real-world cases, role-playing exercises based on real-world situations, and expert guest speakers from the design, construction, and real estate fields.
