Manage large projects by identifying their key characteristics, examining the key factors and risks that affect their performance and exploring methods to counter their impact on the successful delivery of projects.



Major Engineering Project Performance
This course is part of Managing Major Engineering Projects Specialization

Instructor: Dr Giorgio Locatelli
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Understand the key phases of a project life cycle
Discriminate between projects, programmes and portfolios and identify the key characteristics of major projects
Define forms of bias and strategic misinterpretation and ways of mitigating against them
Analyse the cost and time performance indicators of major projects
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Reviewed on Sep 9, 2019
The course is very much practicality oriented. Learning process and structure of the course is very well and easy to go.
Reviewed on Sep 10, 2020
This course has been a revelation for me. It takes you through all the modules in way that is easy to understand and rich in content.
Reviewed on Sep 19, 2020
Useful & Informative course explained in crisp 5-15 min sessions. Assignments involve application of the learning that help the concept to be understood more clearly
Recommended if you're interested in Physical Science and Engineering
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