This program should develop your ability to use a range of techniques in the management of construction industry projects and should help you apply your critical understanding of the project process.
Topics covered include scope, time, cost, quality, risk and soft system methodology.
5 courses
Coventry University secured a gold rating in the UK Government’s 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and is the University of the Year for Student Experience 2019 in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.
Please note that the staff described in the 'Who will you learn with?' section below may be subject to change.
Upon successful completion, you should be able to:
Develop a project plan that translates the project scope into specific objectives and articulates the project process for a typical construction-related project. This should include a critical appraisal of construction procurement strategies
Apply time and budgetary analysis techniques to a project to provide an activity-based breakdown of the work using planning software. This includes a critical assessment of the human and physical resource needs
Develop and critically evaluate a quality management procedure that includes QA/QC requirements for monitoring conformance
Propose and perform a risk assessment of a construction-related project
Demonstrate alternative views of managing projects based on alternative project management methodologies
Critically evaluate environmental sustainability issues relating to the management of construction projects
