Gain confidence when dealing with stakeholders of major projects by learning to identify and manage those that are involved in the project planning and delivery. This course will enable you to explore project governance in theory and practice. Through real life examples you’ll understand how the critical challenges of the governance in major projects are resolved.

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Being able to successfully manage risk and uncertainty in major projects is vital for their delivery. In this course you’ll learn to distinguish between risk and uncertainty and the role of risk register. You’ll identify the unique challenges of scope management in major projects and employ scope management tools and techniques that will facilitate your project planning.

This course explores concepts analysed in the University’s Online MSc in Engineering Management. If you are interested to develop your skills further, take a look at our online degree.

Course 2 of 3 in the Managing Major Engineering Projects Specialization.

What You Will Learn

- Identify key stakeholders in major projects and understand stakeholder management

- Understand the governance of major projects and its challenges and learn how governance informs project management

- Understand strategic risk management and how to manage opportunities and risks

- Understand the theory and practice of scope management

Syllabus

WEEK 1: Major Engineering Projects: Governance, Risk and Scope

WEEK 2: Governance and project governance

WEEK 3: Strategic risk management process

WEEK 4: Scope management and associated challenges

WEEK 5: Project

Managing Major Engineering Projects Specialization

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University of Leeds

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