Project Plan Engineering (IX7102)

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IX7102 Aims

• IX7102-AI: Specify and develop the critical skills to design assurance of project execution with allocated resources.
• IX7102-A2: Specify and develop the critical skills to organize conditions for project execution.
• IX7102-A3: Specify and develop the critical skills to define effective communication for project development and control.

IX7102 Learning Outcomes

• IX7102-LO1: Review and analyse tools to engineer conformance of the project at the tactical level of project manager.
• IX7102-LO2: Critically analyse, design and organize process to construct project baseline plan and performance measurement plan for the project.
• IX7102-LO3: Evaluate communication for tactical control by project manager.

IX7102 Module Content

• IX7102-C1: Project feasibility
  • Methodology for project feasibility analysed through case study: hospital renovation.
  • Critical project feasibility review: communication and interpretation.
• IX7102-C2: Project logic
  • Professional practices for project logic analysed through case study: Ariane 4 flight campaigns.
  • Analysis of relationships between work packages and intermediate deliverables. Diagramming methods.
  • Presentations, labs and preparation of independent study of project baseline logic.
• IX7102-C3: Project organisation
  • Construction process of Role Table (Responsibility Assignment Matrix) and OBS (Organisation Breakdown Structure).
  • Critical review of analytical estimates for activities and work packages.
  • Presentations, labs and preparation of independent study of project analytical estimates.
• IX7102-C4: Project structure
  • Construction process of WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) for budget assignment, visibility and coordination: professional practices.
  • Critical review of work package description in project baseline plan.
  • Presentations, labs and preparation of independent study of project baseline structure.
• IX7102-C5: Project schedule
  • Construction process for project schedule using dedicated project scheduling software tools.
  • Critical analysis of finish dates integration at data date to determine management action needed.
  • Presentations, labs and preparation of independent study of project baseline schedule.
• IX7102-C6: Activity performance analysis
  • Critical analysis of time and cost performance for an activity versus technical metrics.
  • Presentations, labs and preparation of independent study of activity performance measurement.
  • Methodology to relate various metrics during project execution: case study.
• IX7102-C7: Project performance analysis
  • Professional practices for periodic consolidation of performance status for all activities.
  • Critical analysis of deviations.
  • Quality control to validate performance status: methodologies and critical review of quality standards.
  • Presentations, labs and preparation of independent study of project performance measurement plan.
    
• IX7102-C8: Project scope management
  • Critical analysis of proposals for updated project plan: methodologies to reflect impact of a change request in the definition of the deliverable.
  • Presentations and labs.