Engineering Project Management: Risk, Quality, Teams, and Procurement

Rice University

leadership-and-management   |   Advanced   |   8 Hours

Many Project Managers focus only on the scope, schedule and budget. However, a successful project requires that you manage risk, control the quality of the deliverables, engage and manage people and procure goods and services. This course will focus on these key support functions that make the difference between a highly successful project and an average one. During the course, you will prepare a Qualitative Risk Analysis and Evaluate the Cost of Quality for a provided Case Study.

By the end of this course you will be able to:

•\tIdentify positive and negative risks
•\tDevelop risk strategies
•\tPerform a qualitative risk analysis
•\tIdentify cost contingencies and reserves
•\tDevelop a quality plan
•\tIdentify quality standards
•\tUtilize cause and effect tools
•\tCreate a prioritization matrix
•\tDevelop a team management plan that includes team development, identifying team members and clarifies roles and responsibilities
•\tDevelop a procurement plan that includes contracts and incentives

All of this will position you to understand the more intangible aspects of project management to drive better overall performance.

Rice Center for Engineering Leadership is a Registered Education Provider through the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. Learners who complete this course on the Certificate track will be awarded 12 hours of Profession Development Units. These are recognized by PMI for continuing education or can be applied toward the 35 hours of education required for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification.

*PMI and PMP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

What skills will you gain?

project

Risk

risk analysis

project risk management

Project Management

Procurement

Risk Management

Planning

Leadership and Management

analysis