EEE 3111 Project Design and Management Prof S

EEE 3111 -Project Design and Management Prof. S. M. Kang’ethe, MSc EEE, JKUAT, samuel. kangethe@jkuat. ac. ke

Course Objectives After completing this unit, you will be able to: 1. 2. 4 5. 6. Understand the discipline of project management and its application in business environment. Define project management and relate it to contract management and academic research. Understand use the various planning methods in engineering projects. Use the different techniques and tools for Project management. Communicate effectively with key stakeholders to ensure project success

Indicative Content o Review of planning methods; Comparison of systems. Design, Planning and control; Network Planning using critical path method, activities sequencing, event and activity time. o Critical Path Analysis (CPA) bar chart; Control Path Method (CPM) bar chart; Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT); Precedence Networks; Graphic evaluation and review Techniques (GERT); Planning Methods and use of tools; Planning procedures. o Operation and maintenance of engineering projects: Planning, routine sequences, organization and management. Resource allocation: Cash flows forecasting; Plan organization and cost budgeting. Research project: Identification, selection, development and appraisal. Participatory approach to research project proposal development; donor agencies; financial organizations. Dissemination of project results; workshops, seminars, conferences and publications o

Teaching Methodology/Assessment The course will be conducted using several approaches: n n o ASSESSMENT n o Lectures to elaborate and reinforce the assigned textbook material Group/class discussions Assignments Group Presentation The Unit is assessed through continuous assessment consist of assignments, CATs and assigned projects and group work. The CA mark constitutes 30% and the final examination 70%. . PASS MARK The pass mark is 50% NOT 40%. n Maximum units allowed for supplementary is 2 Units You MUST OWN the LEARNING PROCESS n

Text. Books/Recommended Readings o o o R. Burke, 2003. Project Management: Planning and Control Techniques”, Samuel J. Mantel, Meredith, 2004, Shafer & Sutton, Core Concepts: Project Management in Practice, Wiley, ISBN 0 -471 -229652 Supplementary Materials Keith Lockyer and James Gordon, Project management and Project Network Techniques, 6 th Ed. , Prewntice Hall, HD 69. P 75, L 62

Why PM is Importrant to YOU o o Most of us get to where we are by some technical or specific set of skills If you want to get things done, you need a good blend of n Business knowledge n People management n Knowledge of organizational politics n AND an area of technical expertise These are things that make things happen!

What is the Role of Engineer Today? o Society n n n o Business and Economic Value n o Products and services must be based on changing needs, business competition (value proposition, benefits). . Engineering profession n o Culture aspects Development agenda Leadership: Not just support staff involved in production Role in building the profession: quality products and services, Changing Role of Engineer: Re-engineering Continuous professional development Academic n n n Research for development Development of content Dissemination and Publication

ENGINEERS AND SOCIETY BUSINESS IN SOCIETY ENGINEERING FOR SOCIETY ECONOMIC DEVLPMT ENGINEERING FOR BUSINESS ENGINEERS BUSINESS

What is the Role of Engineer Today? o Society and Development n Changing Role of Engineer in: o o n Develop innovative solutions in society o n Job and wealth Creation: Entrepreneurs Sustain environment (Education for Sustainable Development) Energy , automation, ICTs, Intelligent Robots, Transport Need of two way communication? o o o Government: Society : Community involvement, services Engineers: Reposition themselves in society Role n Active (not passive) Recipients of Knowledge and instructions

Required Engineering Skills Today? o Hard Skills: n n n o Soft Skills- People orientation not just machines n o Products( Intelligent equipment, software), services, Tools and methods of making work easier, faster, convenient: e. g. Mpesa Data collection on performance of products, user and equipment/tool Leadership, communication, management, marketing, legal, accounting Business Skills n n Entrepreneurial Engineer Business development and management Creating the 21 st Engineer

Innovative Engineers? n n n The term innovation refers to a new way of doing something. It may refer to incremental and emergent or radical and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations. innovation is the successful introduction of something new and useful, for example introducing new methods, techniques, or practices or new or altered products and services In economics the change must increase value, customer value, or producer value. o o The goal of innovation is positive change, to make someone or something better. Innovation leading to increased productivity is the fundamental source of increasing wealth in an economy.

Innovations o o "All innovation begins with creative ideas. . . We define innovation as the successful implementation of creative ideas within an organization "Innovation, like many business functions, is a management process that requires specific tools, rules, and discipline. " Davila et al. (2006),

Innovations Vs Invention o Distinguishing from Invention and other concepts n o “Invention is the first occurrence of an idea for a new product or process, while innovation is the first attempt to carry it out into practice" (Fagerberg, 2004 Innovation typically involves creativity, but is not identical to it: innovation involves acting on the creative ideas to make some specific and tangible difference in the domain in which the innovation occurs

Research Thesis o It is important for your MSc Thesis project n n o We are preparing the ground and seeds A meaningful project must be innovative and solve academic 0 r development problem Must be Relevant, Solve a problem in society: not just academic. n n n Green energy and environmental impact Integrated energy: Central heating, cooling, distributed, Waste disposal and management: electrical engineering solutions

Research Concepts o Education for sustainable development o Research project – n n individual and group

Education for Sustainable Development. ECONOMY PEOPLE ENVIRONMENT

EXERCISE o Go out in: n Community and Business and come with problems that can use Engineering Knowledge and skills to be used as Study cases/ possible Research projects. o o n n ICTs: to solve local and development problems Green energy: generation, distribution, consumption (bulb), availability, Central heating/cooling, Agriculture, Food: Preservation Waste disposal: electronic waste, monitoring, Define the problem and Write a a one page concept paper (2 weeks-Due ………………. . )