Introduction to CM

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE MOST MERCIFUL

2

‫ٱلر ِّح ِّيم‬ ‫ن‬ ‫م‬‫ه‬ ‫ح‬

ْ
َّ ِّ َ َّ ‫ٱلر‬ ِّ
‫ٱَّلل‬
َّ ‫ه‬ ‫ِّب ْس ِّم‬
ْ ْ ِّ
‫ر ِب ِزد ِني ِعلما‬
“My Lord, increase me in knowledge.”

ً‫ع َمالً ُمتَقَبَّال‬ َ ‫ َو ِّر ْزًَن‬, ‫اَللَّ ُُ َّم ِّإِِّي أَ ْسأَلُ َك ِّع ْل ًمن َِنفِّعًن‬
َ ‫ َو‬, ‫طيَّبًن‬
“O Allah! I ask You for knowledge that is of benefit, a good
provision and deeds that will be accepted.”

‫سنِِّي يَ ْْقَ ُُوا ََ ْو ِّلي‬ ْ ‫ص ْد ِّري َويَ ِّس ْر ِّلي أَ ْم ِّري َو‬
ُ ‫احلُ ْل‬
َ ‫ع ْق َدة ً ِّم ْن ِّل‬ َ ‫ب ا ْش َر ْح ِّلي‬
ِّ ‫َر‬
“My Lord, expand for me my chest [with assurance] and ease for me
my task and untie the knot from my tongue that they may understand
my speech.”
 Recommended Course Books
Barrie and Paulson. (1992). Professional Construction Management:
Including C.M, Design-Construct, and General Contracting. McGraw-Hill.

Griffith, A. and Watson, P. (2004). Construction Management: Principles

and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.

Schexnayder, C. J. and Mayo, R. E. (2003). Construction Management

Fundamentals. McGraw-Hill

Harris, F. and McCaffer, R (2001) Modern Construction Management. 5th

Edition, Blackwell Publishing Company, London, UK.

Fellows, R. Langford, D. Newcombe, R. and Urry, S. (2002). Construction

Management in Practice. Blackwell Science Ltd.

Levy, M. Sidney. (2000). Project Management in Construction. McGraw-

Hill.
 Recommended Course Books
Hendrickson C. and Tung Au (1989). Project Management for
Construction. Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

Frisk, E. R., (1988). Construction Project Administration. Wiley.

Dunham C. W. and Young R. D. (1986). Contracts, Specification and Law

for Engineers. McGraw-Hill.

Roy Plicher (1992). Principle of Construction Management. McGraw-Hill.

Oberlender, D. Garold. (1993). Project Management for Engineering and

Construction. McGraw-Hill.

Kerzner, Harold (2000). Project Management: A System Approach to

Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Project Management: A Managerial Approach

Jack R. Meredith & Samuel J. Mantel, Jr.
John Wiley & Sons, 6th edition, 2006
 Recommended Course Books
Project Management: Strategic Design and Implementation
David I. Cleland & Lewis R. Ireland
McGraw Hill, 4th edition, 2002

Project Management: The Managerial Process

Clifford F. Gray & Erik W. Larson
MGraw Hill, 3rd edition, 2006

CORE BOOK

PMBOK. 6TH Edition (2017). A Guide to the

Project Management Body of Knowledge.
Project Management Institute, USA.
 Course Learning
Outcomes
CLO Taxonomy Taxonomy
Description PLO
No Domain Level
Explain basics of project
1. management related to civil Cognitive 2 11
engineering projects.

Apply and Analyze different

techniques of project
2. management for planning and Cognitive 4 11
scheduling to control and
facilitate project execution.
Basic Terminology
 Basic Terminology

▪ Projects Many definitions for

these words have been
▪ Subprojects
proposed.
▪ Programmes
▪ Portfolios Sample definitions along
with practical examples
▪ Processes
are contained in the
▪ Project Management following slides.
 What is a Project? (Definition #1)

(Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge -

PMBOK, the Project Management Institute, 6th. Ed., 2017, p. 4)
 What is a Project? (Definition #2)

(Robert Wysocki / Robert Beck Jr. / Daniel B. Crane:

Effective Project Management, John Wiley & Sons,
2002, p.65)
 What is a Project? (Definition #3)

(Clifford F. Gray / Erik W. Larson, Project Management:

The Managerial Process, 2. ed., p. 15)
 What is a Project? (Definition #4)

(J.R. Turner, The Handbook of Project-Based

Management: Improving Processes for Achieving Your
Strategic Objectives, Mcgraw Hill: New York, 1992)
 What is a Project? (Definition #5)

(David I. Cleland / Lewis R. Ireland, Project Management:

Design and Strategic Implementation, 4th ed., p. 10)
 What are Subprojects?
• smaller, manageable
components of larger,
complex projects
• Have own goals and
deliverables.
• Analogy - main project in
which they are integrated,
own scope, schedules,
costs, human resources,
risks etc.
• the project manager must have excellent decision-
making, communication and other requisite skills,
and be in a position to manage the implementation of
the subproject work effectively and efficiently.
 Subprojects
Example: The Olympic Games

Human Resources Test Games and

Events
and Volunteers Trial Events

Venues, Facilities Sponsorship

Cultural Olympiad
Accommodation Management

Transport Pre-Games Training

Media Facilities
IT-Projects
and Coordination

Opening and Closing

Telecommunications
Ceremonies

Security
Public Relations
Arrangements

Medical Care Financing

 What is a Programme?

 Group of related projects Primary Education Promotion

E X AM P L E S
managed in a coordinated Electrification
way to obtain benefits Immunization
and control not available
Poverty Alleviation
from managing them

O F
individually Privatization

P R O G R AM M E S
Project A Project D Space Exploration

Programme Urban Regeneration

Project B Project E
X
Water Resource Development
Project C Project F
De-Weaponization
 Example of a Programme

Project for Upgrading Equipment

A CAPITAL
INVESTMENT
PROGRAMME FOR
UPGRD AND
Project for Training Personnel
EXPANSION

may Project for Expanding

comprise Production Lines
following
projects

Project for Acquiring Large-Scale

Funding
 Programmes & Projects: Similarities

✓ Goals and objectives which define their purpose of existence

✓ Life-spans defining a starting and ending point in time

✓ Consume resources & necessarily incur a cost

✓ Require application of a methodology and must be

managed properly to bolster their chances of success

✓ Aim at helping organizations achieve their mission and

adding value to them.

 Programs & Projects: Differences
Programs Projects

Multiple overarching goals One prime goal

Comparatively longer life-span Specific time constraints

Costs more than the combination of Limited cost

all the projects

Inherently more complex than a Simpler scope

constituting project due to scope

Require extensive coordination Easily manageable

between its various constituting
projects
Must integrate and maintain the Results in a specific deliverable /
operationality of that output for a output which may then end
specified period of time
The Project Portfolio
• The set of programs and projects which an
organization is undertaking.
• Projects usually differ in their type,
complexity, cost, time requirement, risk
level, priority, etc.

• Some may be quite large, comprising

dozens or hundreds of single projects,and
consume a large chunk of an
organization‘s resources

• Projects comprising the portfolio may be

in various stages of initiation, planning,
and implementation

• Dynamic, their composition will change

over time as some projects end or are
prematurely terminated and new projects
are added

Major challenge for organizations is to

devise a system for identifying, selecting
and monitoring projects which are aligned
with its mission, goals and objectives and
add value to them
 What is a Process?

According to the Project Management Institute,

a process can be defined as:
 What is a Project Management

(Guide to the Project Management – Body of Knowledge,

the Project Management Institute, 6th. Ed., 2017, p. 10)
Essential Functions of Project Management

Project Management helps organizations

tackle the pressure of change in environments –
global, economic, market, social, political,
regulatory, technological and others – which are
characterized by a high and increasing degree of
complexity, dynamism and uncertainty
 Essential Functions of Project Management

Project Management offers a focused, systematic,

integrated and process-driven framework of
application of an organization’s resources for
effective and efficient realization of its projects, and
to achieve its goals, objectives and mission. It is,
hence, an important “strategic tool” indispensible
for an organization’s survival and growth.
 Essential Functions of Project Management

Project Management teaches “best practices” based

on years of experience with projects in diverse fields
across the globe. It should be kept in mind, though,
that what works well in one project situation may not
at all work well in another.

Use good judgement and always be cognizant of the

context-sensitivity of Project Management!
Essential Functions of Project Management

Using Project Management is no guarantee that

the project will be sucessful – i.e. that it achieves
its goal within time and allocated budget to the
satisfaction of all stakeholders concerned. What
Project Management essentially does, though, is
offer a systematic but flexible framework which
can increase the chances of the project succeeding
or, conversely, decrease its chances of failing.
Construction Engineering and Management
Literature
A huge number of printed publications on the subject of
construction engineering and management exists. This
includes books, (research-based and non-research based)
articles, doctoral thesis, white papers, reports and case
studies.

Most of the publications on construction management are in

English, but there is a growing body of publications in other
languages. Much of the published material on construction
engineering and management can be downloaded from the
internet free of cost or commercially.

A number of construction engineering and management

research centres, institutes, associations and consulting
firms around the world sponsor and publish research on
construction management themes.
 Journal

▪ Journal of Construction Engineering and

Management
▪ Journal of Management in Engineering
▪ Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering and
Practice
▪ Safety Science
▪ Risk Analysis
▪ Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
▪ Automation in Construction
▪ Building and Environment
▪ Building Research and Information
 Journal

▪ Construction Management and Economics

▪ Journal of Construction in Developing Countries
▪ Journal of Safety Research
▪ Accident Analysis and Prevention
▪ Journal of Occupational Health
▪ International Journal of Project Management
▪ Engineering Construction and Architectural
Management
▪ International Journal of Construction Education
and Research
 Journal

▪ Journal of Construction Research

▪ The International Journal of Construction
Management
▪ International Journal Management Review
▪ Work and Stress
▪ Professional Safety
▪ Construction Innovation
▪ Practice Periodical on Structural Design and
construction
▪ Leadership and Management in Engineering
 The Project Management Institute‘s
Publications
The PMI has published numerous very insightful books on
project management and its areas which are available from
its bookstore along with other publishers‘ books (samples
below):
 End Note

Project Management does not guarantee the success, But

it increases the likelihood of the success of the project.
THANK YOU!