Project Management OpenCourseWare: A Free Undergraduate Engineering Class by MIT on Project Management
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offers its 'Project Management' course as free OpenCourseWare (OCW). The course looks at project management in relation to the construction industry. It employs a fundamental project management structure to teach three essential points of project management. The course elaborates on each step of the framework and provides real-world examples to reinforce theory. The original course was designed for Civil and Environmental Engineering students.
Project Management: Course Specifics
| Degree Level | Free | Audio | Video | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Lectures/Notes | Study Materials | Tests/Quizzes |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | Yes | No |
Project Management: Course Description
Managing small-scale engineering projects is a challenge for many companies. Construction companies that manage large-scale engineering challenges have a whole other set of issues to deal with. This course examines the benefits to construction companies of having in place an organized and efficient management process. The course looks at the rudimentary framework of project management: establishing, planning, monitoring, regulating and learning. Specific topics include financing; project aberrations; resource allocation; project organization; probabilistic and deterministic planning; reviews, audits and quality; project control; and schedule monitoring. The course was designed specifically for Civil and Environmental Engineering students, but since the material deals with something common to all of engineering (managing projects), different disciplines may benefit. Professors Fred Moavenzadeh and Samuel Labi and Doctor SangHyun Lee taught the actual undergraduate MIT course in a lecture and recitation-style format.
This OpenCourseWare includes lecture notes, assignments, term projects, additional course resources (guest and supplementary lectures and spreadsheets), a reading list and an external link to the complete online textbook used in the course. If you're interested in taking this free course, visit the managing projects course page.
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