Accelerate your career by improving your project management skills and get involved with major engineering projects. This Specialization delivers a rigorous understanding of the best practices for planning and delivering these major projects. You’ll learn about the measures of success, how to resolve challenges of governance and typical financing approaches of these projects.
If you are an engineer or a project manager and you aspire to get involved with major engineering projects, or you are already working on one, then this Specialization is for you.
This Specialization is the first step towards earning degree credit from the University of Leeds. Completion of the three Specialization courses, will enable you to apply to the enhanced, for-credit Capstone project which will run as a private course on Coursera. The Capstone project will help develop your skills further through practical research supported by a dedicated instructor in global classroom sessions. Credit earned by successfully completing the Capstone project can be used directly towards our online MSc in Engineering Management or as evidence of accredited postgraduate study.
This specialization is accredited through a professional qualification from CMI.
Programa especializado Managing Major Engineering Projects
Develop a Career in Engineering Project Management. Master the skills required to lead large engineering projects
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Qué aprenderás
Understand the key phases of a project life cycle and the main characteristics of major projects
Understand the key cost and time performance indicators of major projects
Understand the governance of major projects, its challenges and learn how governance informs project management
Understand major project financing and key financial indicators used in major project finance
Habilidades que obtendrás
Project ManagementEngineering Projectsmajor projectsEngineering management
Cómo funciona Programa Especializado
Toma cursos
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Proyecto práctico
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Obtén un certificado
Cuando completes todos los cursos y el proyecto práctico, obtendrás un Certificado que puedes compartir con posibles empleadores y tu red profesional.
Hay 3 cursos en este Programa Especializado
Curso1
Major Engineering Project Performance
4.8
75 calificaciones
Manage large projects by identifying their key characteristics, examining the key factors and risks that affect their performance and exploring methods to counter their impact on the successful delivery of projects.
Looking into examples of best practice, you'll explore the relationship between projects, programmes and portfolios. You'll also discover the roles performed by the project manager, examine the difficulties associated with quantifying transaction costs in major project management and consider how different management approaches impact on these costs. Optimism bias and strategic misinterpretation regularly cause delays to major engineering projects. Using stimulating case studies, you'll evaluate the measures of success and compare and contrast 'project success' versus 'project management success'. In the final week of the course, you'll research and present a contemporary example of a major engineering project from your own country.
This is the first course in the Managing Major Projects Specialization and first step towards earning degree credit from the University of Leeds. Learners who successfully complete the Specialization will be invited to apply to the enhanced, for-credit Capstone project which will run as a private session on Coursera, and will include live support from tutors. Credit earned by successfully completing the Capstone project can be used directly towards our online MSc in Engineering Management and as evidence of accredited postgraduate study.
Curso2
Major Engineering Projects: Governance, Risk and Scope
4.7
20 calificaciones
Gain confidence when dealing with stakeholders of major projects by learning to identify and manage those that are involved in the project planning and delivery. This course will enable you to explore project governance in theory and practice.
Through real life examples you’ll understand how the critical challenges of the governance in major projects are resolved.
Being able to successfully manage risk and uncertainty in major projects is vital for their delivery. In this course you’ll learn to distinguish between risk and uncertainty and the role of risk register. You’ll identify the unique challenges of scope management in major projects and employ scope management tools and techniques that will facilitate your project planning.
This is the second course in the Managing Major Engineering Projects Specialization. The Specialization is the first step towards earning degree credit from the University of Leeds. Learners who successfully complete the specialization will be able to apply to the enhanced, for-credit Capstone project which will run as a private course on Coursera. Credit earned by successfully completing the Capstone project can be used directly towards our online MSc in Engineering Management and as evidence of accredited postgraduate study.
Curso3
Financing and Initiating Major Engineering Projects
4.7
9 calificaciones
To successfully lead major projects you have to understand typical investor and project financing approaches. In this course, you’ll learn to interpret some key contractual instruments that are relevant for the financing of major engineering projects so that you are in a position to ensure the financially secure delivery of your project. You’ll explore the concept of “time value of money” and be able to compute key indicators such as “Pay-back time”, “Net Present value” and “Internal Rate of Return”.
You’ll identify common stakeholder and management approaches, and be able to implement key messaging, taking accurate requirements and manage expectations.
Through real-life case studies you’ll identify appropriate best practice related to governance, execution strategies, requirements management, procurement, asset and risk management and organisational design and development for the successful delivery of large engineering projects.
This is the third course in the Managing Major Engineering Projects Specialization. The Specialization is the first step towards earning degree credit from the University of Leeds. Learners who successfully complete the specialization will be able to apply to the enhanced, for-credit Capstone project which will run as a private course on Coursera. Credit earned by successfully completing the Capstone project can be used directly towards our online MSc in Engineering Management and as evidence of accredited postgraduate study.
Instructor
Dr Giorgio Locatelli
Lecturer of Infrastructure Procurement and ManagementSchool of Civil Engineering
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Preguntas Frecuentes
¿Cuál es la política de reembolsos?
¿Puedo inscribirme en un solo curso?
¡Sí! Para empezar, haz clic en la tarjeta del curso que te interesa e inscríbete. Puedes inscribirte y completar el curso para obtener un certificado que puedes compartir o puedes acceder al curso como oyente para ver los materiales del curso de manera gratuita. Cuando cancelas la suscripción de un curso que forma parte de un programa especializado, se cancela automáticamente la suscripción de todo el programa especializado. Visita el panel del estudiante para realizar un seguimiento de tu progreso.
¿Hay ayuda económica disponible?
¿Puedo tomar este curso de manera gratuita?
¿Este curso es 100 % en línea? ¿Necesito asistir a alguna clase en persona?
Este curso es completamente en línea, de modo que no necesitas ir a un aula en persona. Puedes acceder a tus lecciones, lecturas y tareas en cualquier momento y cualquier lugar a través de Internet o tu dispositivo móvil.
¿Cuánto tiempo se necesita para completar un programa especializado?
Time to completion can vary widely based on your schedule, most learners are able to complete the Specialization in 3-5 months.
What background knowledge is necessary?
Some familiarity with engineering projects is recommended.
Do I need to take the courses in a specific order?
The recommended order for taking the courses is; Major Engineering Project Performance, Major Engineering Projects: Governance, Risk and Scope, Financing and Initiating Major Engineering Projects but the courses are all self-contained and can be studied in any order.
What will I be able to do upon completing the Specialization?
When you have completed the Specialization you will have gained;
· Understanding of the contexts in which major projects are planned and delivered
· Knowledge of a range of issues that are currently facing the project manager(s) in major projects
· Awareness of a range of realistic situations that a successful project manager would have to manage and control
· Awareness of best practices for planning and delivering major projects
You will also be eligible to apply to the enhanced, for-credit Capstone project which will run as a private course on Coursera, and will include live support from tutors. Learners who successfully complete the Capstone will receive a University of Leeds transcript for 15 academic credits. There is a one-time payment of £1200 (approx. $1700) to enrol on the Capstone Project. This gives you unlimited access to the learning material from all of the courses you have completed as part of the Specialization. Credit earned by successfully completing the Capstone project can be used as evidence of accredited postgraduate study.
¿Recibiré crédito universitario por completar el programa especializado?
The three courses in the Managing Major Engineering Projects Specialization do not carry University of Leeds credit on their own. Learners who successfully complete the Specialization will be invited to apply to the enhanced, for-credit Capstone project which will run as a private course on Coursera, and will include live support from tutors.
You can earn academic credit if you successfully complete the Capstone. There is a one-time payment of £1200 (approx. $1700) to enrol on the Capstone. This gives you unlimited access to the learning material from all of the courses you have completed as part of the Specialization. Credit earned by successfully completing the Capstone project can be used as evidence of accredited postgraduate study.
What is the Capstone?
The Managing Major Engineering Projects Capstone is designed to help you practice, apply, and showcase the skills you’ve learned. In the Capstone you will have the opportunity to synthesize your learning from all three courses in the Specialization and apply your combined skills in a final project.
You can earn academic credit if you successfully complete the Capstone. There is a one-time payment of $1000 to enrol on the Capstone. This gives you unlimited access to the learning material from all of the courses you have completed as part of the Specialization. Credit earned by successfully completing the Capstone project can be used as evidence of accredited postgraduate study.
¿Con qué frecuencia se ofrece cada curso del programa especializado?
Each course in the Specialization is offered on a regular schedule with sessions starting every two weeks. If you don't complete a course on the first try, you can easily transfer to the next session, and your completed work and grades will carry over.
The Capstone will run three times per year starting in early September, early January and early May.
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