Evaluation and Project Management
Code
10731
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
Credits
3.0
Teacher in charge
David José Fonseca Pereira
Weekly hours
2
Total hours
28
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
To obtain knowledge which allow future practitioners to: schedule optimally events within a certain project, estimate construction and maintenance costs, understand the concept of time value of money. Focus will be put in economic and financial comparison of alternative projects.
Prerequisites
No special knowledge is required.
Subject matter
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Part 1 - Project appraisal: Costs and revenues; Time value of money; Methods for comparing projects (NPV, IRR, Payback method); Cost-benefits analysis. Part 2 - Project management: Organization (WBS, OBS); Scheduling tools (CPM, PERT, Gantt diagrams); Monitoring of costs and deadlines.
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Bibliography
Burke, Rory - Project Management: Planning & Control Techniques – 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
Teaching method
The teaching method includes a 2 hours weekly Theoretical-Practical (TP) class. Students receive the information by audiovisual means, specially computer slides, and oral explanation of concepts/models.
Although this information is enough to the defined objectives, it is available an additional list o references. Students may use a forum (at Moodle platform) to discuss and ask questions. Email and private telephone of the lecturer is available during all the term period. Continuous evaluation consists (1) problem resolving at TP classes, and self-assessment, allowing students to continuously assess their level of knowledge, (2) 2 lists of problems for practical training, (3) 1 final test.
Frequency is required: attendance to at least 2/3 of TP classes (unless if employed student or with frequency from previous year). Exercises lists only question sufficient or insufficient frequency. Students are able to go to a final examination when they do no obtain continuous evaluation.
Evaluation method
a) Frequency: All students have "satisfactory" in frequency classification for allowance to examinations, as it is not compulsory the presence at the classes;
b) Approval from continuous evaluation: It will be approved from the continuous evaluation system who will obtain 9.5 in a scale 0-20, as an average from 3 tests to submit during the semester
c) Examinations: Examinations will be performed to those who will not obtain approval by continuous evaluation or, when obtaining it, will are interested in getting it better.