UN0603 - Project Management for Nuclear Engineers
(2010 version)

Announcements

• All classes will be held on alternate Saturdays and Sundays, starting at 09:00 and ending by 16:00 (the first class on Sep 11).
• The venue is the Durham College Special Skills Centre on Thickson Road and the 401, Whitby.
• Distance Education - If you will be participating in the course using distance education please inform the instructor by email prior to the course commencing. Access distance ed courses by using Elluminate at https://maclive.mcmaster.ca/
• It is our understanding that the Project Management Institute (PMI) will credit 60 Professional Development Units (PDUs) for students who have successfully completed the course. We have likewise been informed that if students want to claim 35 PDUs to be permitted write the Project Management Professional (PMP exam), or claim 60 PDUs to maintain their PMP, they just have to claim it under Category 4 PDUs. We do not speak for PMI, however, so if this issue is key for you, please confirm it with PMI directly at http://www.pmi.org/.
• Deadlines :    
  • Final date to Register: September 24
  • Last day to Drop Course: September 24

Course Description:

Project Management is emerging as perhaps the key core competency in engineering in the 21st century industrial workplace. This course in Project Management will prepare nuclear engineers in the application of this discipline in their work. It is an intensive investigation into the major principles of Project Management slanted towards, but not exclusively about, the management of nuclear engineering projects. The course uses the Project Management Institute’s PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) as a skeleton and expands that coverage with relevant examples from nuclear, software and general engineering. Special emphasis will be placed on Risk Management, particularly in the area of safety-critical projects. The graduate will be well-positioned both to apply the knowledge in their area of engineering and to sit the PMI’s PMP examination. The course will be taught by a professional engineer holding the PMP certification, using many case studies from industry and engineering.

Prerequisite: Registration in the UNENE Joint M. Eng. Program
Lecturer: Mike Bennett, Michael.Bennett@uoit.ca

Course Administration

• Course Outline (doc 47kb)
• Schedule
  • September 11 & 12, 2010
  • September 25 & 26, 2010
  • October 9 & 10, 2010
  • October 23 & 24, 2010

Course Notes:

• Course Notes

  • Unit 01 (ppt 1.8Mb) Introduction
  • Unit 02 (ppt 212kb) Context
  • Unit 03 (ppt 649kb) Processes
  • Unit 04 (ppt 721kb) Integration
  • Unit 05 (ppt 454kb) Scope
  • Unit 06 (ppt 628kb) Time
  • Unit 07 (ppt 321kb) Cost
  • Unit 08 (ppt 590kb) Quality
  • Unit 09 (ppt 309kb) People
  • Unit 10 (ppt 255kb) Communications
  • Unit 11 (ppt 467kb) Risk
  • Unit 12 (ppt 348kb) Procurement
  • References (doc 24kb) (2004 version)
  • Acronyms (doc 62kb) (2004 version)
  • Example project management plan (doc 270kb), example result (doc 41kb) (2004 version)
  • Project Management Book (zip 10.8Mb) [password protected] (2004 version)

Assignments (2004 version)

• Assignment #2 (doc 27kb)
• Assignment #3 / sample quiz (doc 110kb)
• Final Assignment (doc 32kb) - revised 2004.12.06