Financing and Initiating Major Engineering Projects
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Financing and Initiating Major Engineering Projects at Coursera Overview
Duration | 21 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Financing and Initiating Major Engineering Projects at Coursera Highlights
- This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
- Shareable Certificates.
- Graded Programming Assignments.
Financing and Initiating Major Engineering Projects at Coursera Course details
- 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 course explores concepts analysed in the University?s Online MSc in Engineering Management. If you are interested to develop your skills further, take a look at our online degree.
Financing and Initiating Major Engineering Projects at Coursera Curriculum
Financing and initiating major engineering projects
Introduction from Giorgio
Welcome to Financing and initiating major projects
Introduction
Research and further reading
Lesson summary
Lesson overview
Economic equivalence
Quiz introduction
What is actualisation and capitalisation?
Time value of money: a practical example
Quiz introduction
Lesson summary
Lesson overview
What is payback time?
Payback time calculation
Net present value
Net present value calculation
Internal rate of return
Internal rate of return calculation
Quiz introduction
Lesson summary
Economic equivalence practice
Actualisation and capitalisation practice
Test your understanding
Financing, investors and contracting
Financing approaches
Welcome to the week
Lesson overview
Who invests in major engineering projects?
Credit enhancement
Lesson summary
Lesson overview
Contracting instruments
Case study: Andasol solar power station
Lesson summary
Lesson overview
Critical analysis
Lesson overview
Writing your reflections
References
Developing critical analysis skills
Project initiation and delivery models
Overview of major project initiation: A UK public sector perspective
Welcome to the week
Lesson overview
What is the line of sight?
Benefits mapping: creating a benefits map
Five case model
Case Study: The new crossing for the River Ziff
Lesson summary
Lesson overview
Execution strategy
Delivery models
The strategy spectrum
What is fit for purpose?
Socio-technical hexagon
Being fit for purpose checklist
Lesson summary
Lesson overview
Your research task
What is peer review?
References
Delivery capability and alignment
The Project Initiation Routemap part 1
The Project Initiation Routemap part 2
Interview with Dr Lorraine McDermott
Welcome to the week
Lesson overview
Root causes of underperformance
Assessing the delivery environment and delivery capability
Lesson summary
Lesson overview
Best practice and aligning for project success
Case study: Crossrail
Quiz introduction
Expert interview: Dr Lorraine McDermott
Lesson summary
Writing your reflections
References
Test your understanding
Project
Welcome to the week
Lesson overview
The assignment
Approaching your research
Academic referencing
Lesson summary
Creating your presentation
Preparing your presentation
Submitting your presentation
Next steps
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