88287 - Management of Design in Offshore Activities

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Docente: Ugo Vincenzo Maria Forghieri
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: ING-IND/25
  • Language: English

Learning outcomes

The student will be introduced to the specific framework of the offshore industry, with the aim of understanding the activities required to manage offshore design and construction projects.

Course contents

UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA – SCUOLA DI INGEGNERIA e ARCHITETTURA – LM in Offshore Engineering - Course: Project Management in Offshore Activities - Second Cycle AA 2020-2021

Class schedule: 09:00-13:00 - Campus RAVENNA - Teacher: U. Forghieri

Class Day of week (year 2021): Friday (to be confirmed) starting last week of February and ending last week of May 2021

Content of each of the 12 Classes:

Project Set-up Class I

The project and its basics. Governance, powers & interests, requirements, the structure vs the scope

Project Set-up Class II

The Project in the operational structures: roles and responsibilities Project Manager and Team members.. The deliverables. Exercise on WBS & OBS in a specific offshore case study.

Project Organization Class III

The project Start-up. Basic strategies: economy and finance for the project. Budget & project control of physical + time advancements. The cash flow.

Project Organization Class IV

Time management & Critical Path Method: exercise on Gantt scheduling and CPM for an offshore case. Basics of the Earned Value system for Project Control.

Strategic Drivers Class V

The management of information. Quality for the project: managing the changes. The success through the team: building the team.

Strategic Drivers Class VI

Cases/Exercises on team building and teamwork.

Risk, Negotiation & Procurement Class VII

The supply chain. Managing Conflict and the Art of Negotiation. The Game Theory and practical negotiation examples. Role playing exercise based on a specific offshore case study

Risk, Negotiation & Procurement Class VIII

Basics of risk management. Exercise: risk analysis for an offshore case.

People & Context Class IX

Relations & networking. Effective and open personal communication during the project. Selfcontrol. Exercises on communication in interpersonal cases.

People & Context Class X

The behavioral competences of a PM associate: the “soft skills” in practice. Workshop: interactive exercises on behavioral approaches in situations involving the PM and the Team.

People & Context Class XI

Being reliable. Ingenuity and resourcefulness. Integrity & leadership: the values.

ProjectSuccess Class XII

The project within the company. Stakeholder management. Result orientation. Project Close Out and the lessons learned.

To be planned a possible additional session for review – recap for exam

Dates to be planned for visits to offshore Companies in Ravenna area (to be advised 2 weeks before visits).

To be advised Final Exam: 1rst Call Final Exam

To be advised Final Exam: 2ndCall Final Exam

Readings/Bibliography

Please refer to International Project Management Association ICB4 as the international standard for project management which will be followed during the Course.

The English version of the IPMA ICB4 standard can be downloaded free of charge from the IPMA site: https://shop.ipma.world [https://shop.ipma.world/ and follow the instructions.

Teaching methods

 The students ho will be asked to read and evaluate the basic principles and information received in the slides 3 days before each Class. As a consequence the class time will be mainly focused on a deeper understanding of concepts/methods, using a teaching approach of total interaction teacher-students during the Classes and based on practical examples taken from offshore experiences.

Teaching tools

The slides (in English language) containing the basic issues for every Class will be made available to the students registered on the IOL platform three days before the date planned for that Class.

The outcomes elaborated directly during the workshops and possible additional documents, files or web links considered of interest will be distributed by the teacher after the classes, through the appropriate UNIBO channels.

Office hours

See the website of Ugo Vincenzo Maria Forghieri

SDGs

Quality education Affordable and clean energy Industry, innovation and infrastructure

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.