Overview

This course discusses the main design and development (EDD) process involved in the making of the assets required as part of large infrastructure projects and associated components. Current shortcomings and Systems Thinking/Engineering based methods are introduced to equip the delegates with the tools and techniques to detect and prevent design errors and lead or facilitate the design of complex systems such as road or rail networks, power plants, mines, and mining operations.

Why Should an Individual Attend?

• Learn to manage engineering processes of converting requirements into solutions
• Appreciate what artefacts and deliverables to produce at various lifecycle phases
• Appreciate intersections with and contributions from other project team members
• Prevent engineering errors and inadvertences in complex infrastructure projects
• Understand how engineering failures escalate into cost and schedule overruns
• Grow in the crucial role of engineering manager in large infrastructure projects

Outcomes

On completion of this course, you will:

• Have the aptitude to detect/prevent design or other engineering mistakes
• Have the aptitude to lead/facilitate the design of complex assets and systems
• Identify engineering outputs
• Understand how errors in engineering may cause financial/economic and/or reputational failures through project overruns and failure

Program Outline

• Engineering Design and Development – Overview
• Engineering Specifications
• Engineering Design Process – The Principles
• Engineering Design Process – The Vee-Model
• Design Development Methods
• Engineering Process Outputs
• Engineering Process and Project Lifecycle
• Engineering Design and Other PM Processes
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Process
• Design Thinking Process

Who Should Attend?

• Project sponsors/directors
• Project managers
• Project engineers
• Project cost controllers
• Project auditors
• Other project professionals