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”.
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Ce que vous allez apprendre
Understand major project financing and key financial indicators used in major project finance
Identify the key investors in major projects
Explore different approaches to project contracting and earn how to ensure successful project initiation
Understand how to assess an organisation's capabilities
Compétences que vous acquerrez
Project ManagementFinance
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100 % en ligne
Commencez dès maintenant et apprenez aux horaires qui vous conviennent.
Cours 3 sur 3 dans le
Dates limites flexibles
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Niveau intermédiaire
This course is ideal for graduates from engineering, science and other numerate subjects or for professionals with relevant work experience.
Approx. 23 heures pour terminer
Anglais
Sous-titres : Anglais
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Université de Leeds
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Programme du cours : ce que vous apprendrez dans ce cours
3 heures pour terminer
Financing and initiating major engineering projects
3 heures pour terminer
1 vidéo (Total 2 min), 20 lectures, 3 quiz
1 vidéo
20 lectures
Welcome to Financing and initiating major projects5 min
Introduction10 min
Research and further reading10 min
Lesson summary1 min
Lesson overview1 min
Economic equivalence5 min
Quiz introduction1 min
What is actualisation and capitalisation?5 min
Time value of money: a practical example5 min
Quiz introduction1 min
Lesson summary1 min
Lesson overview1 min
What is payback time?10 min
Payback time calculation10 min
Net present value10 min
Net present value calculation15 min
Internal rate of return5 min
Internal rate of return calculation10 min
Quiz introduction1 min
Lesson summary1 min
3 exercices pour s'entraîner
Economic equivalence practice10 min
Actualisation and capitalisation practice16 min
Test your understanding30 min
4 heures pour terminer
Financing, investors and contracting
4 heures pour terminer
1 vidéo (Total 8 min), 14 lectures, 1 quiz
1 vidéo
Financing approaches8 min
14 lectures
Welcome to the week1 min
Lesson overview1 min
Who invests in major engineering projects?10 min
Credit enhancement5 min
Lesson summary1 min
Lesson overview1 min
Contracting instruments15 min
Case study: Andasol solar power station15 min
Lesson summary1 min
Lesson overview1 min
Critical analysis1 h
Lesson overview1 min
Writing your reflections30 min
References2 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Developing critical analysis skills30 min
5 heures pour terminer
Project initiation and delivery models
5 heures pour terminer
1 vidéo (Total 10 min), 19 lectures, 2 quiz
19 lectures
Welcome to the week1 min
Lesson overview1 min
What is the line of sight?5 min
Benefits mapping: creating a benefits map5 min
Five case model5 min
Case Study: The new crossing for the River Ziff15 min
Lesson summary1 min
Lesson overview1 min
Execution strategy10 min
Delivery models5 min
The strategy spectrum5 min
What is fit for purpose?5 min
Socio-technical hexagon30 min
Being fit for purpose checklist5 min
Lesson summary1 min
Lesson overview1 min
Your research task10 min
What is peer review?10 min
References2 min
4 heures pour terminer
Delivery capability and alignment
4 heures pour terminer
3 vidéos (Total 35 min), 13 lectures, 1 quiz
3 vidéos
The Project Initiation Routemap part 25 min
Interview with Dr Lorraine McDermott24 min
13 lectures
Welcome to the week1 min
Lesson overview1 min
Root causes of underperformance30 min
Assessing the delivery environment and delivery capability10 min
Lesson summary1 min
Lesson overview1 min
Best practice and aligning for project success5 min
Case study: Crossrail15 min
Quiz introduction1 min
Expert interview: Dr Lorraine McDermott2 min
Lesson summary1 min
Writing your reflections30 min
References2 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Test your understanding30 min
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Meilleurs avis pour FINANCING AND INITIATING MAJOR ENGINEERING PROJECTS
par VB5 mai 2020
This course has covered many aspects of financing to which i was unknown. It has helped me to work on my weaker side and concepts that will surely help me to progress in the future to come !
par SA29 mai 2020
It was a great learning experience throughout the course, The reading assignments provided are exceptional and very easy to understand.
par RS1 avr. 2019
Highly recommended course for understanding the financing and initiating of engineering projects. Taught by industry experts
par SP29 avr. 2020
learned alot about all the information which is given by the author.i am happy to do this course,
À propos du Spécialisation Managing Major Engineering Projects
Accelerate your career by improving your project management skills. This Specialization delivers a rigorous exploration of the best practices for planning and delivering these major engineering projects. You’ll learn about the measures of success, how to resolve challenges of governance and typical financing approaches of these projects.
If you are an engineer or a project manager and you aspire to get involved with major engineering projects, or you are already working on one, then this Specialization is for you.
Master your project management skills and prepare to develop your career in engineering.
This specialization is based on content from the Online MSc in Engineering Management. If you interested to develop your career further, take a look at our online degree.
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