Project Management for Electricity Utility Companies

Each year companies invest substantially into the development of various new electricity utility projects, as the demand for these projects grows. As a result, Project Management which is the core of any successful Electricity utility project requires competence of its implementers. This means that key personnel have to be good in order for a utility project implementation to be successful because this in turn directly affects the business. In this course participants learn how to apply Project Management principles to their work, completing utility projects on time, and within budget.

The Objectives of this course include

1. Understanding how you involve people in your utility projects
2. Understanding and solving practical problems arising in real-life utility projects
3. Practical Project Management Tools and techniques and what stages to apply them
4. Receiving effective feedbacks
5. Moving utility projects to a successful outcome

• Project managers and project team leaders
• Consulting Engineers
• Transmission line design Engineers and Technicians
• Distribution line design Engineers and Technicians
• Substation design Engineers and Technicians
• Transmission Engineers

Topic 1: Intro

• Understanding Utility Projects
• Understanding Electricity Project management
• Project life cycle phases
• Examples / Exercises of real-life company
• Project Management methodology

Topic 2: Project Planning - Utility Project Identification Phase

• 1. Utility Project Identification Phase
• 1.1 Project's need statement
• 1.2 Identify stakeholders
• 1.3 Listing the project
• 1.4 Plan for initiation phase
• 1.5 Project charter

2. Utility Project Initiation Phase

• 2.1 Project kick-off meeting
• 2.2 Project constraints
• 2.3 Conceptual design
• 2.4 Select preferred alternative
• 2.4.1. Early estimates of cost and schedule
• 2.4.2. Preliminary plan and business case summary
• 2.4.3. Plan / Approve definition phase

• 3. Utility Project Initiation Phase

• 2.1 Project kick-off meeting
• 2.2 Project constraints
• 2.3 Conceptual design
• 2.4 Select preferred alternative

2.4.1. Early estimates of cost and schedule

2.4.2. Preliminary plan and business case summary

2.4.3. Plan / Approve definition phase

Topic 3: Project Execution Phase

• Tasks of the project execution phase
• Team building
• Communication process and problems
• Conducting effective meetings
• Status reporting

Topic 4 Project Close Out

• Contract Close-out
• Customer Review and Handover
• Administrative Closure
• Post Project Audit
• Configuration Management

Topic 5 Project Controls

• Scope Control
• Cost Control
• Earned Value

Topic 6: Tutorials

The tutorials for this project will involve solving practical problems arising in real-life projects. This will include building Work Breakdown Structures for several projects, creating project budget and analyzing several scheduling techniques.

Certification

Delegates who attend and complete the course would be issued a Certificate of Completion by Camaval International.

For further enquires kindly contact

Course Coordinator via email info@camaval.com

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