About This Online Course

The capital projects industry is delivering more and more fast-tracked projects, creating a business context requiring advanced leadership skills of capital project professionals.  

This online course is dedicated to sharing knowledge and professional tips on how to successfully lead and deliver fast-tracked projects in the construction industry using tips from Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) to Predictability Thinking® and holistic risk management.

This online course is an opportunity for project managers, project directors, engineering managers as well and business leaders to review the nature of fast-track projects, the implications of fast-tracking, and effective strategies to mitigate risks associated with the nature of these projects. 



Topics covered in this course

Course Learning Objectives

  • Understand the business & management requirements of fast-track projects

  • Understand the risk profile of a fast-track project

  • Managing a fast-track project in a traditional stage-gate system: implications & strategies for successful governance

  • Successful Front-End Loading (FEL) for a fast-track project

  • Understand the use of Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) in a fast-track environment

  • Predictability Thinking knowledge and tips for leading a fast-track project

  • Team organization & dynamic requirements in a fast-track project

  • Leadership tips for successful fast-track project delivery

Course Details

    1. Pre-Webinar Survey

    2. Copyright Notice

    1. Introduction

    2. The Business Case for Fast-Track Projects

    3. Defining the Fast-Tracked Project

    1. Factor 1: Drivers for Decision Making

    2. Factor 2: Risk Aversion

    3. Factor 3: Allocation of Risk and Accountability

    4. Factor 4: Nature of Project Risk Profile

    5. Factor 5: Ownership

    6. Factor 6: Team Experience or Systems

    7. Factor 7: Staffing and Relationships

    8. Factor 8: Contracting Relationships and Cashflow

    9. Factor 9: New Technology

    10. How to Assess the Risks Related to Fast-Tracking Your Project: Checklist

    1. Risk Management - 1 - Concept or Strategy

    2. Risk Management - 2 - Idea Recycling

    3. Risk Management -3 - Funding

    1. Advice for Scope Development

    2. What Makes a Fast-Track Project Successful

    3. What Triggers Rework in the Field

    4. An Overview of Advanced Work Packaging (AWP)

    5. Understanding the Path of Construction (PoC)

    6. Fast-Track Risks in the Development Phase

    1. Risk -1 Design Rework and Additional Management

    2. Risk -2 Use of Additional Resources for Repeat Work, Change Control

    3. Risk -3 Procurement Challenges

    4. Risk -4 Additional Expediting

    5. Risk -5 Additional Contingencies in Quotes, Penalties for Defaults

    1. Considerations for Fast Tracking Design Activities

    2. What to Expect When Leading a Fast-Tracked Project

    3. Key Processes for Fast-Tracking

    4. Risks for Design Fast Tracking

    1. Considerations for Fast Tracking Construction and Key Practices

    2. Key Project Control Practices

    3. Construction Risks

    1. Strategic Advice for Executing Fast-Track Projects

    2. Download your Training Material

    3. Course References

    4. Feedback

About this course

  • $499.00
  • 40 lessons
  • 2 Hours
  • Live Session
  • Course Delivered in English

Instructor(s)

Instructor Bio:

Olfa Hamdi is a co-inventor of the Advanced Work Packaging Methodology as a member of the research team RT-272 of the Construction Industry Institute (CII). She is a global expert in the strategic, construction-driven planning and execution of capital projects. She is an American-trained engineer, inventor and Silicon Valley entrepreneur who founded the Advanced Work Packaging Institute before co-founding Concord Project Technologies in 2016.

Olfa is a recognized international expert in the field of project management and a credited co-author of the three-volume industry bible on Advanced Work Packaging implementation. She led multiple audit missions of capital projects while working with Independent Project Analysis. She holds a Master of Science in Capital Project Management from The University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Science in Engineering from Ecole Centrale de Lille, and a graduate degree in Alternative Dispute Resolution for construction disputes from Texas School of Law.

Olfa Hamdi

Concord Academy Director

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