PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Course objectives

The module Methods and technics for the assessment of project management, integrated with the course in Project Management, has the goal to deepen the necessary economic notions for understanding, analysing and rationalising the needs upstream from a project, whether public or private, and which must form the basis of any project discussed and shared with the client, in the entire the building process acquisition of the sites, tendering and awarding the contract, site and operating management of the activities carried out.

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FRANCESCO TAJANI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
CONCEPTS OF MICROECONOMICS AND MACROECONOMICS ● Basic definitions. ● The theory of the consumer. ● The theory of the firm. ● Market and exchange: demand, supply, price formation. ● The main market forms. ● The main macroeconomics issues: inflation, employment and economic growth. CONCEPTS OF FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS ● Basic definitions. ● The transfer of capital over time. ● The accumulation of financial amounts. ● The elaboration of the repayment loan plan. VALUATION OF ASSETS AND INVESTMENTS ● International Valuation Standards. ● The estimative postulates. ● Basis of value, economic aspects and estimative criteria. ● Estimative and cost effectiveness judgments. ● Evaluative approaches. ● The sources of data. ● Break-Even Analysis in real estate investments. MANAGEMENT OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS ● Public works: the actors of the building process, regulations, professional practice. ● Production cost and its specification in the case of building works. ● Total cost, its components and its effects on the design. ● The project cycle: from the idea to the management of the building. ● Synthetic assessment of the construction cost. ● Analytical assessment of the construction cost. ● The main accounting documents. ● Types of contracts and their effects on the design and the risks between client and contractor. ● Contract award criteria.
Prerequisites
Principles of Economics and Appraisal
Books
Vinci S., Introduzione alla microeconomia, Liguori, Napoli 1993. Graziani A.: Teoria economica. Prezzi e distribuzione. Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 1976. Medici G., Principi di Estimo, Calderini, Bologna 1972. Michieli I e MIchieli M., Trattato Di Estimo, Il Sole 24 ore Ed agricole, 2002. Forte C. De Rossi B., Elementi di economia ed estimo urbano, Etas libri, Milano 1974. De Mare G. e Morano P., La stima del costo delle opere pubbliche, UTET Libreria, Torino 2002. Dandri G., Economia per ingegneri e architetti, DEI, 1999. Thuesen G.J. e Fabrycky W.J., Economia per ingegneri, il Mulino Perentice Hall International, 1994.
Frequency
The frequency of the lectures is considered a fundamental element for understanding the material provided and for the development of the case study.
Exam mode
The exam includes an oral test.
Lesson mode
The course includes lectures and the development of a case study by the students.
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseProject and Construction Management
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDICAR/22
  • CFU6