Project Management for Transport Infrastructure

Transport and Road Infrastructure Project Management

• Importance of network vision and strategic transport planning
• Understanding transport and road infrastructure project management
• Importance of early communication and stakeholder management
• Infrastructure project life cycle and asset management
• Sustainable transport policy and its role in project and program management
• Infrastructure project financing and delivery options

Establishing and Managing an Infrastructure Project - Part A

• Establishing a transport infrastructure project
• Identification and use of best project management practice (Prince2, Agile, PMBOK, OnQ, etc.)
• Establishing and leading the project team
• Project planning (PID/Mandate /Preliminary business case)
• Effective project planning to strengthen project management competencies
• Developing a concept of Operations (CONOPS) / Blue Print
• Project approvals

Establishing and Managing an Infrastructure Project - Part B

• Request for information (RFI) or Market Testing and expression of interest (EOI)
• Project procurement
• Project scheduling and milestone management
• Project risk management
• Probity and ethics
• Project monitoring and control reporting

Infrastructure Project and Program Governance

• Understanding the concepts of infrastructure finance and the use of special purpose vehicles
• Alternative financing plans such as commercial and financial structuring of Public Private Partnerships
• Difference between infrastructure financing and funding and the challenges in raising finance
• Project and program governance
• Achieving value for money in a constrained economic environment
• Collaborative professional networking for continuous project management

Project Finalization and Benefit Management

• Importance of project finalization
• Constructed designs
• Project close-out
• Project benefit management
• Key learning and concepts
• Way forward