Survey Project Management

Year: IV Semester: VII

Course Objective:

To provide students with fundamental principles, basic tools, and methodology for initiating, planning, scheduling, and controlling surveying/Geoinformation projects.

Course Contents:

1. Introduction (5 hrs)

1.1 Survey Project Definition
1.2 Project Cycles and Phases
1.3 Setting Survey Project Objectives and Goals
1.4 Survey Project Management
1.5 Skills of a Survey Project Manager
1.6 Management Competencies

2. Pre-Project Work (5 hrs)

2.1 Feasibility Study of Surveying/Geoinformation Projects
2.2 Survey Project Appraisal
2.3 Survey Project Proposal

3. Survey Project Planning and Scheduling (10 hrs)

3.1 Definition
3.2 Planning Function
3.3 Bar Chart, Milestone Chart, Progress Chart, Network Models (CPM/PERT)
3.4 Goal-Oriented Project Planning (ZOPP Planning)
3.5 Project Scheduling with Limited Resources
3.6 Wiest's Algorithm
3.7 HRM and Manpower Leveling
3.8 Material Scheduling
3.9 Multi-Project Scheduling

4. Survey Project Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation (M&E), and Control (5 hrs)

4.1 Survey Project Implementation: Time Management, Conflict Management, and Negotiation
4.2 Stress Management, Risk Analysis, and Management
4.3 Definition of M&E
4.4 Methods and Techniques in M&E
4.5 Techniques for Formulating Monitoring Indicators
4.6 Controlling System
4.7 Project Control Cycle
4.8 Feedback Control System
4.9 Cost Control
4.10 Work Breakdown Structure
4.11 Project Management Information System

5. Capital Planning and Budgeting (3 hrs)

5.1 Capital Planning Procedure
5.2 Operating and Capital Budget
5.3 Fixed and Flexible Budget
5.4 Budget Revision
5.5 Budget Control Methods (Audit)

6. Impact Analysis (3 hrs)

6.1 Social Impact Analysis
6.2 Environmental Impact Analysis
6.3 Economic Impact Analysis
6.4 SWOT Analysis

7. Procurement of Surveying Services/Equipment (10 hrs)

7.1 Types of Procurement
7.2 Procurement Process
7.3 Methods of Procurement
7.4 Tendering of Survey Equipment
7.5 Bid Security and Performance Security
7.6 Contract Management
7.7 Public Procurement Act 2063

8. Geomatics Engineering Professional Practice and Ethics (3 hrs)

8.1 Professional/Geoethics: Regulatory Environment; Contemporary Issues in Engineering
8.2 Occupational Health and Safety
8.3 Roles/Responsibilities of National and International Professional Bodies
8.4 Engineering Regulatory Body: Nepal Engineering Council (Acts and Regulations)
8.5 Agile Project Management

Recommended Books:

1. Arnold M. Ruskin and W. Eugene Estes, Project Management, Marcel Dekker Publishers, 1982.
2. Joseph J. Moder and Cecil R. Philips, Project Management with CPM/PERT, Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishers.
3. L.S. Srinath, PERT and Applications, East-West Press.
4. A. Bhattacharya and S.K. Sorkhel, Management by Network Analysis, Institution of Engineers, India.
5. Prasanna Chandra, Project: Preparation, Appraisal, Implementation, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., New Delhi.

Examination Scheme

Model Questions

Very Short Questions [4×2 = 8]

1. List out the various skills of a survey project manager.
2. What are the contents of a survey project proposal?
3. List out the stages of Human Resource Management (HRM).
4. What do you understand by project monitoring?

Short Questions [8×4 = 32]

5. Explain various management competencies.
6. Explain the procedure of feasibility study for a survey project.
7. Prepare a mind map for Human Resource Management (HRM).
8. Explain project evaluation.
9. Explain budget revision.
10. Explain SWOT Analysis.
11. What is procurement? Explain public procurement.
12. Explain Occupational Health and Safety (OHS).

Long Questions [2×10 = 20]

13. Draw a critical path for different activities involved in a survey project. Determine the project completion time.
14. Explain various procurement methods applicable for survey/geoinformation projects.
    OR
    Describe briefly the management of a survey project like land resources mapping.