Innovations and technologies have introduced a profound change to Built Environment industry. If applied correctly, these changes have the power to transform business and projects, by helping the organizations to improve their productivity and profitability, and to manage the project disruptions and risks more efficiently. This course addresses the use of technology and the adoption of innovative approaches and methods in the Built Environment industry, highlighting the trends and best practices. The course also describes how Project Managers can use technology as assets to manage Built Environment projects more effectively and efficiently and ensure their competitive advantage.
Learning Objectives:
The skills or knowledge that will be acquired by a participant in the course.
- Identify the importance of innovation as it applies to built environment projects.
- Recognize the types of innovation that apply to built environment projects
- Recognize the stages of innovation generally applied throughout the built environment project life cycle
- Apply the strategic management approach to built environment project innovation
- Recognize the variety of ways innovation happens on built environment projects
- List current innovation trends
- Describe how project culture impacts innovation
- Discuss how built environment organizations can overcome barriers to innovation
- Discuss factors that influence innovation engagement
- Recognize how the core principles associated with the Lean Deployment Planning Guide relate to innovation
- Describe the benefits of adopting technology on built environment projects
- Identify the various technology adoption strategies related to built environment projects
- Recognize factors to consider when implementing technology as part of a built environment project execution plan
- Recognize risk factors that lead to failure of technology adoption
- List the ways technology mitigates risk
- List the benefits of integrated technology solutions and platforms common to built environment projects
- Describe the role of a built environment project manager as it relates to implementing and supporting the use of technology
- Identify the steps of a data-driven decision-making process as it pertains to built environment projects
- Identify the LEVER stages as they pertain to assessing technological risk
- Describe the resource planning process
- Identify the emerging technology-driven roles
