Real-World Projects – Solving Real-World Problems
Learn about real-world problems from Phil Gonski. He is a project manager from Burns Engineering and a former Young Engineer of the Year. Learn from his experience and understand how real-world projects are frequently complex and require team members from various backgrounds and experiences. Bridge this gap with epee education and prepare yourself to face the reality of real-world projects.
Target Audience
This course will focus on
- Individuals who want to learn about real-world projects and their complexity
- Students and young professionals who wish to understand the reality of real-world projects.
- Anyone who wants to know about a plan of action and solutions to different problems.
Course Prerequisites
This course does not require any prior knowledge or experience. First-time professionals or college students who want to understand the complexities of real-world projects can pursue this course.
Objective
This course will provide you
- A clear understanding of real-world problems’ complexity.
- Help you understand that real-world problems require team members from various backgrounds and experiences.
Topics Covered
This course covers the following topics :
- Complexity of real-world problems
- Real-world problems require team members from various backgrounds and experiences
Course Modules
This course contains only thirteen modules that will focus on:
- Introduction to Real-world problems
- Collaboration in college
- What makes college a success
- Tools you need
- Actual Examples of Small Projects
- Fee and proposal development
- Real World examples of large projects and more
By the End of this Course
The learners will be able to understand small and large engineering projects, their complexities, and solutions.
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Enroll in this course and learn what schools and universities don’t teach from reputed teachers about real-world problems.
Real-World Projects - Solving Real-World Problems
- Appreciate real-world problems are not well defined.
- Remember, in the real world, there is no answer to reference in the back of the book!
- Learn how to develop scope and work breakdown.
- Understand the role of the Project Manager in coordinating different functionalities.
- Understand how multiple fields-of-study (e.g. engineering disciplines) work together.
- Understand the value of stakeholder interaction, why it's necessary, and why it gets challenging.
Introduction
Professional Engineer Phil Gonski speaks on his background in Electrical Engineering and experience as a Project Manager.
Collaboration in College
Phil describes what collaboration typically looks like in college as an engineer.
What Makes College a Success
Is it a high GPA or a high-paying job right out of college? Phil describes what actually makes college a success.
The Tools You Need
Learn what your approach should be when you’re about to start your first engineering job.
This lesson explores how it’s not always a super complicated solution that’s needed for a problem – it’s often the most obvious thing.
It may not have been obvious, but it was easy! Phil shows a great example of how the process of elimination can narrow down the possibilities of the problem you’re facing.
Real World Example – Small Project
Sometimes, clients don’t always know exactly what the problem is – they just want it fixed!
Fee Development
Phil explains three different ways to assemble a fee for a project.
Proposal Development
Understand what to include in a proposal, including the different types of payment for a project.
Now Start!
Discover Phil’s tips for how to communicate on a project, deal with stakeholders, and what to do when everything in your proposal is wrong.
What’s Wrong?
Find out how different things stand out to certain kinds of engineers when approaching a problem.
Real World Example – Large Project
This lesson explores how you may need multiple options to offer to a client for a project, so there is never one solution like there is in college!
Examine the three different options brought to the large project client, which option ended up being the winner, and why.
Scope of Work & Coordination
Phil delves into the coordination involved in his example of a large project affecting over 150 companies.
Learn about the importance of precision and coordination in a large project.
Questions & Closing
Phil ends the course by answering a question about project management.