Offshore Projects and Engineering Management

1. Offshore Projects characteristics 

1.1 Offshore projects 

1.2 Offshore project management 

1.3  Offshore project stages 

1.4 Offshore project scope 

1.5 Project execution plan 

1.6 Offshore Brown Field Project   

1.7 Offshore project management characteristics 

1.8 The successful offshore project 

1.9  Offshore Project staff roles  

1.10 Offshore project management task 

2. Engineering and Interface Management 

2.1 Introduction 

2.2 Engineering management for offshore project 

2.3 Offshore project interfaces  

2.4 Interface management role 

3. Offshore project economics and cost estimate 

3.1 Economic analysis 

3.2 Cost estimate 

3.3 Project cost control 

4. Offshore Project Time schedule 

4.1 Introduction 

4.2 Responsibility of the team 

4.3 Expected activity time duration 

4.4 Calculate the activity time period 

4.5 Preparation of time schedule 

4.6 Time schedule and project measurement 

4.7 Planning summary 

5. Human Resource Challenges 

5.1 Introduction 

5.2 Offshore Project Organization types 

5.3 Work break down structure WBS 

5.4 Organization breakdown structure OBS 

5.5 OBS/WBS Matrix 

5.6 Work packages

5.7 Project manager roles and responsibility 

5.8 Allocate resources to the project plan 

5.8 Relationship between project parties 

5.9 Document and Information Transfer  

5.10 Project Information Transfer protocol 

6. Contracts and procurement 

6.1 Introduction 

6.2 Bidders prequalification 

6.3 Offshore projects Contracts 

6.4 Contract For Engineering Studies 

6.5 Project Tender Package  

6.6 Concept of ISO project Contracts  

6.7 Concept of FIDIC Contracts 

6.8 Contracts General Conditions  

6.9 Concept of Arbitration Process  

6.10 Offshore projects Tenders Types  

6.11 Procurement process 

6.12 Project Closeout Report 

7. Construction, installation and quality management 

7.1 Introduction 

7.2 Construction and installation management 

7.3 Total quality management 

7.4 Contractors quality evaluation 

7.5 Construction and Installation phase 

7.6 Quality in Commissioning and Start up Phase 

8. Practical risk management for offshore structure 

8.1 Introduction 

8.2 Risk Definition 

8.3 General project risks 

8.4 Sources of Project Uncertainty 

8.5 Offshore project Risk Assessment 

8.6 Filtering and Grouping the Risks 

8.7 Methods of Analyzing risks 

8.8 Risk Response Planning, Strategies and mitigation  

8.9 Ways of Risk transfer 
 

Appendix-A: Project abbreviations 
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