This course aims to introduce some of the management and professional skills needed for a project team member or a project manager.

This course is also intended to get participants thinking about challenges and situations they will face in their professional careers by teaching new useful technical skills for managing projects. The class will be interactive and not just lecturing.

Earl “Rusty” Lee has B.S., M.S, and Ph.D. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He has been a member of the faculty of the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Delaware (UD) since 2007. Prior to his current position, he was a Research Project Manager in the Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment (CITE) at RPI. His most significant accomplishment at CITE was leading an Advanced Traveler Information System project for FHWA and the New York State Department of Transportation that won the 2007 ITS America Best of Research award. He has also served on active duty and as a reservist in the U.S. Navy's submarine force, retiring in 2002 at the rank of Commander. His duties included Chief Engineer of USS James K. Polk and as the Pacific Fleet's Submarine Propulsion Plant Inspector for the Pacific Board of Inspection and Survey.

He has taught a course in project management annually since 2008 for the College of Engineering. The class is required for Civil Engineering Construction Engineering and Management students.

Topics include the responsibilities of the project manager and the team;

• managers vs. leaders;
• project scope and chartering;
• measures of performance;
• work breakdown structures;
• task definition and sequencing;
• critical path methods
• project crashing;
• budgets and estimating;
• communications plans and styles;
• change control;
• project closeout

The target audience for this class is Alaska MPO or RPO, DOT, and local or tribal road agency personnel who are or will be project managers or project team members. 

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This course aims to introduce some of the management and professional skills needed for a project team member or a project manager.

This course is also intended to get participants thinking about challenges and situations they will face in their professional careers by teaching new useful technical skills for managing projects. The class will be interactive and not just lecturing.

Earl “Rusty” Lee has B.S., M.S, and Ph.D. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He has been a member of the faculty of the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Delaware (UD) since 2007. Prior to his current position, he was a Research Project Manager in the Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment (CITE) at RPI. His most significant accomplishment at CITE was leading an Advanced Traveler Information System project for FHWA and the New York State Department of Transportation that won the 2007 ITS America Best of Research award. He has also served on active duty and as a reservist in the U.S. Navy's submarine force, retiring in 2002 at the rank of Commander. His duties included Chief Engineer of USS James K. Polk and as the Pacific Fleet's Submarine Propulsion Plant Inspector for the Pacific Board of Inspection and Survey.

He has taught a course in project management annually since 2008 for the College of Engineering. The class is required for Civil Engineering Construction Engineering and Management students.

Topics include the responsibilities of the project manager and the team;

• managers vs. leaders;
• project scope and chartering;
• measures of performance;
• work breakdown structures;
• task definition and sequencing;
• critical path methods
• project crashing;
• budgets and estimating;
• communications plans and styles;
• change control;
• project closeout

The target audience for this class is Alaska MPO or RPO, DOT, and local or tribal road agency personnel who are or will be project managers or project team members. 

none

This course aims to introduce some of the management and professional skills needed for a project team member or a project manager.

This course is also intended to get participants thinking about challenges and situations they will face in their professional careers by teaching new useful technical skills for managing projects. The class will be interactive and not just lecturing.

Earl “Rusty” Lee has B.S., M.S, and Ph.D. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He has been a member of the faculty of the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Delaware (UD) since 2007. Prior to his current position, he was a Research Project Manager in the Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment (CITE) at RPI. His most significant accomplishment at CITE was leading an Advanced Traveler Information System project for FHWA and the New York State Department of Transportation that won the 2007 ITS America Best of Research award. He has also served on active duty and as a reservist in the U.S. Navy's submarine force, retiring in 2002 at the rank of Commander. His duties included Chief Engineer of USS James K. Polk and as the Pacific Fleet's Submarine Propulsion Plant Inspector for the Pacific Board of Inspection and Survey.

He has taught a course in project management annually since 2008 for the College of Engineering. The class is required for Civil Engineering Construction Engineering and Management students.

Topics include the responsibilities of the project manager and the team;

• managers vs. leaders;
• project scope and chartering;
• measures of performance;
• work breakdown structures;
• task definition and sequencing;
• critical path methods
• project crashing;
• budgets and estimating;
• communications plans and styles;
• change control;
• project closeout

The target audience for this class is Alaska MPO or RPO, DOT, and local or tribal road agency personnel who are or will be project managers or project team members. 

none