N02 – Marine Project Management
This course aims to explore planning, estimating, build strategies, progress monitoring and contracting for ship new-build, conversion and repair projects, with practical applications to shipyard operations and marine project delivery.
£299.00
20 hours
Focused, self-paced learning designed to fit around professional schedules.
Online, self-paced
Study online at a pace that fits your schedule.
8 sections
Structured curriculum sections.
English
Language of instruction for this course.
Quiz count: 6 total
Knowledge checks and assessed activities.
31 lessons
Focused lessons organised into a clear learning path.
Course overview
Designed for: engineering graduates looking for refresher courses in niche expert areas.
Entry requirements: an engineering degree or equivalent experience, plus a working knowledge of shipbuilding or ship-repair practice.
Learning format: self-paced online lessons with audio read-out, worked estimating examples (including a parametric LNG carrier estimate and an offshore supply vessel cost breakdown), two project case studies (the Jubilee Sailing Trust barque and the MV Buffalo lengthening and conversion), two written assignments, interactive tabs, image cards and expandable panels, in-lesson checks, an AI tutor to answer questions as you go, and graded quizzes. This suits the aim because marine project management is a matter of applied judgement, so worked estimates, real yard cases and written assignments let you practise planning and control decisions before the section quiz.
What you will learn
Explain how marine projects differ from routine operations and identify stakeholder and people factors that influence outcomes.
Analyse the hierarchy of marine project planning and relate planning levels to shipyard operations.
Apply product- and system-oriented breakdown concepts to structure marine project work and cost categories.
Evaluate how a build strategy integrates design, production, purchasing, quality, and risk decisions for a contract.
Interpret progress and expenditure information using deliverables, milestones, and variance indicators in a marine project context.
Assess how contract type, risk allocation, and payment terms affect shipbuilding and ship-repair project management.
Skills and knowledge
Marine planning
PWBS
SWBS
Cost estimating
Build strategy
Progress monitoring
Contract management
Course curriculum
Introduction
1.1 Welcome
Project Management Foundations
2.1 What Makes a Project
2.2 People and Change
2.3 Stakeholders and Governance
2.4 Quiz 1 (quiz)
Marine Project Planning
3.1 Why Marine Planning Differs
3.2 Planning Hierarchy
3.3 Building the Project Plan
3.4 Strategic Network and Risk
3.5 Quiz 2 (quiz)
WBS and Cost Estimating
4.1 Why Break Projects Down
4.2 PWBS and SWBS
4.3 Planning Units and Work Packages
4.4 Estimating Accuracy and Methods
4.5 Estimating Assignment
4.6 Quiz 3 (quiz)
Build Strategies
5.1 Manufacturing Strategy Basics
5.2 What a Build Strategy Does
5.3 Build Strategy Contents
5.4 Risk and Change Management
5.5 Quiz 4 (quiz)
Progress, Meetings, and Time
6.1 Deliverable-Based Progress
6.2 Monitoring Cost and Schedule
6.3 Meetings and Management Time
6.4 Progress Control Assignment
6.5 Quiz 5 (quiz)
Contract Management
7.1 Contract Structures and Risk
7.2 Terms of Payment
7.3 Managing Contract Change
7.4 Quiz 6 (quiz)
Summary
8.1 Key Takeaways
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£299.00