CRP414 URBAN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
| Course Code: | 1210414 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | City and Regional Planning |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assist.Prof.Dr DORA SAYMAN-ALMASSY |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course introduces the fundamentals of urban project management. It enables students to critically analyse urban problems, identify and develop solutions, and design coherent financial and implementation plans. Covering the full lifecycle of urban projects, from planning and design to implementation and monitoring, the course familiarises students with key concepts, methodologies and practical tools of urban project management. They will learn to formulate logical frameworks, design activity plans, prepare budgets, establish implementation schedules, and develop monitoring systems. In the second part of the course, students will also have the opportunity to design a project plan on a topic of their choice, such as green and blue infrastructure, transport planning, urban gentrification, and social or gender equity initiatives.
Course Content
Project Cycle Management; Logical Framework Analysis; social Impact Assessment; Project Design; Negotiation and Stakeholder Analysis; Monitoring and Assessment; Financial Estimation and Evaluation.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Analyse the roots of identified urban problems using a hierarchical cause-and-effect diagram;
- Develop a theory of change and formulate goal-oriented solutions;
- Identify relevant stakeholders and analyse their interests, influence and relationships;
- Outline strategies that align identified solutions with institutional circumstances and relevant stakeholders’ needs;
- Construct a logical framework matrix defining project goals, objectives, outputs and activities;
- Define objectively verifiable indicators of achievement;
- Prepare activity plans that will lead to the implementation of the project’s strategy;
- Estimate the technical, staff and financial resource needs of planned project activities and develop a budget plan;
- Define an implementation schedule and establish a monitoring and evaluation system for projects;
- Critically evaluate project results and adapt plans based on feedback and changing conditions.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Knowledge and internalization of the concepts of social responsibility and public interest | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Giving priority to these concepts in planning and practice | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Commitment to professional ethics and values | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Capacity to independently carry out individual tasks and studies | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Ability to work as a responsible team member as well as a leader in team works | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Professional competency to carry out plans and projects with the utmost quality | ✔ | |||
| 7 | In the fields of planning and design: * Knowledge of planning theories * Ability to integrate theory and practice * Competency in problem definition, critical approach, and usage of analysis methods and techniques * Skills of inter-disciplinary and multi-dimensional thinking, analysis, synthesis, implementation, and development of alternative plans and design solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | In both Turkish and English: * Knowledge of professional terminology * Ability to carry out and present original studies * Skills of expressing oneself | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Lifelong learning skills and attributes | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Competency in process design and management | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution