Mini MBA: Construction - free course from the Russian School of Management, training 250 hours, date November 29, 2023.

MBA teacher at Russian School of Management. Developer of digital transformation programs, designer of complex social systems. Organizational designer, systems engineer.

Ph.D., expert practitioner in the field of marketing and strategy, certified business coach. Associate Professor of the Department of Management at the Graduate School of Business of Moscow State University.

Development of the project concept. Technical and economic assessment of the project. Formation of the project budget
• Investment and construction project
• The essence of the concept of an investment project
• Distinctive features of the construction project
• Life cycles of an investment and construction project
• Development and approval of a feasibility study for an investment and construction project
• Three levels of pre-investment research
• Project analysis, project viability assessment
• Factors in the external and immediate environment of the project
• Obtaining initial permitting documentation for design
• Development of urban planning documentation, analysis of the effective use of land
• Development and approval of technical specifications for design
• Assessing the effectiveness of investments taking into account risk factors
• Formation of the project budget. Calculation of project economics
• Types of budgets with increasing degrees of accuracy
• Types and methods of cost assessment
• Calculation of investment costs to form the project budget
• Structure of investment costs
• Costs of acquiring land plots
• Costs of design and survey work
• Costs for engineering infrastructure
• Social infrastructure costs
• Project management costs
• Selling expenses
• Financial expenses
• Workshop: Calculation of project investment costs, assessment of project profitability
• Economic relations in construction
• Main tasks of construction economics
• Economic features of construction in comparison with industrial economics
• Main participants in investment and construction activities
• Construction cost estimation
• Main stages of the investment phase of a construction project

Project documentation. Construction permit
• Regulatory support for design.
• Technical regulations on the safety of buildings and structures. Requirements for design documentation.
• Identification of buildings and structures by level of responsibility.
• Engineering surveys in construction. Types and methods of cost calculation.
• Technical conditions for connection to utility networks.
• Design specifications Approved form and requirements for completion.
• Composition of design and estimate documentation. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 87. Calculation of design duration.
• Methods and methods for calculating the cost of design work. Main pricing factors.
• Examination of design documentation. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 145.
• Obtaining a building permit. Procedure and terms for issuing a permit. Cases of refusal and appeal procedure.

Organization of work in construction
• Regulatory documentation on the organization of construction. Basic functions of the Developer and Contractor.
• Requirements for construction management specialists. Order of the Ministry of Construction of Russia dated 04/06/2017 No. 688/p.
• Organizational and technological schemes of construction. Selection and justification of construction organization methods.
• Construction scheduling.
• Network modeling of construction production.
• Organizational and technological documentation.
• Organization of the construction site. Stroygenplan.
• Preparation period. Engineering preparation of the construction site.
• Organization of logistics.
• Fundamentals of construction production management. Construction culture.

Construction control. Quality management in construction
• Regulatory framework for construction control. State regulation of construction.
• Main tasks of construction control. Division of functions between the Developer and the Contractor.
• Organization of incoming inspection: incoming inspection of design documentation and building materials/structures.
• Laboratory control and laboratory support of construction. Methods of destructive and non-destructive testing.
• Operational control during the execution and upon completion of construction and installation operations. Geodetic control.
• List of types of work subject to control. Quality control of work performed. Types of defects and their elimination.
• Inspection of hidden work.
• As-built documentation: list of documentation and maintenance order. Typical errors.
• Author's supervision of construction and installation works.
• Testing and testing of installed equipment. Handover and acceptance of a capital construction project into operation.
Practical techniques in managing investment construction projects
• Increased order and executive discipline. Putting documents in order, structuring the composition and storage locations of electronic and paper documentation facilitating search and navigation through project documentation providing information security. Increasing the performance discipline of employees, a unified base of instructions, the motivational aspect of performance discipline
• Formalization of management accounting and budgeting: classifiers (cost centers, stages, articles, projects) budgeting horizons, budgeting regulations, application for the use of funds, payment base, updating budgets
• Schedule planning, tracking the progress of the project, monitoring deadlines: development of the Project Implementation Schedule (PIS), monitoring the implementation of the PSU, regulations for adjusting and updating the PSC
• Basic methods of effective preparation and conduct of tenders: breaking down the project into separate works (tenders) preparing a tender document package determining the circle of tender participants determining the most appropriate form of tender summing up the results and awarding victory
• Practical development of an investment construction project using information technology: creation of a Project Manager Panel, photo progress of the process construction, creation of an interactive tender table (tender navigation system), creation of a unified register of payments, construction on its basis of management reports

Leader and employees
• What does a Leader need for effective management.
• Purposefulness and result orientation.
• Forecasting and planning.
• Control and self-control.
• Making decisions.
• Problem solving.
• Delegation.
• Communication with employees.
• Development of employee potential.

Leader and team
• What is the meaning of Leadership.
• The Leader's Path.
• How to develop leadership qualities.
• Power and influence of the Leader.
• Leader's personal effectiveness.
• How to stay on track.
• Leader and team.
• Systematic view of the team.
• Team management styles.
• Improving the efficiency of teams.
• Motivating employees and teams.

Business system
• Attention management.
• Intellectual capital management.
• Resource balance.
• Strategy.
• Modern company design.
• VUCA world and requirements for companies.
• Systems and structures.
• Resource-target modeling.
• Management.
• Smart management in the digital world.
• Uncertainty and its impact on management.

Systems design
• Complexity management tools.
• 3 useful analysis tools.
• Method of scientific search for solutions to problems.
• Matrix of tools for designing control systems.
• Development of a value proposition.
• Digital transformation of business.
• Digital transformation team.
• Digital maturity scale.
• Competencies of top managers.
• Digital transformation technologies.

Marketing system and opportunity search
• Marketing functions. The evolution of marketing thought. Formation of value.
• Modern marketing: strategy, tactics, trends.
• Marketing management.
• Working with marketing information. Calculation of market capacity.
• Concentration index. Expert methods. Low-budget ways to analyze the market.
• Marketing research. Objectives of the task. Implementation specifics.
• WEB analytics. End-to-end analytics.
• Marketing research scenario. Construction of CJM.
• Algorithm for developing a new product. Generation of ideas. Design thinking.
• Blue ocean strategy. Value innovation. Innovative business models.

Creating and promoting value
• Positioning. Points of differentiation. Positioning niches.
• Positioning: algorithm for generating and constructing a map.
• Branding: development algorithm and identity.
• Naming. Name development. Registration of trademarks in the Russian Federation.
• Brand design. Packaging is a brand differentiation strategy. Brand KPIs.
• Brand strategy. Growth in the value of private label (private label). Brand portfolio optimization.
• Methods of setting prices. Psychology of price. Dynamic pricing.
• Strategy and tactics in communications. Algorithm for developing creative and media strategy.
• Integrated Internet marketing. Internet marketing tools.

Human Resource Management Strategy
• The company's human capital. HR function audit.
• HR strategy.
• HR analytics.
• Personnel cost management: budget formation.
• Personnel cost management: cost optimization methods.
• Corporate culture of the company.
• Organizational change management: development / preparation for implementation.
• Organizational change management: dealing with resistance/maintaining change.
• Personnel marketing. Employer value proposition.
• Promotion of the HR brand when working with different generations of employees.

Key technologies in the field of human resource management
• Competency model.
• Personel assessment.
• Recruitment.
• Personnel adaptation. Mentoring.
• Personnel training and development.
• Theories of motivation.
• System of material motivation.
• Fixed part of remuneration. Grading.
• Variable part of remuneration. Management by objectives.
• Internal research into the state of human resources.

Financial instruments for increasing efficiency
• Budgeting as an effective technology for company management.
• Unit economics as a basis for financial modeling.
• Determining the profit zone when scaling a business.
• Identification of infrastructural limitations of the business development model.
• Forecasting business performance based on the budget of income and expenses.
• Formation of a balanced business development plan based on the cash flow budget.
• Formation of investment policy based on CFS indicators.
• Forecasting the need for resources and possible sources of business financing based on the forecast balance.
• Internal business assessment based on three key methods. Application of terminal value to increase business value.
• Business valuation based on economic added value.

Construction of a financial management system. Analysis of investment projects and risk management
• Practical application of existing reporting systems for company management tasks.
• Fundamental analysis of the company. Dashboard of operational analysis of the company.
• Key methods for diagnosing the financial condition of a business: historical, vertical, plan-fact.
• Increased efficiency through identification of immobilized assets. Asset turnover.
• Methodology for making management decisions based on the analysis of indicators of the cash cycle model.
• Performance analysis based on the financial results statement.
• Methodology for a comprehensive analysis of factors affecting the efficiency of operating activities.
• Key success factors when analyzing internal and external investment projects.
• Risk management as the basis of a business management system. Creating a risk matrix. Risk management methods.
• Analysis of the sensitivity of investment projects based on risk management and development of project implementation scenarios.

Flexible project management in business
• The place of flexible design approaches in business. Product Development, Customer Development and Lean Startup.
• Business model of the project and business.
• MVP. A minimally working product to find a solution.
• Pivot: when and how a decision or strategy should be changed.
• Agile in project management. Popularity of different Agile approaches.
• Scrum. The concept of Sprint. Roles in Scrum.
• Team members. Functions and required skills.
• Documents in the project: Product backlog. Sprint backlog. Burndown chart.
• Processes: Sprint planning, review and retrospective. Scrum meeting.
• Implementation of Scrum. Problems and solutions.

Classic or “planned” approach to projects
• 5-phase project life cycle. Participants and their roles according to PMBoK.
• Effective project launch. Stakeholder requirements and Charter.
• Project content. Hierarchical work structure (WBS).
• Calculation of task durations and project schedules.
• Calculation of the cost of work and the project budget.
• Risk identification and mitigation.
• Project execution management.
• Control of project deadlines, budget and content.
• Change management system.
• Project reporting. Project closure and lessons learned.