MBA Expert: Construction and Development - free course from the Russian School of Management, training 250 hours, Date: December 3, 2023.

Development: organizational structure, business planning, economic and financial modeling, performance assessment, risk management
• Management of development projects.
• Life cycle of a development project.
• Organizational structure.
• Business planning in development.
• Marketing for developers.
• Sales management in development.
• Project budget: model and efficiency.
• Management Accounting.
• Project risk management.
• Audit of a development project.

Project concept development
• Distinctive features of the construction project. The essence of investing in a project.
• Formation of the investment plan for the project. Sources of business ideas.
• Principles for the most effective assessment of an investment project. Workshop.
• The concept of a construction project as a real estate marketing tool.
• Design analysis. Assessment of external and internal environmental factors.
• Basic urban planning characteristics of the land plot. Type of permitted use. Workshop.
• TEPs of the project. Output of commercial space.
• Feasibility study of the project. Analysis of investment opportunities.
• Formation of the budget for a construction project. Basic methods for calculating cost costs.
• Cost calculation based on aggregated indicators. Workshop.

Calculation of project economics. Project Cost Management
• Economic features and objectives of investment and construction projects.
• Fundamental model for managing investment and construction projects
• Formation of the investment plan of the Project.
• Development of the concept of the construction project.
• Conducting design analysis.
• Principles for the most effective evaluation of a construction project.
• Development of urban planning documentation.
• Analysis of the effective use of land
• Feasibility study of the construction project.
• Technology and price audit. Analysis of investment opportunities.
• Financial and economic assessment of the construction Project.
• Project financing.
• Project resource management

Management of investment and construction projects
• Basics of implementing real estate projects.
• Project life cycle.
• Real estate project management: strategy and tactics.
• Real estate project structure.
• Tasks and required skills of a project manager.
• An effective team is the key to the quality and efficiency of the project.
• Standards and regulations: principles and techniques for developing and maintaining up to date.
• Motivation of personnel in the project.
• Development of a hierarchical structure of work.
• Deadline management.

Practical techniques in managing investment construction projects
• Order in everything as a business philosophy.
• Assessment of investment attractiveness (using the example of a residential complex).
• Renting strategy (using the example of a business center).
• Scheduling.
• Tender and contractual work.
• Management Accounting.
• Budgeting.
• Increasing performance discipline.
• Project management.
• Eco-construction techniques (using the example of straw-bale technology).

Initial data and conditions for the preparation of project documentation
• Features of the construction industry and the environment of the construction project. Step analysis.
• State regulation of urban planning activities. Review of federal laws.
• Land management documentation. Land use and development rules.
• Urban zoning. Zones with special land use conditions.
• Town planning regulations. Right mode of the land plot.
• Limit parameters of permitted construction. Economic value of the land plot.
• Types of permitted use of land plots. The procedure for changing the VRI.
• Selecting the best use of the land.
• Documentation on territory planning. Territory planning and surveying project.
• Urban development plan of the land plot.

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.

Contracts in construction
• Preliminary agreements: protocols of intent, preliminary agreements, options, agreement on the procedure for conducting negotiations. Conclusion of a contract, pre-contractual disputes and protocols of disagreements.
• Five useful tools for a contract lawyer.
• Typical errors in the wording of contractual terms. Disputes related to the recognition of contracts as not concluded.
• Self-regulation in construction: key points of SRO reform, national register of specialists.
• The use of electronic communication channels when concluding and executing contracts, the complexity of electronic correspondence. Business correspondence.
• Review of the main types of contracts servicing relations between participants in construction activities (contract, supply, services, rent, mixed).
• Contract type contracts in construction: legal requirements for the form of the contract, essential terms of the contract, rights and obligations of the parties.
• Methods of ensuring the rights of the customer. Methods to ensure the rights of the contractor. Recommendations on additional provisions included in the contract in order to minimize risks.
• Agreement for the implementation of design work, copyright objects in the design documentation. Author's supervision agreement: legal nature of the agreement.
• Construction contract. Technical documentation and estimates, payment procedure for work performed. Legalization of additional work.

Financial and technical supervision
• The main goal of the investment and construction project.
• Main tasks of financial and technical control.
• Financial control: control over the use of budget funds.
• Budget of the investment and construction project.
• Financial control: control over the effective use of funds.
• Technical (construction) control.
• Organization of incoming inspection: incoming inspection of design documentation and building materials/structures.
• Operational and acceptance control.
• Estimated cost of construction. Planning of material and technical resources.
• Matrix of interaction within the framework of financial and technical control.

Shared construction: new legislation
• Subject of regulation of Law 214-FZ, concepts used in the law
• Contractual relations subject to Law 214-FZ
• Unacceptable ways of attracting funds from shareholders
• Liability for violation of law 214-FZ
• Requirements for developers
• Requirements for developers as amended by Federal Law No. 218-FZ
• Requirements for officials and other persons of the developer
• Project declaration
• Control and supervision of developers: regulator, authorized bank, fund, Rosreestr
• Compensation fund for shared construction
• Agreement for participation in shared construction: conditions and procedure for conclusion, typical errors in the wording of contractual terms
• Price of DDU, settlements on escrow accounts, intended use of equity holders’ funds, liability for misuse of equity holders’ funds
• Transfer of shared construction object to shareholders
• Prospects for the development of legislation in the field of shared-equity construction

Development of a construction project concept
• Economic features of construction and objectives of investment and construction projects.
• Fundamental model for managing investment and construction projects.
• Formation of an investment plan. Principles for the most effective evaluation of a construction project.
• Development of the concept of the construction project. Conducting design analysis.
• Development of urban planning documentation.
• Analysis of the effective use of land
• Feasibility study of the construction project. Technology and price audit.
• Analysis of investment opportunities. Financial and economic assessment of the construction project.
• Project financing. Project resource management.

Financial and construction audit as a tool for monitoring the targeted, lawful and effective use of funds
• Statement of the task: conducting a financial and construction audit of the Project.
• Audit of initial permitting and design documentation.
• Capital expenditure budget audit.
• Audit of construction volumes.
• Audit of actual costs with planned budget cost items.
• Audit of the intended use of funds.
• Audit of initial permitting and design documentation.
• Checking the set of documents required to obtain permission to carry out urban planning activities (pre-design activities, engineering surveys, design, construction).
• Basic violations of urban planning activities and norms providing for liability for violations.
• Workshop: Analysis of articles of the Classifier of violations of urban planning activities identified during state financial control.
• Capital expenditure budget audit.
• Peculiarities of pricing in construction: the individual nature of construction products - the individual price of the object.
• Construction cost structure: direct and indirect costs, cost of materials, wages of workers, overhead costs and estimated profit.
• Supply of materials by the Customer (supplied raw materials). The procedure for the relationship between the Customer and the Work Contractor.
• Standard prices and market value of work: finding a compromise between the Customer and the Contractor.
• Audit of the estimated cost of the project, taking into account specific construction technologies and prices prevailing in the construction market of the corresponding region.
• Audit of the budget of a construction project: checking the validity and reliability of determining the cost of construction according to budget items.
• What the Treasury can check when executing government contracts.
• Criteria for validity (economic feasibility) and documentary evidence for inclusion in the cost of construction.
• Workshop: Drawing up cost calculations for the production of construction products using the resource method.
• Audit of completed construction volumes.
• Checking the scope of work performed according to working documentation.
• Checking the availability and correctness of filling out the as-built documentation.
• Checking the completed volumes of work according to the reporting accounting documents (Acts KS-2) for compliance with the actual volumes of work.
• Application of the earned value method to evaluate construction in progress.
• Audit of actual costs with planned budget cost items.
• Checking the availability and degree of development of the project budget.
• Checking actual costs according to accounting documents for compliance with budget items. Accounting and management accounting.
• Unjust enrichment. Refunds to Customers under Government Contracts based on state financial control checks. .
• Workshop: Budget classifier of a construction project.
• Audit of the intended use of funds.
• Checking compliance with current budget and tax legislation: compliance of completed business transactions with legal requirements.
• Checking the use of funds according to reporting accounting documents (Acts KS-2) for compliance with cost items determined by the budget.
• Major violations of the intended use of funds and rules providing for liability for violations.
• Workshop: analysis of articles of the Classifier of violations of the intended use of funds identified during state financial control.

Construction project: concept, feasibility study, budget, cost and efficiency management
• 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, assessment of project viability.
• 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 of engineering infrastructure.
• Social infrastructure costs.
• Project management costs.
• Selling expenses.
• Financial expenses.
• Economic relations in construction.
• Main tasks of construction economics.
• Economic features of construction in comparison with the economics of industry.
• Key participants in investment and construction activities.
• Estimation of construction costs.
• Main stages of the investment phase of a construction project.

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.

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.

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
• Human capital of the company. 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.