Managing Complex Technical Projects
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Managing Complex Technical Projects
at
MIT USA
Overview

Reduce the complexity involved in large projects by restructuring development and management procedures in ways that produces small-team results

Duration	3 days
Total fee	₹3.12 Lakh
Mode of learning	Online
Course Level	UG Certificate

Managing Complex Technical Projects

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Overview
Highlights
Course Details
Curriculum
Faculty

Managing Complex Technical Projects
at
MIT USA
Highlights

Earn a certificate of course completion from the MIT Sloan School of Management
Learn through lectures, exercises, interactive discussions, and teamwork

Managing Complex Technical Projects
at
MIT USA
Course details

Skills you will learn

Scrum Coaching

Who should do this course?

For Vice presidents of engineering, manufacturing, and technology
For Directors of project, program or service management
For Product, service and business development
For Engineering and R&D program managers
For Chief project engineers
For Product design and process development engineers
For Technology strategists
For Project leaders

What are the course deliverables?

Map existing product development processes using DSM
Identify ways to facilitate planned iterations and reduce unplanned iterations
Manage technical complexity
Model system decomposition and architecture using DSM
Find patterns of modularity and integration in systems
Restructure development organizations based on system architecture
Understand team-based agile development and scrum methods
Select the most appropriate agile tools for specific projects
Scale planning and coordination in larger agile applications

More about this course

Managing complex technical projects is a massive effort well beyond the scope of a simple project plan
Complex systems are comprised of hundreds or thousands of interconnected components, each potentially developed by a different group of people distributed over multiple organizations
The course focus on the design structure matrix (DSM) method, while the third day teaches modern agile development methods
Through lectures, exercises, interactive discussions, and teamwork, you will learn two sets of techniques which you can use to better handle the complexity of large product and service development efforts

Managing Complex Technical Projects
at
MIT USA
Curriculum

Day 1

Design Structure Matrix and Process DSM Models

Complex projects, DSM types

Process modeling with DSM

Sequencing exercise

Examples from various industries

Process DSM building exercise

Application discussion

Day 2

System Architecture and Organization DSM Models

Organization DSM and examples

System architecture DSM and examples

DSM building and clustering exercise

Combining system and organization models

System readiness DSM exercise

Application discussion

Day 3

Agile Development Methods

Background and manifesto

Team-based agile (Scrum)

Scaled agile methods

Agile coaching exercise

Course wrap-up and discussion

Managing Complex Technical Projects
at
MIT USA
Faculty details

Steven Eppinger

Steven Eppinger is Professor of Management Science and Innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management where he holds the General Motors Leaders for Global Operations Chair. Prof. Eppinger teaches interdisciplinary courses at both the master's and executive levels in product design and innovation, engineering project management, and digital product management.