Project Management

This course equips aspiring architects with comprehensive knowledge and essential skills needed to confidently pass the ARE exam. Covering key areas such as project delivery methods, contracts, and risk management.

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Course curriculum

1. Breakout 1 - Scope Management
1. Scope & Deliverables - Introduction
2. Scope of Services
3. Scope Creep
4. Negotiating Agreements
5. Defining Project Services
6. Setting Design Deliverables
7. Setting Jurisdictional Deliverables
8. Construction Administration Documentation
9. Close-out Documentation
10. Scope & Deliverables - Summary
11. Scope & Deliverables - Knowledge Checkpoint
1. Project Schedule - Introduction
2. Project Scheduling
3. Jurisdictional Review
4. Client Review
5. Handling Schedule Changes
6. Project Schedule - Summary
7. Project Schedule - Knowledge Checkpoint
1. Work Planning - Introduction
2. Work Planning
3. Working with Gantt Charts
4. Working with Calendar/Post-it Method
5. Milestone Planning
6. Work Planning - Summary
7. Work Planning - Knowledge Checkpoint
1. Breakout 2 - Welcome
1. Project Execution - Introduction
2. Pre-Design
3. Schematic Design
4. Entitlements
5. Design Development
6. Construction Documents
7. Bidding & Negotiation
8. Construction Administration
9. Project Execution - Summary
10. Project Execution - Knowledge Checkpoint
1. Fees & Project Budgets - Introduction
2. The Estimation Principle
3. Architectural Fees
4. Basis of Fees
5. Setting Fees
6. Project Budgets Concepts
7. Bottom-Up Project Budgets
8. Top-Down Project Budgets
9. Staff Analysis Project Budgets
10. Project Budgets - Accounting
11. Fees & Project Budgets - Summary
12. Fees & Project Budgets - Knowledge Checkpoint
1. Project Resource Management - Introduction
2. Project-based Staffing
3. Monitoring
4. Consultant Selection
5. Project & Consultants Fee Management
6. Gettin' Paid!
7. Project Resource Management - Summary
8. Project Resource Management - Knowledge Checkpoint
1. Budgets, and Estimates, and Sums, OH MY! - Introduction
2. Budget for the Cost of The Work
3. Estimate for the Cost of The Work
4. Modifications During Procurement & Construction
5. Contract Sum
6. Budgets, and Estimates, and Sums, OH MY! - Summary
7. Budgets, and Estimates, and Sums - Knowledge Checkpoint
1. Breakout 3 - Process Management
1. Project Development Process - Introduction
2. Ensuring Project Code Compliance
3. Code Analysis Process
4. Consultant Coordination Process
5. Checklists
6. Impact of Design Decisions
7. Project Development Process - Summary
8. Project Development Process - Knowledge Checkpoint
1. Quality Process - Introduction
2. Quality Assurance
3. Quality Control
4. Project Document Review Process
5. Quality Management
6. Quality Management in Schematic Design
7. Quality Management in Construction
8. Quality Process - Summary
9. Quality Process - Knowledge Checkpoint
1. Breakout 4 - Product Management
1. Deliverable Management - Introduction
2. Structure Of Specifications
3. Specification Writing
4. Permit Set Considerations
5. Construction Administration Management
6. Deliverable Management - Summary
7. Deliverable Management - Knowledge Management
1. Jurisdictional Process - Introduction
2. International Building Code (IBC)
3. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
4. Federal Regulations
5. Local Regulations
6. Role of Planning and Zoning Departments
7. Responding to Jurisdictional Comment
8. Responding to Building Departments
9. Responding to Zoning and Planning Departments
10. Neighborhood Review Boards
11. Working with Plan Reviewers
12. Jurisdictional Process - Summary
13. Jurisdictional Process - Knowledge Checkpoint
1. Breakout 5 - Team Support
1. Risk Management - Introduction
2. Leadership
3. Professional Liability Insurance
4. Other Commercial Insurance
5. Disputes
6. Project Teams
7. Project Team Communications
8. Project Site Visit - Legal Considerations
9. Risk Management - Summary
10. Risk Management - Knowledge Checkpoint
1. Technology Management - Introduction
2. Technology Definitions
3. Technology Values and Applications
4. Knowledge Management
5. Information Management
6. Collaborative Technologies
7. Technology Management - Summary
8. Technology Management - Knowledge Check

About this course

$35.00 / month with 1 day free trial
141 lessons
12 hours of video content
Taught by Kevin Griendling, AIA

Instructor(s)

Kevin Griendling, AIA

Kevin Griendling is a licensed architect, educator, and mentor with over a decade of experience helping candidates pass the ARE. He’s taught architecture, created the Prepare for the ARE series on Pluralsight, and developed the xQ ARE 5.0 practice app. Licensed in eight states with broad practice experience, Kevin offers real-world insight and clear, supportive guidance. His goal is simple: help you navigate the licensure process with confidence—and pass.

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