1.011 | Spring 2011 | Undergraduate

Project Evaluation

Syllabus

Keywords

The following words and phrases are covered throughout the course:

Benefits

Costs

Impact

Infrastructure

Time Value of $

Uncertainty/ Risk

Maintenance

Rehabilitation

Project Evaluation

          Value

          Values

Performance

Ideology

Checklists

Capital Costs

Operating Costs

Equity

Sustainability

          Economic Development

          Environmental Protection

          Social Equity

Discount Rate

“This changes everything” — Game Changer

Evaluative Complexity

Environmental Justice — Distribution

Life Cycle Costs

          Conception

          Construction

          Operation

          Decommissioning

Break Even Points

Marginal Costs

Engineering Costs

Average Costs

Capacity (Theoretical, Practical)

Service

Engineering-based Performance Function

(Economic) Equivalence

Cash Flows

Nested Complexity — Political / Institutional / Organizational

Technical Feasibility

Private / Public / Partnership

Utility

Humility

Known Unknowns

Unknown Unknowns

Due Diligence

          Discipline

Course Info

As Taught In
Spring 2011
Learning Resource Types
Problem Sets
Exams
Lecture Notes
Projects with Examples
Written Assignments