Project Management for Donor Funded Projects
This course is very hands-on and interactive, thus providing a step by step approach to project design, implementation, monitoring, and impacts evaluation. An analysis of all the different phases of the project/programme cycle will be carried out to emphasis the methodology for preparing, implementing, and evaluating projects and programs. Particular effort will be made to bring clarity to the terminology used by the donors’/development partners for the different stages for the project/programme cycle, and the course will be more of practical. The principal training objective is to ensure participants have enhanced capacity and understanding in the areas of Project Cycle Management, Logical framework Approach, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Identification, Project Formulation, Appraisal and Project Implementation. Participants will able to design project/programmes that meet the requirements of the major Donors and Development Partners.
Objectives
• Recognize, Apply, and Align Your Project Management Approach with the Fundamental Concepts of Project Management
• Connect the Process Groups, Project Management Knowledge Areas, and Processes in a Practical and Usable Way
• Build the Key Deliverables and Structure to Get Your Project Started Effectively and Efficiently
• Develop a Comprehensive and Appropriate Project Management Plan as a Blueprint to Effective Project Execution
• Implement the Project Management Plan by Managing, Coordinating, and Collaborating with the Project Team and Key Project Stakeholders
• Monitor and Control Project Work to Meet Well-Defined Performance Objectives and Success Criteria
• Develop and Implement a Plan to Close the Project and Transition Ongoing Product Support to Operations