The professionalization of the development sector has resulted in professional project managers being employed. These managers practice contemporary management techniques and tools. Modern project managers need to be equipped with the technical know-how on internationally accepted norms of project management as they work in collaboration with multiple partners from a variety of countries.
Course objectives
The PM course covers all the technical areas of development sector project management. This intensive course provides practical hands on skills in these areas as well as an opportunity to meet and discuss issues regarding project management with project managers from different projects / areas.
Participants
Project managers, senior project management staff, consultants and advisors who are involved in Project Management at a development sector organization.
Course content
Log Frame Formulation
Being able to formulate a Logical Framework is a key technical skill of a project manager. This course will provide you with the knowledge and the technical skills as well as the experience of creating a log frame
Project Implementation
Project managers have experienced the gulf between planning and implementation. Be able to understand the issues and cope with them during implementation.
Project Organization
Be able to analyse and identify the capacity development needs of the project organization
Project Monitoring
Having a fully functional monitoring system provides the project manager to set indicators and monitor the progress of the project, learn from mistakes and best practices and benchmark performance, and develop cases for support for resource mobilization.
Project financial management
Learn how to manage the project financials and understand the financial cycle.
Project Evaluation
Learn the importance and types of evaluation at the project managers disposal to evaluate, learn and write proposals for new projects
Training method
The Training course will be delivered using the Adult Learning Cycle / Experiential Learning Cycle
PM Course outline
Week 1
| Day 1 | Opening of the Course and Introductions Development sector history / trends & working within a Policy Cycle Introduction to Project Management Tasks and Role of the Project Manager |
| Day 2 | Problem analysis Objective analysis Determination of external factors & risks Intervention Logic |
| Day 3 | Log frame formulation Assumptions Results Map Activity Map |
| Day 4 | Project Implementation Performance Management Project Control Analyzing your own management style |
| Day 5 | Analyzing the project Organization External & Internal Analysis Field assignment on analysing project Organizations Field assignment on analysing project Organizations |
| Day 6 | Organizational Learning Change Management Cross Cultural Communication Managing Teams |
Week 2
| Day 7 | Recap of Week 1 Defining information needs Formulating indicators in the LF & Sources of Verification Monitoring reports and formats Lessons learned & Best Practices |
| Day 8 | Developing cases for support Resource mobilization Negotiation Conflict Resolution |
| Day 9 | Budgeting Financial Reporting Resource Management Financial Operations |
| Day 10 | Types of evaluation Terms of reference of Evaluation Participatory evaluation Outcome Mapping / Most Significant Change |
| Day 11 | Proposal Writing Creating your PM Poster Presentation Skills Feedback & Feed Forward |
| Day 12 | Group discussion on how to implement learnings Group discussion on how to implement learnings Personal Action Plan Evaluation, Certification & Wrap up |