Course Description

THE RATIONALE

There is increasing demand from multilateral agencies, funding bodies as well as boards of private companies for a strong demonstration that projects are being monitored and evaluated effectively. Effective project monitoring allows a project team to make appropriate decisions on a day-to-day basis and ensures that projects are carried out as planned and modified when necessary.

Successful programs and projects begin from a pre-planned series of activities and events. However, things rarely work out exactly as planned. Managers must therefore periodically monitor selected indicators and measure performance during implementation so they can make timely adjustments where necessary, as well as subsequently determine the extent to which the program or project achieved its objectives.

THE COURSE OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Introduce the project cycle and determine the issues needed for planning
• Prepare to keep track of and evaluation methods & plans
• Understand the idea of good project monitoring and evaluation
• To prepare evaluation designs and how you can document change
• To created and shared accounts with stakeholders
• Implement the monitoring as well as evaluation methods & plans
• To make use of Microsoft Project Software for Project Planning as well as Monitoring
• Understand techniques and strategies for checking and evaluating projects

 THE COURSE OUTLINE

The course will cover the following:

• Project Management Overview
• Project Management Framework
• Project Management Processes
• Introduction to monitoring & evaluation
• The concept of effective Project M&E & Results-Based Management (RBM)
• Setting project objectives & targets that facilitates effective M&E
• Project cycle and planning
• Organizing the human resources project
• The logical framework as a task design/M&E tool
• Tools, approaches and methods for facilitating M&E
• Tools, methods and approaches facilitating M&E
• Participatory & Results-based M&E
• Evaluations, learning and improvement
• Communicating and Reporting M&E finding
• Practical group exercises
• Recap & closure
• Use of MS Project as a project management and monitoring tool
• Introduction to MS Project
• Critical Path Method
• Start Screen, Project Workspace, Backstage View and Touch Mode
• Options
• Schedule Options and Change Working Time
• Creating Work Breakdown Structure
• Setting Up Tasks
• Setting Up Resources
• Assigning Resources
• Milestones
• Costs
• Finalizing the Project Plan
• Tracking
• Earned Value Analysis
• Customizing Microsoft Project
• Earned Value Management

TARGET AUDIENCE

Officers in IT Departments, Middle-level and Senior Managers, Secretaries

Delivery Method: Combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations

Venue:

Fee:

Duration: 1 week

Course Date: March 27th- 31st 2023