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A 2-WEEK COURSE IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Overview and Expectations of the Course

• Development issues and challenges in the new millennium
• History of project development
• Project development models

Nature of a Project

• Objectives
• Using a SMART tool to identify objectives
• Defining a project
• Programs versus projects
• Characteristics of a project
• What is Project Management?

Project Development Process

• Define project scope
• Specify features, design
• Baseline system
• Build product, testing
• Deliver products to customers

Project Life Cycle

• Phase #1 : Defining the project
• Phase #2 : Planning the project
• Phase #3 : Executing the project
• Phase #4 : Delivering the project

The Parameters of a Project

• Project scope
• Quality
• Cost
• Duration/Time
• Resources
• Integration
• Communication
• Procurement
• Risk

Planning the Project Implementation

• Establishing project priorities
• Project priority matrix
• Project management trade-offs
• Tools for project planning: SWOT Analysis

Implementing the Project

• Creating a work breakdown structure
• Creating a project team and project review group
• Developing status report process
• Making changes to the project
• Assessing the quality of the project
• Making forecasts
• How to use WBS tool to identify staff
• Using the Logical Framework
• Team-building factor
• Dealing with risks and uncertainty
• Time management
• Risk management process
• Change process

Monitoring the project

• How to design the monitoring system
• The project control system
• How to design progress report system
• PERT Network tool
• Tracking Gantt Charts
• Formative evaluation
• Process evaluation
• Outcome evaluation
• Cost-benefit analysis
• Program documentation and reporting

Measuring Project Performance

• Requires the Understanding of three values:
• Planned Value (PV)
• Earned Value (EV)
• Actual Cost (AC)

• Finding Variances in the project
• Actual Costs (ACS)
• Budget at Completion (BAC)
• Cost Variance (CV)
• Schedule Variance (SV)

• Calculating the Cost performance Index (CPI)
• Finding the Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
• Completing the Estimate to Complete (ETC)
• Preparing for the estimate at completion (EAC)
• Finding the Variance at Completion (VAC)
• The five rules of Earned Value Management (EVM)

Evaluating the project

• How to design evaluation metrics
• How to evaluate project against standards
• Primary targets
• How to evaluate project against stakeholders’ expectation
• How to evaluate external processes
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Delivering the Project

• Train the clients and staffs
• Transfer documents
• Release resources
• Release personnel committed to the project
• Draw lessons learned from the project

Results-Based Projects

Conclusion

• Case studies and best practices
• Exercise and group presentation

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