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PRJ 108B - Project Monitoring and Evaluation (10 Days)
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRJ 108B | 13 February 2023 | 10 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| PRJ 108B | 10 April 2023 | 10 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| PRJ 108B | 05 June 2023 | 10 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| PRJ 108B | 31 July 2023 | 10 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| PRJ 108B | 25 September 2023 | 10 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| PRJ 108B | 20 November 2023 | 10 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| PRJ 108B | 18 December 2023 | 10 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
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Course Description
This course is designed to develop individuals’ understanding of what monitoring and evaluation entails, why it is so vital, and how to do it well and in a participatory way. This course ensures that those who are new to this field have a thorough understanding of monitoring and evaluation concepts and have built up the practical skills and the confidence needed to do monitoring and evaluation effectively. Participants will learn to use a range of monitoring and evaluation tools and activities that will help them improve accountability, learning and effectiveness of projects and programmes.
Course Objectives
- Defining the main terms and concepts associated with the processes of monitoring and evaluation
- Articulating the key purposes of monitoring and evaluation
- Being able to prioritize according to the context
- Selecting and using a range of tools with confidence
- Learning information qualitative and quantitative gathering techniques
- Applying results of monitoring and evaluation processes to both accountability and organizational learning
Who Should Attend?
- Project Supervisors
- Project and Program Directors/Managers
- Executive Managers
- Anyone planning to become more effective in monitoring and evaluating projects
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Work measurement & control
- The control process
- Project management plan
- Measuring work progress
- Earned value management
- Measures of variance
- Forecasting
- Monitoring and controlling processes
- Project vs. business performance assessment
- Project management capability
Day 2
- Performance measurement
- Individual, operational, strategic & integrated performance management
- Performance measurement framework
- Balanced scorecard (BSC)
- Strategy mapped to BSC
- Creating a dashboard using BSC
- Seeking business excellence – EFQM
- Assessing the soft side of projects
- Critical success factors
- Escalation correlates loosely to delay
Day 3
- Program assessment
- Projects, programs, portfolios
- Portfolio vs. Program
- Categorization of programs
- Advantages of programs
- Portfolio assessment
- Roles in the permanent organisation
- Effective portfolio management
- Balancing the portfolio
- Basic approaches to PPM
Day 4
- Org. Capability assessment
- OPM3TM process
- Standards and EFQM model
- Dashboards
- Categorization
- Degree of formalization & complexity
- Attributes of projects
- Issues in performance assessment
- Systemic evaluation / assessment
- Who? Where? Why? What? When? How?
- Critical realism
Day 5
- Individual performance assessment
- Understanding competence
- Assessment centers
- Individual competency assessment
- Experience vs. complexity
- Knowledge assessment
- Rating scale
- Performance appraisal
- Judgmental vs. developmental assessment
- The reward process
- Characteristics of effective systems
Day 6
- Program management cycle
- Monitoring & evaluation cycles
- Logical framework for strategic planning
- Monitoring and Evaluation Methods: Methods of Program Review, Supervision and Evaluation
Day 7
- M&E Frameworks - conceptual
- M&E Frameworks - Logical
- Definitions, principles and types of monitoring and evaluation activities
- Basic quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques
- Differences between supervision, monitoring and evaluation
- Components of a successful monitoring and evaluation plan
Day 8
- Bias in data collection: definition, sources and control
- Data processing: analysis, interpret and presentation of routine program data
- Structure of a technical report: understanding observation, interpretation, conclusion and recommendation
- Performance Monitoring
- Performance Evaluation
Day 9
- Introduction to capacity building
- Capacity building and policy development
- Capacity building : Mechanisms and sustainable development
- Community development: approaches and principles
- Organizational capacity development
Day 10
- Emergency capacity building
- Measuring interventions in capacity building
- Risks and mitigation
