Project Monitoring Reporting and Control
All management professionals and authors agree that “control” is a key function of management. The manager is further assisted by various approaches to apply this control. Monitoring is a key control mechanism for project managers. This, besides other control approaches, will ensure quality, timeliness and efficiency of the project.
· Why managers need to monitor
· What is the key principles of monitoring
· What monitoring does not give us
· How to make practical and relevant tools for your monitoring needs
· What to do with monitoring findings
· Continuous learning and quality improvement
· Introduction to control function of management
· How monitoring help project manager to meet milestones
· Importance of Monitoring
· What monitoring does not give us
· Planning for monitoring
· Participatory Monitoring Frameworks
· Logical Framework Matrix and its content
· Project Goal and Objectives
· Indicators, Source/Means of Verification
· Assumptions
· Practical Work on Project Scenarios
· Monitoring for various types of projects
· Monitoring Plans
· Developing Monitoring Plan
· Mainstreaming Monitoring Plans with Project Plans
· Implementing Monitoring Plans
· Monitor the Monitoring Plans
· Data Management
· Data Collection
· Data Analysis
· Communicating Results
· Utilization of Results in Project Planning
· Continuous quality improvement using monitoring
This course has been specifically designed for project managers, officers and any person involved in project management.