Strategic Project Planning-Practical Tools for Private Sectors and NGOs

A project is unique in that it is not a routine operation, but a specific set of operations designed to accomplish a singular goal. So a project team often includes people who don’t usually work together–sometimes from different organizations and across multiple geographies. Thus there are the needs strategically for leaders and teams to manage a project in the way that overall delivery within their areas of responsibility and work to enable the change, reaching a goal, through the resources and relationships they have. This two-day training course will provide you with essential techniques to convert any problem, idea, or opportunity into clear objectives before actions formulated. This will sharpen the logic of your strategy so that it’s aligned both within the project and with the larger organizational Strategies, Goals, and Vision.

  • Common issues to tackle
  • Start Smart, NASA Rule #15
  • Start with the lesson learned
  • Project definition
  • The six planning mistake
  • Starting with Four Strategic Questions
  • If-Then concept exercises
  • Building multiple objectives into trees
  • Strategic Hypotheses—Personal exercises
  • Conceptual of the Logical Framework
  • Four critical questions to build a log frame
  • Hand on exercise to build a grid
  • Verification your statement logic
  • Managing Portfolios and Programs
  • Logical Planning Steps
  • Develop a core strategy
  • Turning strategy into operation plan
  • Expore linking project to corporate-level objective
  • What success means and how do we measure
  • Identify assumption and reduce risk
  • Detailing the work plan tasks, budget, and schedule.
  • Managing the Strategic Action Cycle
  • Three Types of Assessment
  • Celebrating Success
  • LogFrame Limitations and Best Practices

Kuch Savath

Managing Director & Certified Master Trainer

Mr. Savath Kuch has more than 15 years’ experience in managing training, leading the high-impact in-company training, providing technical support on training development, project & program design, planning, implementation, assessment, monitoring & evaluation and training on many courses associated with project management, training needs assessment, design, planning, and data collection.

Currently, he is the Managing Director of EDI, and formerly, he is an Executive Director, Executive Manager, National Child Protection Specialist, Program Manager, Trainer, Child Protection Technical Officer, Child Protection Project Officer, Child Protection Technical Assistant, and Social Worker for World Vision International. He has experience managing training and managing project from the front-line position to be a national technical specialist providing his support to all staff in many projects and programs.

Upon the completion of this two-day training, participants are expected to:                 

  • Strategically to consistently think, plan, act, and assess in a way that best achieves your desired results;
  • Be able to turn strategic intent into well-designed, actionable projects effectively for individuals and organizations;
  • Be able to use cause-effect thinking to form strategic, hypotheses and design sound strategies, projects, and action initiatives of all types;
  • Be able to sharpen the strategic hypotheses of the project—the chain of If-Then connections—leads to common understanding and agreement on how the project deliverables contribute to realizing business Goals;
  • Be able to verify three directional types of logic, Vertical, Horizontal and Zig-Zag logic in a project Log Frame grid;
  • Be clear about the Measures that matter in the organizational unit;
  • Be able to define the next action step that is discrete and doable by break down tasks into the next actions to be taken;

This Strategic Project Management is for any Project/Program Managers/Directors, Supervisors who have recently been appointed to manage a project and anyone who is new to the project design, implementation, project monitoring, and evaluation. This course is essential for those, who facing difficulty to align their action plan with organization strategy as well as to estimate resources required to implement a project.

Course Detail

  • Trainer :Kuch Savath
  • Class Start :17 Sep 2016
  • Class End :18 Sep 2016
  • Seat Availble :25 Seats
  • Time : 08:00 - 05:00
  • Fee :250 $
  • Early Bird : 230 $
  • venue :Hotel/Restaurant
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