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Understanding of the Project Management

Project management is a formal process. It uses tools to ensure that:

➢ Detailed tasks are identified and laid out;


➢ Responsible people are allocated to the tasks; Measurable objectives are put in place to
ensure that targets are met;
➢ Changes are made in time to ensure targets can be met;
➢ The budget is well controlled;
➢ The correct allocation of equipment and materials is made throughout the lifespan of the
project.

Project Feasibility study

An analysis which ascertains/ checks the viability of an undertaking and guides organization.
Program implementers in determining the action they must take to bring about the successful
operation of a project operation. This includes:

1. Technical Feasibility: Discusses the nature of the project, the type of technology needed, its
availability, the proper mix of resources and how to optimize its use.

2. Beneficiary Needs analysis :Looks into the nature of unsatisfied project demands in terms of
its growth and the manner in which it is to be met. Here the demand /need situation is examined
and analysis of the target users is undertaken.

3. Organizational viability: The project organization and management analysis are critically
looked into. Its capability in responding to the need of the envisioned project is dissected to ensure
project implementation.
4. Social acceptability: deals with social soundness and gender sensitivity of projects. Social
impacts on communities include issues of displacement /resettlement and associated impact on
quality of life and livelihoods.

5. Economic capability: is a simplified financial and economic analysis of projects. It presents


the overall financial picture in terms of operating cash requirement, profitability (for livelihood
projects) and cash flow.

6. Environmentally safe: deals with environmental impact assessment.


Project context

Refers to the ‘internal’ and the ‘external’ environment. Internally, issues like its alignment with the
objectives of the organization, resource its requirements and related organizational concerns.

Variables like the potential impact of the project on the community and existing socio-political
environment are very crucial environmental factors. For example, ten years ago people who
encouraged the youth to wear condoms during sex encountered environment, a hostile more
specifically from the church. But with the upsurge of HIV AIDS cases, social development
agencies and health departments were able to launch HIV-AID prevention and greater awareness
on adolescent sexuality.

Project Life Cycle

The Project Management Institute (PMI) suggests a very straightforward five-stage cycle
with tasks completed at each stage. Tuckman (1965) on the other hand, proposed an alternative at
how we look at project life cycle. He proposed a five stage group development model- forming;
storming; norming; performing and adjourning which describe the process of how a group works
together. He suggests that at its inception, a group is quite tentative and members need to become
familiar with each other so that they will be able to challenge each other in order to develop
accepted ways of which enable them to carry out their role effect effectively and then move on.
This similarity strengthens its relevance to social work. One of the shifts in the approach to
project management over the last decade has been to give far more credence to the importance of
people management within the process. Managing the project processes is equally as important
as managing the task completion in securing project success.

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