Development Project Management
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Introduction to Project Management
PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
Introduction to Project Management
PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
A methodology to manage development projects for international humanitarian assistance and relief organizations
© PM4DEV 2013 Our eBook is provided free of charge on the condition that it is not copied, modified, published, sold, re-branded, hired out or otherwise distributed for commercial purposes. Please give appropriate citation credit to the authors and to PM4DEV. Feel free to distribute this eBook to any one you like, including peers, managers, and organizations to assist in their project management activities.
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Introduction to Project Management
INTRODUCTION
Project management is not a new management fad; it is a professional practice that has reached wide acceptance in many industries from government to technology. Organizations that have adopted project management as a key competency have benefited from improved project outcomes to significant competitive advantage. Unfortunately, there is very little material on project management written exclusively for the development and humanitarian assistance sector. Most of the information available to development organizations focuses on the funding and monitoring and evaluation process; but there is little information about all the management competencies, methodologies, and practices required to manage a project from beginning to end. Development organizations are facing increasing demands to do more with less, from becoming catalysts of change in the communities they serve to deliver the project on time, under budget and in the quality not only expected but also demanded by donors and beneficiaries. To face these challenges development and humanitarian assistance organizations are in urgent need of the tools, practices methodologies that a well
Introduction to Project Management
PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
Introduction to Project Management
PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
A methodology to manage development projects for international humanitarian assistance and relief organizations
© PM4DEV 2013 Our eBook is provided free of charge on the condition that it is not copied, modified, published, sold, re-branded, hired out or otherwise distributed for commercial purposes. Please give appropriate citation credit to the authors and to PM4DEV. Feel free to distribute this eBook to any one you like, including peers, managers, and organizations to assist in their project management activities.
www.pm4dev.com
Introduction to Project Management
INTRODUCTION
Project management is not a new management fad; it is a professional practice that has reached wide acceptance in many industries from government to technology. Organizations that have adopted project management as a key competency have benefited from improved project outcomes to significant competitive advantage. Unfortunately, there is very little material on project management written exclusively for the development and humanitarian assistance sector. Most of the information available to development organizations focuses on the funding and monitoring and evaluation process; but there is little information about all the management competencies, methodologies, and practices required to manage a project from beginning to end. Development organizations are facing increasing demands to do more with less, from becoming catalysts of change in the communities they serve to deliver the project on time, under budget and in the quality not only expected but also demanded by donors and beneficiaries. To face these challenges development and humanitarian assistance organizations are in urgent need of the tools, practices methodologies that a well