Program Management Plan Slides

Program Management Plan

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Question 1: Context planning
• Planner to be knowledgeable about the program plan and have a background of the target group e.g. traditional beliefs and ethics
• Planner to put into consideration the perception of the target community • Program planning is affected by the influence of power that determines the preferred proposal from the decision-making process.
• Program planning for environment call for the planner to train and communicate to the community to collect data for decision making.
• Marketing : Product, place, price and promotion
• Product: designing products that outcompete the other competitors in the market
• Place: where the organization can make the products available to the consumers. A right distribution channel is important after considering the action and learnings from the competitors

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• Price: The value of the product to the consumer and the rewards that the company will realize from selling the products.
• The program planner has to benchmark the price of the product with other competitors in the market. Small change in price can negatively or positively affect the product in the market.
• Promotion: can be applied by the planner depending on the level of agreement with the stakeholders. It help build a relationship with the audience.
• Budgeting: managing program budget through assessment of the financial operation
• Applicable in budget estimation to reach a level of certainty or acceptable risk related to the program plan.
• Contingency plan is created for cost overruns or prospective opportunities that may arise.

Question 2.
1. Discerning the context
• Have a clear background of the community to help in decision making process. • Have the ability to deal with changes that occur while making decisions due to influence of the locals.
• Have an understanding of the traditional practices and community ethics.
• Communicate and enhance communication skills to make the people