TITLE: Outline:
The traditional project cycle
Macarthur’s project sequence model
The participatory project management cycle
Then discuss which one of them is best suited to ensure learning takes place and that project planning is improved.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. TRADITIONAL PROJECT CYCLE
3. Macarthur’s PROJECT SEQUENCE MODEL
4. THE PARTICIPATORY PROJECT MANAGEMENT CYCLE
5. ADVANTAGES OF TRADITIONAL PROJECT CCYLE
6. ADVANTAGES OF Macarthur’s PROJECT SEQUENCE MODEL
7. ADVANTAGES OF PARTICIPATORY PROJECT MANEGEMENT CYCLE
8. DISADVANTAGES OF TRADITIONAL PROJECT CYCLE
9. DISADVATAGES OF Macarthur’s PROJECT SEQUENCE MODEL
10. DISADVATAGES OF PARTICIPATORY PROJECT MANAGEMENT CYCLE
11. WHICH APPROACH IS BEST FOR USE
In this essay, I will outline the TRADITIONAL PROJRCT CYCLE, Macarthur’s PROJECT
SEQUENCE MODEL and the PARTICIPATORY PROJECT MANAGEMENT CYCLE by giving their main features and general principles. There after I will discuss which one of them is the best suited to ensure learning takes place and those projects planning are improved.
First we need to understand what project cycle is. The planning and managing of the project indicate the cyclic process of the project (Conyers and Hills 1985: 73-61) which opposes Katz’s
(1975) ideology of a spiral process. Here in the project cycle, the planning consists of a number of linking phases which exist depending on one another.
The project cycle has different phases during its cycle process, namely being phase1: Decision to engage in planning and the creation of an organization framework. Phase2: The identification of planning objectives and targets. Phase3: Data collection and processing. Phase4: Identifying alternatives courses of action. Phase5: Appraisal plans and projects Phase6: Implementation and lastly Phase7: Monitoring and evaluation.
Though the initial decision to engage in
Planning and creation of an organizational framework is stated as
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