110481: Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the aspects of the project cycle

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Topics Covered

Chapter 1: Components of project cycle

• What is a project?
• Projects Project management
• Illustration of components
• Achieving and maintaining project efficiency

Chapter 2: Need analysis

• Initiating a project
• Conduct needs analysis
• Illustration of steps
• Improving process of needs analysis

Chapter 3: Planning processes

• Planning
• Process involved in planning
• Illustration of each process
• Improving planning process

Chapter 4: Project implementation

• Implementation
• Actions required to implement a project
• Illustration of each action
• Improving implementation process

Chapter 5: Monitor and review progress

• Range of mechanisms for monitoring and reviewing a project
• Illustration of each mechanism
• Improving the monitoring and review process
• Monitoring
• Review the progress of the project
• Performance reporting
• Reports
• Reporting results
• Meeting the project team

Chapter 6: Impact evaluation

• Means for conducting impact evaluation
• Illustration and ways of improving evaluation process
• Project objectives Reporting closure
• Closing down
• Use of evaluation and their results in own work context

This course is part of the following qualifications that we offer:

1. Elective 23095 - National Higher Certificate: Higher Education and Training Certificate: Development Practice Level 5, 120 Credits