Project Planning & Design
Section outline
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Course Description
Project management is increasingly recognized as an indispensable management function and an alternative business model for modern management. With the changing regulatory opportunities such as accelerated practice of joint ventures, consortium arrangements and contract-based business engagements, the need to develop project management capacity is more visible and feasible today. Uganda and the general African Continent still grapple with lack of professional experts in the project management discipline and this course makes a paramount contribution towards filling this intellectual gap. Moreover, with the adoption of programme-based methods of development in Uganda, the course opens up a wide space for students to prepare to take up these emerging opportunities. This course covers the concepts and skills that are used by managers to propose, plan, secure resources, budget and lead projects to successful completion.
Course objectives
The specific objectives of this are to enable students to;
i. Use the project planning tools in designing their projects.
ii. Identify and seize project opportunities across various development programmes, business environment and strategic plans.
iii. Develop the perspective of a project manager in carrying out their responsibilities of project planning and implementation.
iv. Gain knowledge about the key project management knowledge areas.
v. Become competitive experts in the area of project management for the private and public sectors.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to;
i. Design fundable projects
ii. Analyse the technical and social feasibility of projects
iii. Develop project fundraising programmes for projects.
iv. Develop project performance indicators.
v. Develop consortium agreements and terms of reference.
vi. Develop MEAL frameworks for projects.
vii. Coordinate project activities
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This document presents Uganda's National Development Plan. It is used to identify project ideation opportunities that students can utilise.
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This guideline presents to you the meaning, importance and methods of conducting project stakeholder mapping
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