| Venue: The training workshop will be held at SDPI or in a local hotel in Islamabad. |
Introduction
Managing a project is both an art and science. It involves a balanced combination of critical skills and mastery of the principles and techniques of management. A major part of time and cost over-runs is attributed to delays in project implementation. Good project management ensures effective implementation and timely completion of projects. It enables managers to make optimal use of human and material resources. Current project management techniques require a departure from traditional approach as it involves improved methodology on project selection, planning, implementation, controlling, evaluation and termination.This workshop is designed to help managers develop their skills in project management. It provides participants a good mix of best practices in project management and the opportunity to apply these techniques to their own projects.
Who should attend?
The training workshop is designed for managers and supervisors who are (or who will be) managing projects. The training will be useful for participants from industry, social sector and development organizations. academia, international funding agencies. NGOs, and public organizations.
Objectives
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand the steps involved in project planning
- Manage projects implementation issues effectively
- Organizing and managing project teams
- Develop project monitoring and evaluation framework
Methodology
Participants will learn the principles of project management and methods of managing quality projects. To apply the principles, teams would prepare their projects and present them in the plenary followed by the feedback sessions.
Medium
of instructions
English will be the medium of instruction for this workshop. However, an effort will be made to conduct the workshop using a mixture of English and Urdu.
Contents
Module 1: Introductory
- Introduction to project management
- Introduction to Ten-Step project management
Module 2: Project Planning
- Project planning process
- Approaches and issues of project planning
Module 3: Managing the project
- Manage the work plan
- Manage issues
- Manage scope
Module 4: Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects
- Designing M&E system of projects
- Requirements for effective Monitoring
- Developing a M&E framework
Module 5: Managing the project team
- The role of the project leader
- Motivating the project team
- Recruit the project team
- Organise the project team
Resource
person
Zahir Uddin Butt holds masters degrees in economics, political science and public administration. He is a Certified Human Resource Professional from Canada. He did specialized courses on project management, monitoring and evaluation of projects from Ryerson University Canada. He has a diverse NGO, public and private sector background, having worked as a project planning officer, project manager, management consultant, trainer and HR consultant over the last 16 years in Pakistan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Canada. He has delivered a number of successfully courses on the same subject to the management professionals in Pakistan and abroad.
Deadline for registration
Completed Registration forms should reach the Program Secretary via fax or mail latest by 28 December 2007. The institute will confirm registration upon receipt of fee by a fax/email. Please use a separate registration form for each nominee. Please note that seats are limited and applicants will be registered on a first come, first served basis. Registration will close if all the seats are taken up before the last date.
Registration fee
Rs. 11,500 per person
Discount
25% discount available on registration fee to the following:
- Women
- SDPI members
- HRDN members on each nomination
- Students registering through their institutions
- Other organizations registering two or more persons
- Special discount for journalists One free seat is available to nominees of Press Clubs. 25% discount will be given on additional nominations.
Withdrawal requests will be processed
as under:
| 10
or more days before workshop |
Full
refund |
| Nine
to four days before workshop |
75 percent
refund |
| Three
days before workshop |
50 percent
refund |
| Two
or less days before workshop |
No refund |
Cancellation/postponement
SDPI reserves the right to cancel or postpone the workshop if circumstances require. In such an event, SDPI will ensure that registered participants are informed as soon as possible. SDPI will also refund registration fees according to our refund procedures.
Award
of certificates
- Trainees successfully completing 85 percent of the instructional sessions will be awarded completion certificates.
- Trainees who for genuine reasons are unable of complete 85 percent attendance but attend 60 to 84 percent instructional sessions will be given partial attendance certificates.
- Trainees attending less than 60 percent of instructional sessions will be given letters specifying the sessions that they attended.
Time
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (daily)
Further information
For further details, please contact Program Support Officer, SDPI at Tel. 92-51-2278134 or fax: 92-51-2278135.
Registration form
 View Registration Form. |
