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Key Takeaways

Module 1: Scope of Work

• • Well, the scope of work is essential for outlining both the purpose of the project and the needs of the stakeholders, as well as working to manage their expectations. It is also important for the project team itself to understand the work breakdown structure of the deliverables that are outlined.

Module 2: Logic Models

• • A logic model is a tool that provides a visual, step-by-step plan for carrying out your project.

Module 3: Project Phases

• • Phases are normally sequential

  • Activities may carry across multiple different phases

  • Do not always have clear beginning and ends

Module 4: Project Politics

• • Project politics is the act of navigating the different opinions, perspectives and workstyles of all parties involved in a project.

Module 5: Project Cost Management

• • Project Cost Management is a series of activities for estimating, allocating, and controlling costs within the project. It allows determining and approving a budget for the project and controlling spending.

Module 6: Decision-Making Standards and Procedures

• • The Work Breakdown structure and the Board organize a procedure of constructing the project management team. This procedure helps the organization layout the personnel who have the authority to make decisions.

Module 7: Risk Analysis

• • Risk analysis is defined as a systematic process of identifying, analyzing, and resolving the project’s risk issues, including maximizing the probabilities and consequences of positive events and minimizing the probability and consequences of adverse events against project objectives.

Module 8: Post-Project Evaluation

• • A Post Project Evaluation is a review that a team does on their project before they are able to start on a new project. A post project evaluation gives the team time to process what went well and understand why those aspects of the project went well.

Thank you for participating in our Project Management Mini-Course! We hope you found the information within these modules useful for the project management operations of your nonprofit organization.