Session Plan

Session 3

Steps in

Project Planning

Rationale

The steps in project planning are frequently presented in a linear, or

perhaps a circular, diagram, with one step neatly following another.

In fact, rarely does a project develop let alone get implemented in

such a neat pattern. Several steps may be happening at once, as well

as a need to back track to reconsider or redo something. All parti 

cipants have had some experience in planning and carrying out a

project, if only within their family setting or a club or association.

During the session on Success Stories, the group identified charac 

teristics of successful projects. This session builds on that one, allowing

participants time to share experiences and expertise in small groups

as they develop their own flow chart of the steps in project planning.

An intervention at the end of the session introduces some of the side

and back steps that often happen, and a summary helps put all of the

steps into larger phases of project design and management.

Objectives

By the end of the session participants will be able to:

1.

Identify the key steps in developing and managing a project.

2.

Visualize the steps as a process that is sequential, yet somewhat

fluid and repetitive.

 Time

1 hour (add 15 minutes for optional activity in Step IV)

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