PROJECT ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION COURSE

OBJECTIVES

This course intends to help the participants to be able to:

• Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively evaluate and assess projects
• Understand how to measure project performance
• Learn and use project management principles
• Use different methods and techniques to evaluate and assess projects
• Prepare assessment and evaluation reports
• Learn the benefits and limitations of each evaluation and assessment method
• Present reports to stakeholders and sponsors
• Plan and execute project assessment and evaluation effectively
• Choose the most appropriate method for any given project
• Interpret and use project assessment and evaluation results

CONTENT

Introduction to Project Assessment and Evaluation

• Why assessment and evaluation are important
• How to use project evaluation and assessment tools and techniques
• How to determine the right time to perform project assessment and evaluation
• How to identify pitfalls of assessment and evaluation
• Types of assessment and evaluation in project management
• Benefits of undertaking evaluation and assessment
• challenges of assessing and evaluating projects
• Criteria for determining project assessment

The Role of Assessment and Evaluation in Project Management

• How to interpret the results of an assessment and evaluation
• The role of evaluation and assessment in monitoring and control
• How do evaluation and assessment affect project execution
• The benefits of using assessment and evaluation in project management
• The role of evaluation in project closeout
• The role in project planning

Planning for Assessment and Evaluation

• The importance of planning
• The process
• Benefits of Planning
• Challenges of planning

Conducting Assessments and Evaluations

• Summative assessments
• Achievement
• Skills evaluation
• Interests’ exploitation
• The design
• Formative
• How to score assessment
• Choosing the right tools for the job
• Developing assessment tools
• Methods of conducting the assessment

Reporting on Assessments and Evaluations

• How to write a report on assessment and evaluation
• Tips for writing a report
• What should be included in the report
• Proper formatting of the report

Using Assessment and Evaluation Results

• How to communicate the results to stakeholders
• Pivoting from the results
• Improving the results by analysing the results
• Using the results in decision making process
• Effectively using the results

Project Closeout and Lessons Learned

• Project closeout procedures
• What to do during project closeout
• Lessons learned from previous projects
• How to document lessons learned
• Best practices for project closeout
• Closeout checklist
• Case studies
• Closeout report

Stakeholder Management

• Managing stakeholders throughout the project life cycle
• Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships as an evaluator
• Identifying and engaging stakeholders
• Resolving stakeholder’s conflict
• Analysing and managing stakeholder expectations
• Communicating with stakeholders effectively
• Defining stakeholders and their role in the project
• Evaluating the project without the influence of stakeholders

 Ethics

• The importance of ethics in project assessment and evaluation
• The need for transparency and accountability
• Potential implications of not taking ethics into account when assessing and evaluating a project
• The challenges associated with ensuring that ethics are considered in project assessment and evaluation