Results-based project monitoring and evaluation systems provide feedback on the actual outcomes and goals of government programmes and projects. Results-based systems require answers to questions like:

1. What higher-order objectives and expected outcomes has the department set?
2. Have measurable outcomes and impacts been achieved?
3. Are these outcomes and impacts sustainable?

From this point of departure, it is essential that leaders, managers, teams, and individuals in organizations, public and private, develop their skills to understand, track and report on monitoring and evaluation. This course on Project Monitoring and Evaluation will empower you to understand, direct and implement the phases of a robust and results-based Monitoring and Evaluation framework.

Upon completing this course, the participants should be able to:
Develop an understanding of Project Monitoring and Evaluation and how these tools fit into the related processes of strategic management, project management, and policy implementation;
Learn about the Government-wide Project Monitoring and Evaluation framework and other related guidelines (Stats SA, Presidency indicators, etc)
Understand key Project Monitoring and Evaluation concepts, processes, and practices
Understand a results-based management approach
Understand and apply problem analysis tools
Design a results chain and work-breakdown structure and Gantt Chart
Understand Monitoring and Evaluation indicators
Understand data collection and data analysis for Project Monitoring and Evaluation
How to set up a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Evaluation types, concepts, and tools

Course Schedule
Introduction and course overview
Organizational performance management
Project Monitoring and Evaluation concepts and context
Preparing for Project Monitoring and Evaluation in your work processes and projects
Developing a work-breakdown structure
Developing and selecting appropriate indicators for project outputs and outcomes;
Linking your indicators to baselines, milestones, and targets
Setting up a monitoring and evaluation framework;
Build capacity for Project Monitoring and Evaluation in your teams – responsibilities, delegations, and quality
Facilitate team performance improvements using assessment findings;
Establish performance standards and monitoring systems – linking individual and organizational processes
Understand methods and tools for basic data collection;
Understand methods and tools for basic data analysis;
Understand the key uses of monitoring data: project management, evaluation, and reporting;
Understand the difference between process and outcome evaluation practices; and
Develop project evaluation reports.

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