PROJECT AND

PROGRAMME
MANAGEMENT
Dr. Moses Okech, (PhD)
Contact: 0787-512253
Email: okechm@yahoo.com

Project Planning and Management

January 2020
 THE PPM MODULE

• Course Outline

• Aims, syllabus, learning outcomes and approaches

• Assessment

• Reading list
 TODAY’S PRESENTATION

• Projects and programmes

• Projects and strategic goals
• Management
• The project cycle
• Project and programme management
 What is a Project?
 PMBOK Definition: A Temporary endeavour
undertaken to create a unique product or service.

 The investment of capital in a time-bound

intervention to create productive assets”

• Projects and systems/ schemes/ operations

• Projects are about change – systems are about

the ‘steady-state’
 Distinctive Features of a Project

A start and Finish

A Lifecycle
A budget
Use of / coordinating resources from different departments
A single point of responsibility
Team roles
 DEFINING PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES

• Participant examples

• The changing nature of projects for development

• The increasing focus on programmes

 PROGRAMMES

• (sometimes) a series of small similar or

identical projects

• (more commonly) a relatively large-scale

undertaking, comprising a series of
projects which have linked or related
objectives
 WHY UNDERTAKE PROJECTS AND
PROGRAMMES?

• Project activities lead to project outputs (assets)

• Project assets lead to benefits – this is the project ‘purpose’

• Realisation of benefits from the project and other linked projects (the
‘programme’) over the long-term supports the achievement of strategic goal
 MANAGEMENT

“Getting things done through other people”

• An activity involving a considerable

amount of social interaction
THE PROJECT CYCLE (1)
The PRJECT CYCLE (2)
 PROJECT CYCLE MANAGEMENT

• Is a project a cycle?

• Project cycle management, project

management and programme
management:
– links and differences
 THE SCOPE OF
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project management institutes

• The project management ‘Body of

Knowledge’
 PEOPLE AND THE PROFESSION

• Organisations
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Leadership
These are sometimes referred to as ‘soft
skills’
 TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Implementation planning and resource

scheduling
• Procurement
• Risk assessment and management
• Project monitoring and control
The ‘hard skills’
 BLUEPRINT AND PROCESS

Different types of projects require different sets

of skills:

• BLUEPRINT projects (capital intensive, fully

planned in advance) – ‘hard skills’

• PROCESS projects (flexible, negotiated,

focussing on people) – soft skills
 PMBOK – 9 knowledge areas of
project processes
1. Scope
2. Time
3. Cost
4. Quality
5. Human Resource Management
6. Communication
7. Risk
8. Procurement
9. Integration
Thanks for listening!