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  • What kinds of decisions is the project manager allowed to make?
    A project manager is a person who has the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project
    Project managers frequently find themselves making, or at least influencing crucial decisions.Decisions may be as simple quick ones that are limited to one department
    A project manager is a person who is responsible for making decisions, both large and small. The project manager should make sure they control risk and minimise uncertainty. Every decision the project manager makes must directly benefit their project

  • Hi Sir/ Madam
    I wish have all my lessons in a PDF format which I can be able to download and print it out.

  • Most organizations fail to uplift and make a project a reality when they engage in poor governance. Project governance streamlines the system of a given organization and everyone gets clear on the core goals embeded.

  • Board of Directors

  • Well, To maintain the schedule reporting about the task can in mid-level should be in week basis or half-month. But in base-level worker should report daily. It may be oral. But the project manager should take note about it to make the report in higher level. A project manager should be authorized to relocate the human resource , immediate cash relocation and punishment for failing task in work to worker. This is the way of mine.

    Now my question is in some project governance structure project manager is not allowed to make punishment or any relocating activity about money or resource? What is the reason behind it?

  • I think in this course, the project manager has a lot to do in the project. He/she the pillar of the project. He/she reports to the Executive Director or the staff all the outcomes of the project .
    The project manager can change schedule, budget and scope in common ground with the Executive Director or the staff.
    All the components of this module are very important for me.

  • I want to know the synonyms of schedule and scope please.

  • I have mistakenly uploaded the wrong file for my assignment. How can i do please?

  • @awyndham said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    This is the module 1 discussion. You may participate in this discussion once you have begun module 1.

    Project governance--how decisions are made and authority is distributed on a project--is an extremely important topic. How does your team organize project governance? In this module's discussion, share your team's governance structure. Who does the project manager report to? What kinds of decisions is the project manager allowed to make?
    Find at least one post that you are curious to learn more about. Reply to that post by asking a clarifying question.
    Everything is superb that you have include in module
    Example post: On our projects, the project manager reports to the director of the organization. The project manager can change schedules and tasks, but they need to get the permission of the director to change any budgets, deadlines, or requirements.

    Example reply: How often does the project manager give updates to the director? Is the donor also involved in project governance?
    I dont work for Organiztion so i don't have Idea.

  • @awyndham said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    On our projects, the project manager reports to the director of the organization. The project manager can change schedules and tasks, but they need to get the permission of the director to change any budgets, deadlines, or requirements.

  • @JASSA said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    I know that project governance is very important in any project. The project governance but be established so that every member is aware of their duty, their colleagues duties. Not only that but through the project governance, a reporting system is established and the channel of communications. In project that we do, we establish project boards or executives that oversee the project. The project Manager reports directly to the project executives. from the executive level, information are then disseminated to relevant stakeholders.

    I am HABA Jean from Guinea Conakry west Afrique, I did management in school but this course is giving me good idea. The projet governance is very important but In my country all the project they undertook fail, they over budget and they don't respect the project deadline.
    I am delighted in joining this noble team and hope to learn better ideas moving forward. My goal for this course is to get additional and added value knowledge and skills on program management to deliver the most desired services to the society where the organization is implementing programes on humanitarian and development aspect.

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  • @awyndham said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    This is the module 1 discussion. You may participate in this discussion once you have begun module 1.

    Project governance--how decisions are made and authority is distributed on a project--is an extremely important topic. How does your team organize project governance? In this module's discussion, share your team's governance structure. Who does the project manager report to? What kinds of decisions is the project manager allowed to make?
    Find at least one post that you are curious to learn more about. Reply to that post by asking a clarifying question.

    Example post: On our projects, the project manager reports to the director of the organization. The project manager can change schedules and tasks, but they need to get the permission of the director to change any budgets, deadlines, or requirements.

    Example reply: How often does the project manager give updates to the director? Is the donor also involved in project governance?

    Project governance is most essential in any Organization because through this the Project manager is able to report to the senior executives. it enables the team set in the organization to accomplish certain project in a schedule, scope and budgetary set in the project charters.

  • Project governance can be defined as the implementation of assets available to effectively manage a project.
    In a word, it’s good project management. This is a person or group of people who are responsible for certain project decisions.
    This says the project manager or project leader to achieve the project scope within a specified time frame with a defined budget. He must therefore surround himself with competent people who understand the project in order to better carry out the tasks entrusted to them with the knowledge of the project charter. The project manager will be able to make decisions, but in some cases he or she would be required to refer to the project governance for which he or she is responsible.

  • Project governance can be defined as the implementation of assets available to effectively manage a project.
    In a word, it’s good project management. This is a person or group of people who are responsible for certain project decisions.
    This says the project manager or project leader to achieve the project scope within a specified time frame with a defined budget. He must therefore surround himself with competent people who understand the project in order to better carry out the tasks entrusted to them with the knowledge of the project charter. The project manager will be able to make decisions, but in some cases he or she would be required to refer to the project governance for which he or she is responsible.

  • @Mawusi said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    Let not forget that all projects are not the same and not manage the same way, hence the governance on each project are never the same.
    It is very importance that you understand the nature of your project and the reporting hierarchy.

    Good job guys.

    great contribution, the projects differ from one organization to another hence the governance is set different, in most cases the project manager reports to the senior executives or Director of the organization.
    Great point there.

  • Am so excited I made such an excellent grade in my WBS going by our module 1 homework! It was interesting!

  • hello learners

    Project governance can be defined as the implementation of assets available to effectively manage a project.
    In a word, it’s good project management. This is a person or group of people who are responsible for certain project decisions.
    This says the project manager or project leader to achieve the project scope within a specified time frame with a defined budget. He must therefore surround himself with competent people who understand the project in order to better carry out the tasks entrusted to them with the knowledge of the project charter. The project manager will be able to make decisions, but in some cases he or she would be required to refer to the project governance for which he or she is responsible.

  • @JASSA said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    I know that project governance is very important in any project. The project governance but be established so that every member is aware of their duty, their colleagues duties. Not only that but through the project governance, a reporting system is established and the channel of communications. In project that we do, we establish project boards or executives that oversee the project. The project Manager reports directly to the project executives. from the executive level, information are then disseminated to relevant stakeholders.

    Hi. How do you organize teams so that there is minimum overlap of duties?

  • Project governance is a critical elements of any project, since the accountabilities and responsibilities associated with an organization's business as usual activities are laid down in their organizational arrangements. It is important to confuse project governance with project management. Project governance looks to increase the success rate of a project. It provides a way for directors and senior managers to ensure their strategies are implemented and accountability is taken.
    My experience as one of the project management team in one of the organizations I had been privileged to work with some years ago was that; the Chief Consultant otherwise called president was the only person assigned to govern the project in the organization. Nobody can alter any aspect of the project charter even the Deputy Chief Consultant dare not attempt to change any aspect of the project. It is the prerogative of the Chief Consultant to govern the project.

  • In our organization, the project manager reports to the managing trustee since that is the focal point for all information. The project manager heads the project team and act as the link between the team and the management. The project manager ensures all resources needed for the project implementation are available and also in charge development of project update reports. The project manager gives the report phase has been completed and which most of the time is a duration of three months or agreed in during project update meetings
    Mostly i have developed interest in testing the likelihood of the project to prosper and even monitoring the progress of the project as planned.

  • In my organisation, there is no established porfportf as project manager. There is a project supervisor that ensures physical works are carried out according to specifications. A project monitoring team ensures that the various work breakdowns are followed through by the contractor under the supervision of of the project supervisor. The project monitoring team reports progress as well as recommendations to the Chief Executive through the Ditector.

  • The project manager on our organization reports to the managing trustee. He/she is charged with the overall coordination of the project of activities and head the project team. The project manager is also charged with development of project update reports especially at the end of one phase.
    Most of the time i got interested in the testing of the prosperity of the project especially the one withe business component and also monitoring how activities are implemented in relation to how they were planned

  • @awyndham said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    On our projects, the project manager reports to the director of the organization. The project manager can change schedules and tasks, but they need to get the permission of the director to change any budgets, deadlines, or requirements.

  • When looking for a Project Manager what basic qualifications must they possess?

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  • On our E-HELP project, the project lead reports to the Project director of the organization (SMART Managers) . The project lead can change schedules and tasks, but they need to get the permission of the project director to change any budgets, deadlines, or requirements.

  • Some organisation use a committee to refer to Project governance. A committee known as "Project Steering Committee" serves as the governance structure for a project and take major decisions regarding the project

  • In my organization the project manager reports to the Head of the Department. the project manager's limits only lies with requesting additional budget. Should additional funding be required, they will need to seek this from the Head of the Department who will then review and dispense if absolutely necessary.

  • @Kube said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    The governance structure in the organization I work for is pretty standard there is a managing director, who is supported by senior managers and the senior retail manager is the person to whom the Project Manager reports. The Project Manager is expected to produce a daily report on which the senior managers review and reflect on so as to move to make progress.

    How does the Project Manager request additional funding should it be required?

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  • In Some project it through a Change request or change proposal.
    However most project have communication procedures for request for additional funds.

    It is advised to always put in this procedure in writing when a project is about to begin.

  • hey guys nice to meech yoall

  • In my Project, Project manager report to technical team leader who reports to the Director. The Director is the one who could make decisions. The Project manager could only change the activities.

  • In our project, we have project steering committee which is governance body of the project. There are quarterly steering committe meeting in which important governance issues are discussed.

  • this is a very insightful course

  • I ENJOYED THIS TOPIC. PROJECT GOVERNANCE. Although i was started late

  • IS THIS FAIR?!

    I was in charge of a team for a class project. We report to our teacher. There were basically 2 main phases for our team, collecting feedback data & analyzing & evaluating the results. The first phase was easy even for simpletons. The next phase we had a volunteer to do the entire phase & everyone had agreed. Later on that person said they couldn't do the work &, of course, all the work was dumped on me at the last minute. Why? Because no one else was qualified to do it. I had to complete that phase hours before the deadline. The lousy 'volunteer' even suggested we cheat since the number of feedback was less than expected. I refused obviously. I lead & did 80% of the total work. I failed the course & the lousy cheater-to-be, with min attendance & performance & little/no inelegance passed. I am A+ material & the teacher knows that. I burned out the day of the deadline & couldn't attend the final the next day. My mark was 45.

    Is this just? Should the teacher have given me at least 5 marks just to let me pass?! Why should useless & untalented people pass of the backs of the talented? Why should we even be put together in the same team?! They will drag everything down!

  • @haba84 said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    @JASSA said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    I know that project governance is very important in any project. The project governance but be established so that every member is aware of their duty, their colleagues duties. Not only that but through the project governance, a reporting system is established and the channel of communications. In project that we do, we establish project boards or executives that oversee the project. The project Manager reports directly to the project executives. from the executive level, information are then disseminated to relevant stakeholders.

    I am HABA Jean from Guinea Conakry west Afrique, I did management in school but this course is giving me good idea. The projet governance is very important but In my country all the project they undertook fail, they over budget and they don't respect the project deadline.
    I am delighted in joining this noble team and hope to learn better ideas moving forward. My goal for this course is to get additional and added value knowledge and skills on program management to deliver the most desired services to the society where the organization is implementing programes on humanitarian and development aspect.

    May God be with you!

  • Response to Project Governance
    My team does this by organizing meetings to discuss on who handles what. Structure is more like from CEO-COO-Project Coordinator- Team Members. The project manager reports to the Chief Operating Officer. The project manager is allowed to make decisions as touching the project scope and schedule.

  • In our Projects, the Project manager reports to the President of our Organisation. He/She can change teams, Time Schedule and Budget. Meanwhile our President reports to the board and depending on the donor contract but most times they are part of the Project Governance

  • @BM said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    When looking for a Project Manager what basic qualifications must they possess?

    They must Posses a degree in the field they intend to manage. i.e if the project is a health related project, they should have a health related qualification, in addition to Project Management Certification, Experience, and Skills such as Communication, Leadership etc.

  • the project governance is very important as it takes the most important decisions and project manager is supposed to see the governance whenever it comes to taking vital decisions.

  • In our organization, the chief Administration Officer is the one in charge of all the activities. Our Director of planning is just in charge of the planning section. All changes and final decisions are made by the Chief Administration Officer.

  • I guess it's upon the team. If the director or other members of governance team wants the donor be in their team then yes s/he will be a part of governance team.

  • I've just learnt what project governance is all about, never heard of that before now. Thanks to the organizers and I've really learnt a lot just from module one can't wait to see what module two has for me

  • I understood to the project governance is the rationalization of authorities to each level involved in project. In reality, my organization the governance is controlled by the Director. She Tried to be dominated over organization. Project governance is not only seeing in project charter but also can use it monthly work plan for each staff. I can say it because charter shows only the main activities. In monthly work plan, you can see who have to do what activities and who is the governance of that activities.

  • In my organization, the director is the person to whom the Project Manager reports. The Project Manager fills in a weekly report template on activities and has weekly discussions with the director on slight changes in scope, budget and schedules. The ultimate decision to allow these changes falls with the Project Director. For major changes however, the director discusses with the board and reverts to the project manager. The project manager then cascades the information to the rest of the team.

  • On the project that I am working on, there is a project management steering committee that has oversight of the project. The project implementing unit (PIU) reports to the steering committee bi-annually and the committee makes strategic decisions regarding the achievement of the intended objective. the PIU makes operational decisions regarding the day to day managing of the project.

  • @JASSA said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    I know that project governance is very important in any project. The project governance but be established so that every member is aware of their duty, their colleagues duties. Not only that but through the project governance, a reporting system is established and the channel of communications. In project that we do, we establish project boards or executives that oversee the project. The project Manager reports directly to the project executives. from the executive level, information are then disseminated to relevant stakeholders.

    This is a good System that will surely enable the Project go Forward. Though I do not think that every member of the Project should really know what each Project Boards or Executives' responsibilities are.

  • @jlg said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    I think it's important to note that, in many projects, the flexibility that an organization has may depend on the requirements of the donor. For example, a USGovernment donor may allow budget line flexibility of 10%, but beyond that, it's necessary to seek their approval/an amendment to the agreement. I think knowing of any donor requirements is a good starting point from which you can then define who has what authority within a project.

    Hi, I am a fresh graduate and unemployed so i am not affiliated to any organization but i would like to know if a "donor" is an external indivivual or an organization who contributes to a project in terms of funds or a "donor" could be an individual in the organisation?

  • @Yarkpazuo said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    Our project manager reports to the project Country Director. The project manager is authorized to implement the scope of the project. He is allowed to change the schedule in line with the Director notice. The manager reports on a monthly basis to the country Director.

    How does the hierarchical structure affect the flow of events surrounding the execution of the project?

  • @Draigboje said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    In the organization that I work for, the director is the person to whom the Project Manager reports. The Project Manager comes up with a weekly report on which the director gives his opinion and they put heads together to move the project forward. Major decisions that involves the possibility of the change in scope, budget or the schedule are occasionally taken to the board of directors.

    How does the hierarchical structure affect the flow of events surrounding the execution of the project?

  • on our projects,project manager reports to the project board.

  • The product manager reports to the Project board,and has no permission to change the budget.the project manager can change schedules and task after informing the project board.

  • @Draigboje said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    In the organization that I work for, the director is the person to whom the Project Manager reports. The Project Manager comes up with a weekly report on which the director gives his opinion and they put heads together to move the project forward. Major decisions that involves the possibility of the change in scope, budget or the schedule are occasionally taken to the board of directors.

    With the weekly reports

    @Draigboje said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    In the organization that I work for, the director is the person to whom the Project Manager reports. The Project Manager comes up with a weekly report on which the director gives his opinion and they put heads together to move the project forward. Major decisions that involves the possibility of the change in scope, budget or the schedule are occasionally taken to the board of directors.

    I find this interesting and very important With these weekly reports that the project manager comes up with, is there a weekly workplan or schedule that the director is aware of? Are other project members aware of the report being given to the director?

  • Definitely, the project manager should give udapate reports to the directors (weekly or montly) according to advancement and conditions of the project and also according to designed period to ends the project.

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  • The project manager will report to the project director, the project manager, can change the scope and schedule but accountable for failure. He will only inform the director regarding changes with proper justifications. If there is no authority then it will hard to implement the project.
    The Project Manager will weekly update the project director and can also meet on need basis for the successful of the project. The success of project will depend on the coordination and coordination of the Project Team.

  • Project manager reports directly to the management of the organization and they in turn reports to donors. The project is given authority relating to that all aspect of the project are Carrie out effectively, decision on changes in scope of the projext, budget are taken by projext governance team

  • @Nizou said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    Definitely, the project manager should give udapate reports to the directors (weekly or montly) according to advancement and conditions of the project and also according to designed period to ends the project.

    You are right

  • In my NGO the Project Manager reports to the Operations Director or the CEO, due to the setup of the project, the manager is able to make most decisions within the perameters laid out, changes to budget must go the supervisor, deadlines not met must be communicated before the deadline passes with a clear explanation

  • In my institution -the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA), the project manager reports to the director general. The project manager can challenge schedules and tasks for for project funded by government, but they need to get the permission of the director general to change any budgets, deadlines, or requirements. For project funded by the ministry of finance, the minister's approval is required and project funded by Road Maintenance Fund Administration (RMFA), the CEO approval is required.

    The project manager give update to the director general on a monthly or quarterly basis. For government projects were donors are involved, the project manager cannot challenged the schedule and tasks as they need to get the permission of the donor to change any budgets, deadlines, or requirements if possible.

  • In our organisation, all decisions regarding the change in scope are made by the relevant Head of Department and Head of Project Development who were both responsible for the initial design of the project. Any changes to the budget and schedule must, however, be run past our in-country Director of Programmes and Operations who makes the final decision on these. Members of the project teams meet on a weekly basis to discuss the progress of project activities and the Director of Programmes and Operations is updated on a monthly basis.

  • @Mba said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    In my organisation, the Program manager is allowed to make any changes in a project implementation. However, he shoud report any change to the board of directors. Meanwhile, the PM and the M&E officer should agree before any change is reported to the BoD and made.

    This is a great approach to project governance. Involving the M&E Officer before any decision is made is something that is often missed out in other organisations. I'm curious - does the PM directly manage the M&E Officer or do they work side-by-side to implement the project?

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  • @awyndham said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    This is the module 1 discussion. You may participate in this discussion once you have begun module 1.

    Project governance--how decisions are made and authority is distributed on a project--is an extremely important topic. How does your team organize project governance? In this module's discussion, share your team's governance structure. Who does the project manager report to? What kinds of decisions is the project manager allowed to make?
    Find at least one post that you are curious to learn more about. Reply to that post by asking a clarifying question.

    Example post: On our projects, the project manager reports to the director of the organization. The project manager can change schedules and tasks, but they need to get the permission of the director to change any budgets, deadlines, or requirements.

    Example reply: How often does the project manager give updates to the director? Is the donor also involved in project governance

    In my own organisation (The Liberals), the project manager is responsible for the management of a project and he/she is reportable to the board of directors who are the policy formulators and signal the worthiness of any project being undertaken by the project manager.

    One of the foci of the community based organisations with which I work is "Community Health", specifically in the area of advocacy against dumping of refuse in the drainage system and fumigation of waterways.
    The project manager draws the WBS and submits to the project governance for approval. He gives monthly progressive report to the board and he is empowered to make flexible decisions as long as it does not change the scope, task and schedules of the project.

  • @zuzannapogorzelska said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    @Mba said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    In my organisation, the Program manager is allowed to make any changes in a project implementation. However, he shoud report any change to the board of directors. Meanwhile, the PM and the M&E officer should agree before any change is reported to the BoD and made.

    This is a great approach to project governance. Involving the M&E Officer before any decision is made is something that is often missed out in other organisations. I'm curious - does the PM directly manage the M&E Officer or do they work side-by-side to implement the project?

    They work side by side and in my organisation and both report to the Director. Anyway, their monthly reports and combined.

  • How does the project manager disseminate the feedback that he/she gets from the director to the rest of departments?

  • The Project Manager reports to the Country Director and the Country Director reports to the project's Head Quarters(HQ) of the organization. The Project Manager is entitled to change tasks and schedules but the project's funds are been managed by the country director. For approval of budgets requests, is the duty of both project manager and the country director to apply their signature before funds can be release to the requester from the accounts office.

    The project manager reports to the country director every two weeks(bi-weekly) after gathering all reports from each departments since He's the Supervisor to all the head supervisors and at the end of the month, the country manager calls for a board meeting which comprises all the head's of the various department and tackle the issues at hand and also look at the way forward.

  • On my case, I am very often the Project Manager depending on the Project that we are doing for our Organization. I always report to the CEO, who reports to the Board Members. The CEO told me about the idea of the project and I define all the activities and we work together to redifine some aspects of the project. I can not take big decisions about the budget but I usually proposed to review the budget

  • In our organization project manager reports to excecutive director project manager has the authority to alter the budget to alimited percentage of 2% of the total cost the project beyond 2% the manager has seek the permission from the project governance

  • It is very important that roles are shared in any meaning organization that needs to succeed in its struggle or development. Likewise, as important as project managers in the organizations are, it is equally important that in any such organizations, we have superiors that a project manager needs to report to in the success and failure of the ongoing project. These superiors are the directors who are above the position, weight and power to which a project manager can execute, thus, a project manager must take a permission from the directors. Therefore, reporting the ongoing project to them become must. This helps to alert the team to provide a quality deliverable during and after the project in case if there are hitches somewhere along the line. Even if there are, the decisions are with the directors who could also seek the advice of the project manager to some extent.

  • Although I am new to the concept of project governance I have had situations where the project manager made the decision to modify the deliverable of the project only to be sanctioned for doing so without due permission. Next time I will insist on Project governance upfront.

  • In organization I work for, you as project manager have complete control of the project, stakeholders communicating (including report to directors and colleagues), budget, everything. A weekly gathering to direct manager reporting to oversee project development and collaboration. Also some decisions needs approval from immediate boss.

  • The project manager will give updates to the director in accordance to the agreed communication plan. it is essential to regularly update the director on progress, challenges perceived risks. At times weekly updates might be required depending on the volatility of the project environment, involved stakeholders or donor requirements. Some projects however may stipulate the need for monthly or quarterly updates

  • In my organization the project manager is chose almost randomly (the person who has a closest relation with the direct beneficiaries). He or she reports directly to the Executive Director (ED). We have weekly team meetings so that everyone is up to date on activities across the organization. Changes to the scope and budget are made by the ED while activities are the handled by the project manager. We need strengthen the project governance because is more organic than systematic.

  • Project governance is the management framework within which project decisions are made. It is a critical element of any project, that ensures accountability and responsibilities associated with an organization’s activities. It is supported by the organization chart and it provides a good indication of who in the organization is responsible for any particular operational activity the organization conducts.

  • In the last project I worked on, we had a very clear may of authorities as far as budget authority went, i.e. who was authorized to approve an expense and up to what amount. Several project managers had this authority. Project managers also used the proposal's 5-year budget table and activity descriptions to plan out activities each year; every quarter, we would get together with partners for a Quarterly Program Review meeting in order to assess where we were at; it was often at these meetings where suggested changes (significant) to activities or timing were brought up/addressed. Otherwise, PMs brought up smaller modifications as they occurred--either in a regularly occurring meeting specific to the activity, or in check-ins with the Chief of Party on a weekly basis.

    @HadizaUmmi said in Module 3 Discussion: Accepting Risks:

    @MphoH said in Module 3 Discussion: Accepting Risks:

    One time that I accepted a risk was during a sterilisation campaign and we had huge issues trying to locate the correct homes to collect the animals from. Some of the areas we work are in low income areas and some houses are unaccessible or non existent compared to the maps, roads are in poor condition etc. I accepted it because I knew that we could ask for assistance from the community leaders who would be able to guide us to the right homes in most cases and also because there were so many unsterilised animals in that area, that we were bound to find enough numbers even if not from specified houses.

    Asking for assistance to locate the houses is a beautiful way to accept the risk.

    One time that I accepted a risk was ______ . I accepted it because ____.

    @HadizaUmmi said in Module 3 Discussion: Accepting Risks:

    @MphoH said in Module 3 Discussion: Accepting Risks:

    One time that I accepted a risk was during a sterilisation campaign and we had huge issues trying to locate the correct homes to collect the animals from. Some of the areas we work are in low income areas and some houses are unaccessible or non existent compared to the maps, roads are in poor condition etc. I accepted it because I knew that we could ask for assistance from the community leaders who would be able to guide us to the right homes in most cases and also because there were so many unsterilised animals in that area, that we were bound to find enough numbers even if not from specified houses.

    Asking for assistance to locate the houses is a beautiful way to accept the risk.

    One time that I accepted a risk was knowing that the government teachers, who were critical to project success, would likely not receive their government salaries on time . I accepted it because there was little to no influence the project could have on Govt decisions and because this was the normal state of affairs and teachers usually stayed at their posts and taught every day.

  • as often as possible the project manager has to relate with the project governance so as to have a successful project

  • In organization I work for, the project manager reports to the country director after gathering all the bi-weekly reports from the various supervisors.

  • WBS...COMPLETED.pdf
    PLEASE IWAS OFF LINE FOR A WHILE BECAUSE OF OUR NATIONAL ELECTION, SO ABOVE IS MY ASSIGNMENT

  • project gorvernance has a major role to play in a project because it enlighten the work of the projects manager who has to make sure every body or team members or colleagues understands what they have to do and at what time.

  • On our projects, the project officers report directly to the president of the organisation. The project officers can change schedules and task but with the permission of of the president to change any budgets, deadlineor requirement.
    How often should a program officer report to the president?
    Is it at every stage of the project ?
    What if the funder do not approve schedules?

  • The project Officer report directly to the president of the organisation. The program officer get permission from the president to make changes in the schedules or budgets of the project.

    How often should the project officer report to the president of the organisation, is it at every stage of the project?
    What happens if the funders do not approve the program schedule?

  • In my organization, the Chief Executive Director is the head of the Project Governance that the Project Manager reports to.
    Further, the Project Manager is given some level of tolerance made clear on which to act within powers. Nevertheless, on decisions decision beyond the project manager scope, the Executive Director must give permission and or endorse action to be taken

  • @awyndham said in Module 1 Discussion: Project Governance:

    How does your team organize project governance? In this module's discussion, share your team's governance structure. Who does the project manager report to? What kinds of decisions is the project manager allowed to make?
    Find at least one post that you are curious to learn more about. Reply to that post by asking a clarifying question.

    In the case of my organization, we are currently running a very sensitive three - year multi-country project (06 countries). It consists of a number of advocacy activities aimed at changing the legal and policy framework on abortion as a universal right of women. I am a policy and advocacy advisor, reporting directly to the representative but also providing support, technical expertise to the project coordinator, to achieve the results and impacts assigned. The Coordinator has a routine role in monitoring the smooth implementation of the project, but in matters of budget decisions, he usually refers to the representative. For reprogramming, we discuss them together with the representative who ultimately has the approval decision.

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