Case Studies – PM4NGOs

Jan42022 by Jesús E. (Nesty) DelgadoNo Comments

Project DPro Practitioner: More than passing an exam for a certification

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Project DPro Practitioner: More than passing an exam for a certification,it was an educational experience accompanied and guided by a mentor. In the past few days, I had the opportunity to complete my certification process as a Project DPro Practitioner and I have to tell you that it was an enriching experience and totally different from the traditional professional certification processes. Beyond taking an exam to “empty” the knowledge and pass to be certified, PM4NGO's has put into practice a model of active professional development, mentoring and accompaniment that make the certification process a learning, professional, and personal growth experience itself. To complete the Certification as Project DPro Practitioner, you must complete the learning activities in the areas of Professional Development, Informal Learning and Knowledge Sharing (“Give Back”) for which…

Jan32022 by Jesús E. (Nesty) DelgadoNo Comments

Project DPro Practitioner: Más que aprobar un examen para una certificación

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Project DPro Practitioner: Más que aprobar un examen para una certificación,fue una experiencia educativa acompañado y guiado por un mentor. En los pasados días tuve la oportunidad de culminar mi proceso de certificación como Project DPro Practitioner y tengo que decirles que fue una experiencia enriquecedora y totalmente diferente a los procesos de certificación profesional tradicionales. Más allá de tomar un examen para “vaciar” el conocimiento y aprobar para ser certificado, PM4NGO’s ha puesto en practica un modelo de desarrollo profesional activo, de mentoría y acompañamiento que hacen que el proceso de certificación sea una experiencia de aprendizaje y crecimiento personal y profesional en sí mismo. Para completar la Certificación como Project DPro Practitioner, se deben completar las actividades de aprendizaje en las áreas de Desarrollo Profesional, Aprendizaje Informal y de Compartir…

May262021 by PM4NGOsNo Comments

Project DPro: A Practical Approach

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Khumbulani Ndlovu describes how Project DPro has cohered the work of World Vision’s field-based project in Zimbabwe. The Project DPro course is very much respected. It’s highly practical and it offers a wide range of tools that help to ensure that projects are delivered on time, scope, and budget, in a way that also pays attention quality, benefits and risks. The course has achieved buy in from senior management at World Vision and hence it is taken with a lot of positivity by staff at all levels (from a development facilitator to a Director). It is well tailored for NGOs and the development industry and is very practical in approach so that you can apply the tools your day-to day work. Continue reading

Apr262021 by PM4NGOsNo Comments

Creating a common project language

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Claudia Ovalle of Guatamala’s Highland Women’s Association (AMA) explains how Project DPro has transformed their work. In 2007, we secured funding from a donor organization for a new project. But as we started work, we realized that we had not given enough thought to planning its initial stages. We needed to clarify our objectives and to write better proposals, so we decided to look at Project DPro. Three of us attended a Project DPro training course and two of us passed the Project DPro 1 certificate. We shared what we had learned with other AMA staff because we felt that it was important to communicate with each other using a common language about projects. Project DPro has been useful in helping us to identify different project phases and to understand…

Mar222021 by PM4NGOsNo Comments

Benefits from taking a mentorship

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AUTHOR: Ivana PetkukjeskaHow it began…During the last months of 2020, I started started considering the idea to start my own consultingbusiness more seriously. Given my experience and knowledge in project management for NGOs, Istarted thinking about providing project development and writing services to anyone that has an idea for change and know-how to implement it, but no skills to convert it into an S.M.A.R.T. project proposal.I knew the end result, but I didn’t know where to start. I knew the direction, but wasn’t sure whichroad I should take. So I started opening everything there is on the PMD4NGOs website, and ended up staring at the discussion board and thinking “On a scale for 1-10, how stupid it is to ask a question about how to take the baby steps?”There was…

Dec62020 by PM4NGOsNo Comments

Social Project’s Monitoring and Evaluation Research

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AND EVALUATION RESEARCH Written and created by Communitaria Consultoria Social This quest arose out of certain discomforts developed after years working with Social Investment. Later, they turned into questions/hypotheses that demanded a searh for information/solutions. It was a long way (and still incomplete). However, it enable us to share our discomforts and perceptions. The following is a summary of the results of the phases already carried out so far. Phase 1: Understanding Social Project's Management challenges hrough a free poll on social media (in 2018) Phase 2: Identyfing monitoring and evaluating projects challenge', as well as the tools used to manage them through a poll on social media (2020) Phase 3: Collecting challenges, paths chosen and scenarios for projects monitoring and evaluation and it's use as a tool for strategic…

Feb262020 by PM4NGOsNo Comments

Project DPro Professionals: Hassan Jenedie

Case Studies, Humanitarian Sector, PM4NGOs, Project DPro

Hassan Jenedie (Capacity Building & Partnership Manager at Syrian Forum- Bousla)is an experienced Project Manager and shared some of his thoughts in this article: What was your first contact with project management?The contact was in 2014 when I attended a Project Management for Development training conducted by Goal Organization as a trainee with the trainer Mr John Cropper. I was invited as a project manager working on projects inside Syria to operate eight hospitals and twelve primary health care centres.How did you hear about Project DPro - what interested you about this? Your journey.The most thing interests me about Project DPro, is unifying international project management concepts, terminology, tools, and techniques between humanitarian workers.At the first stage, Project DPro gives me opportunities to gain a solid foundation in international project management concepts,…

Feb72020 by PM4NGOsNo Comments

Project DPro Professionals: Shahriar Khan

Case Studies, Humanitarian Sector, PM4NGOs, Project DPro

Shahriar Khan is an experienced Project Manager and shared some of his thoughts in this article: What was your first contact with project management?My first contact with Project Management was in 2005 when I joined Crown Agents in Bangladesh. I used to work with a number of development projects in Bangladesh across multiple sectors. How did you hear about Project DPro - what interested you about this? Your journey.I first heard about Project DPro some time in 2011. At that time, I was working full time for Crown Agents in the UK and used to deliver project management training at the Crown Agents International Training Centre in London. The project management course was focused on development projects as most of the participants were from public sector organisations from the developing countries. So,…

Jul172019 by PM4NGOsNo Comments

Supporting Termanin center for prostheses

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by Mohammad Mansor Alatrash Mohammad Mansor is one of the winners of the #StoryContest Project Name: supporting Termanin center for prostheses at the north west of Syria to provide prostheses to 300 amputated children and women, who got injured because of the ongoing conflict in Syria. Duration of the project: 10 Months Organization: Polish medical mission (PMM) A glance before the project fund approval: A strong advocacy had been done since the beginning of the year 2018 to support this center, also I made many visits to capture the reality and the reliable estimations in time and costs to include them in the project design. Also, to foresee the risks that may confront us.The project was launched officially the beginning of April/2018 , but to be honest it was through…

Jul102019 by PM4NGOs1 Comment

Training professionals in project management

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By Bimal Ghimire Bimal Guimire, is one of the winners of the #StoryContest. Hi, my name is Bimal Ghimire. I am a project manager by profession and I have been managing various development related projects/programs in Nepal over past thirteen years. I took PMD Pro certification in 2014 while I was working with World Vision International Nepal where the organization rolled out PMD Pro as a part of Project Management capacity building initiatives. (more…)