Monitoring and Evaluation

Professionals in project management rely on performance for project success, necessitating a deep understanding of effective strategies. This course offers fundamental insights into managing outputs, outcomes, and their impact on project results. Inadequate management of these elements can lead to unmet project objectives. Participants will learn the ten-step process for creating and managing project and program results, using case study scenarios to develop practical systems. Through activities, participants will explore the interplay between activities, outputs, outcomes, and their role in achieving project goals.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

• Develop a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan.
• Build project results levels.
• Construct a project using logical frameworks.
• Use indicators and targets to measure success.
• Monitor and track performance indicators over the life of the project
• Conduct impact evaluation
• Evaluate a project against key measures.
• Collect data using mobile data collection tools.
• Utilize data analysis software.

MODULES

Module 1: Introduction To Results Based Project Management

• Fundamentals of Results-Based Management
• Why is RBM important?
• Results based management vs traditional projects management.
• RBM Lifecycle
• Areas of focus of RBM

Module 2: Fundamentals Of Monitoring and Evaluation

• Definition of Monitoring and Evaluation
• Why Monitoring and Evaluation is important.
• Key principles and concepts in M&E
• M&E in project lifecycle
• Participatory M&E

Module 3: Project Analysis

• Situation Analysis
• Needs Assessment
• Strategy Analysis

Module 4: Design Of Results in Monitoring and Evaluation

• Impact, outcomes, outputs, and activities
• Results framework
• M&E causal pathway
• Standards in planning, monitoring, and evaluating for results.

Module 5: M&E Indicators

• Indicators definition
• Indicator metrics
• Linking indicators to results
• Indicator matrix
• Tracking of indicators

Module 6: Logical Framework Approach

• LFA – Analysis and Planning phase
• Design of logframe
• Risk rating in logframe
• Horizontal and vertical logic in logframe
• Using logframe to create Activity and Budget schedules.
• Using logframe as a project management tool

Module 7: Theory Of Change

• Overview of theory of change
• Developing a theory of change
• Theory of Change vs Log Frame
• Case study: Theory of change

Module 8: M&E Systems

• What Is An M&E System?
• Elements Of M&E System
• Steps For Developing A Results-Based M&E System

Module 9: M&E Planning

• Importance of an M&E Plan
• Documenting M&E System in the M&E Plan
• M&E Plan:
• Monitoring
• Evaluation
• Data management
• Reporting
• M&E plan vs Performance Management Plan (PMP)

Module 10: Base Survey in Results Based M&E

• Importance of baseline studies
• Process of conducting baseline studies
• Baseline study vs evaluation

Module 11: Project Performance Evaluation

• Process and progress evaluations
• Evaluation research design
• Evaluation questions
• Evaluation report Dissemination

Module 12: M&E Data Management

• Different sources of M&E data
• Qualitative data collection methods
• Quantitative data collection methods
• Participatory methods of data collection
• Data Quality Assessment

CERTIFICATION

Upon successful completion of the training, participants will be awarded Cynet East Africa Consultancy certificate.

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Training will be facilitated by Cynet East Africa Consultancy seasoned trainers.