Project Design and Management Knowledge and Project Management Skills

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, University of Dodoma (College of Education), course: Policy Planning and Project Design in Education, language: English, abstract: Project Design and Management Knowledge and Project Management Skills

By Mohamed Msoroka

Assistant Lecturer of the University of Dodoma-Tanzania

College of Education

Department of Education Foundations and Continuing Education

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical analysis of the topic of project design and implementation, where issues of project design and management knowledge and project management skills have been the main focus. In the process of analysis, the paper provides various aspects like the concept of project, features of project, major characteristics of project and the project life cycle phases. On the other hand, issues on project design and the Logical Framework Approach in project planning are emphasized. Moreover, the paper provides significant information on project management, where issues on project management process, stages/phases of project management, management skills and project management knowledge are discussed. The most important thing to bear in mind is that, the information provided in this paper is useful in any kind of project, and therefore including education projects.