OBGP 3295 - Project Management Life Cycle

Project management is at the heart of national public management or international cooperation programming (development, humanitarian). Project management has progressively developed series of Theoretical, conceptual and operational tools that allow the project manager to design, implement and evaluate the achievements associated to the objectives and activities of the project. With an operational perspective and in choosing “real life” examples and situations, this course will introduce to future project managers the concepts of the Theory of Change, the Logical Frameworks and its indicators, and the key tools to support design, planning, budgeting and monitoring of a give project.

Learning Outcomes

1. Students will learn how to design Theories of Change, Logical Frameworks, Risk Analysis Matrix or Budget frameworks for a given project
2. Students will understand how to design, implement a project throughout its various phases from the Inception to the End of project
3. Students will assess how to design and plan a project under a principled approach
4. Students will learn the basics of project budgeting
5. Students will understand and know how to implement monitoring, evaluation and capitalization processes throughout a project cycle life

Professional Skills

At the end of this course, students should be in a position to
- Design, plan and implement a given project for a national/international organization/institution
- Understand, discuss and elaborate on various project management tools that will accompany them in the course of their managerial career
- Reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of any given project presented to their attention
- Master the key concepts and tools of projects monitoring and evaluation

Yvan CONOIR

Séminaire

English

- In Class Presence: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester

- Reading and Preparation for Class: 02 hours a week / 48 hours a semester

- Research and Preparation for Group Work: 1,5 hours a week / 36 hours a semester

- Research and Writing for Small Groups/Individual Assessments: 1,5 hours a week / 36 hours a semester

There is no particular prerequisite to this course. Students who would like to dedicate themselves to project management within national/international NGOs or organizations should find a definite interest in finalizing this course.

Autumn and Spring 2025-2026

(i) Oral presentations: (Theory of Change (ToC); Stakeholders Analysis; Logical Framework (LF); Planning Implementation Plan): 4 * 15% = 60% by groups of 2 (or individually) students will compose a ToC, a Stakeholders Analysis, a LF and a Project Implementation Plan for specific project proposals presented by the teacher. Subjects will be presented in class and/or shared through small Zoom sessions.
(ii) Group work: 30% - students will organize themselves in groups of 4/5 persons and will develop a complete project proposal (including a short contextual narrative, ToC, Stakeholder analysis; LF and Project Implementation Plan). Subjects in the realm of international cooperation will be proposed by the teacher at the beginning of the course. All project proposals will be subject to a short presentation in class and a written report submitted.
(iii) Participation: 10%;
(iv) TOTAL: 100%

- Feedback will be given to students in class after oral presentations, and/or at the beginning of each session

- Formal feedback will be given to each paper (Summaries/PPT of Oral presentations; Final Work) submitted by students