Project Cycle Management Training Handbook - CFCU

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Project Cycle Management Training Handbook
Process
management
1.2 Quality Management
At field-level, project preparation, implementation and evaluation is
undertaken by consultants or partner governments and organisations.
The role of Commission staff is to manage the process of preparation,
implementation and evaluation. As process managers, you therefore
need tools and techniques which help you to support and control the
quality of outputs produced during the process – for example, to
identify information needs for preparatory studies; to plan appraisal
missions; and to check the quality of project proposals.
Figure 2 gives an overview of the tools that are already available in
the training programme, and shows how they can be used to manage
quality. All of the tools mentioned are covered in more detail later on
in the handbook.
1.3 Contents
The tools and techniques outlined in the handbook are designed to
assist you in preparing and managing your projects. :
� Chapter 2 introduces you to the project cycle, describing its
phases and explaining its role in aid management. It presents
an overview of Project Cycle Management.
� Chapter 3 introduces you to the Logical Framework
Approach (LFA), explaining its role in project design with a
simple project example. It explains how sustainability factors
can influence a project’s chances for success, and indicates
the range of tools that are available to you to take account of
these factors.
� Chapter 4 explains how you can use the logframe matrix to
develop objective-oriented workplans and budgets, and
presents a step-by-step approach to the preparation of activity
and resource schedules.
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