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Course 1:  Project Integration:  Successfully Managing the Project Life Cycle

Course 2:  Project Initiation and Conceptual Design

Course 3: Project Scope Management

Course 4:  Project Resource Estimating

About the On-Line Fundamentals of Project Management for NGOs Course Sequence
The On-Line Fundamentals of Project Management for NGOs Course Sequence is a series of four courses with provide practical skills, concepts and principles, along with the insights project managers need to adapt them to field-based NGO projects.  The content and the context of the curricula is designed to reflect the unique operating environment of iNGO project managers. 

On-Line Course 1:  Project Integration:  Successfully Managing the Project Life Cycle
Project management should be viewed as a holistic, integrated system of skills and processes applied over the entire project life cycle, from the initial stages of project identification and appraisal through project closure.   These phases cannot be disconnected.  The success of a project is directly linked to the application of these skills and processes at each stage of the project life cycle. 

On-Line Course 2:  Project Initiation and Conceptual Design
Well designed projects are more likely to result in effective fundamental and sustainable changes in target populations and institutions.  Successful project design employs a combination of: approaches to collaboratively and systematically identify and prioritize problems, recognize opportunities, and plan solutions.   

On-Line Course 3:  Project Scope Management
Project Scope Management includes the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully.  Successful project managers can employ a variety of skills and process to define, plan, monitor and control what is and is not included in the project.

On-Line Course 4:  Project Resource Estimating
The biggest challenge a project manager faces is estimating effort, timelines and budget for a project.  Estimates establish expectations with stakeholders.  set parameters for resource allocation, and are the baseline against which monitoring and evaluation systems are planned.  Underestimating work effort, schedule and budget has significant downstream impact.