Result Based Management

 

Watching the videos of Result based management, I understood that the result based management is a management strategy that focuses on performance and the achievement of results (outputs, outcomes and impacts). Addition to that the aim of RBM is to manage an intervention while trying to ensure its relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and other quality criteria.

I also understood the differences in the terms of output, outcomes and the impacts as the video presented so clearly. I also understood that the result based management recognizes challenges and also helps in addressing the challenges. We were given group task where we were suppose to review sample projects given by our tutor and had to make presentation through any modality. The presentation was focused on critical analysis on each of the stages of the project management cycle. My group members and I did a video presentation on the project biogas. This project was based on result based management. I got the deeper understanding on the terminologies used in result based management. From this activity, I learnt all the stages of project in biogas.

 

Project Design

 

It has always been curious for me to know about designing the project because till now I had been learning about all the project concepts. I learnt the importance of knowing how to design the project. So, as I was reading about the project design, I got a clear concept on what actually is a project design. I was even surprised that project design involves stakeholder analysis because I have never thought about including stakeholders in project. I was simply in a box where I thought project will be done by one person or an organization. But after learning this, I realized that I lack even a basic knowledge about projects. I have noticed good reasons for involving stakeholder’s analysis.  Stakeholder matrix and stake holder table was something new I learnt from today’s class.

Logical framework is one of the project design tool and I looked into some samples of logical framework and then I did an activity on developing the logical framework of my project. When we had a peer review I was able to make good analysis on my friends project, learned how to plan in a systemic way and also gained some new project ideas. I found such activities effective in learning. Below is the designed logical framework of my project.

	Summary	Indicators	Evidences	Assumptions
Goal	To provide the best marketing of unsold fruits of rural farmers.	Farmers complaining about poor markets to sell the product.	Interviews   Horticulture income surveys.	Increasing number of fruit growers but no proper market.
Purpose	Lessen the fruit loss and encouraging rural farming especially horticulture with the best marketing system	Increased fruit loss in rural parts of Bhutan.	Interviews	Job opportunities and more youths will be encouraged.
Output	Increase in income generation, reduced fruit loss and proper marketing	Increased selling of fruits in markets.	Surveys, interviews and statical record.	Income generation with proper marketing
Activities	Establishment of mini industry for fruit drying.   Recruiting few workers to work.   Collecting Fruits.   Processing.   Marketing.	More people opening business.   Seeking job opportunities.	Review   Interview   Statics.	Encouraged rural fruit growers.   Well structured fruit marketing.   Youth’s employment.

 

 

 

Project Identification

 

Before learning this module, I have no idea how the projects are identified and data collections are done. Learning how the projects are identified, I came to understand that project is not just a small task because there are many steps to be followed in order to identify the projects. I learnt the importance of doing need assessment, situational analysis, and research, and data collection, analysis of data, findings and capacity assessment in project identification. I realized that if I were to do projects, I must follow all the steps in project to identify the projects.