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Post by brittneyjackson on Mar 13, 2022 19:36:32 GMT
Are there considerations that should be kept in mind when using program management tools? What are some possible risks or limitations?
When using project management tools, it is important to clearly identify the project goal and direction the program is wishing to achieve. This takes in many factors such as cost, resources (both within the project group and the area in which the goal is to be achieved), time, and relevance to the area. Potential risks or limitations can be further related to these factors. For example, when considering a goal of a project, the team must identify obtainable steps to achieving the goals in a measurable and stepwise fashion. The team must also be willing to alter their direction or steps by consistently checking in with their stakeholders and beneficiaries to ensure the project's goals align with their wishes. It must also be feasible, meaning the team has understood the context of the project and the resources available to them both within their own team and the community they are working with. To be successful, the team also needs experience in global health projects and research. While each community is different, there are common features that are shared among the greater global health community.
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Post by strainsk on Mar 13, 2022 23:27:33 GMT
Are there considerations that should be kept in mind when using program management tools? What are some possible risks or limitations? When using project management tools, it is important to clearly identify the project goal and direction the program is wishing to achieve. This takes in many factors such as cost, resources (both within the project group and the area in which the goal is to be achieved), time, and relevance to the area. Potential risks or limitations can be further related to these factors. For example, when considering a goal of a project, the team must identify obtainable steps to achieving the goals in a measurable and stepwise fashion. The team must also be willing to alter their direction or steps by consistently checking in with their stakeholders and beneficiaries to ensure the project's goals align with their wishes. It must also be feasible, meaning the team has understood the context of the project and the resources available to them both within their own team and the community they are working with. To be successful, the team also needs experience in global health projects and research. While each community is different, there are common features that are shared among the greater global health community. I also wrote about how a team must be actively willing to alter their directions/steps throughout a project. Pre-planning is great but from the little experience I've had, plus the anecdoctal experiences of others, global health projects must be able to constantly adapt. In general, it would probably be wise to plan fail-safes into several vital parts of a project as part of the project planning. |
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Post by Audrey on Mar 14, 2022 2:40:42 GMT
I think an important program management tool is the use of evaluations to measure progress and outcomes of the intervention. The articles by Fleming et al points out that program evaluation should be planned before implementation of the intervention. Program leaders need to think ahead about how they will evaluate the success of their program so as not to burden the recipients of the program or the staff, who will carry out those evaluations (internal versus external members), and the politics of what results will be published and for what audience. For example, if a program sets out to decrease transmission of a communicable disease, then who will the organization be accountable to if the evaluation shows there was no impact? Ideally by carrying out evaluations early on, the organization can adapt and change so that their goal outcomes are met.
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Post by Camille Robinson on Mar 29, 2022 12:17:56 GMT
I think an important program management tool is the use of evaluations to measure progress and outcomes of the intervention. The articles by Fleming et al points out that program evaluation should be planned before implementation of the intervention. Program leaders need to think ahead about how they will evaluate the success of their program so as not to burden the recipients of the program or the staff, who will carry out those evaluations (internal versus external members), and the politics of what results will be published and for what audience. For example, if a program sets out to decrease transmission of a communicable disease, then who will the organization be accountable to if the evaluation shows there was no impact? Ideally by carrying out evaluations early on, the organization can adapt and change so that their goal outcomes are met. I agree that adaptability may be one of the most important aspects of a team's ability to successfully complete projects. I think something we cannot emphasize enough is pre-planning in terms of actually going into the community for a specified period of time and making the project feasible. This will give it the best chance to succeed. I think the more you understand the limitations of a place, the more likely you will be able anticipate barriers and pivot if something inevitably changes. |
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Post by mollybrazil on Apr 2, 2022 22:01:23 GMT
I think planning your evaluations also forces one to think about the most likely problems that will arise. Obviously one cannot predict all issues, but identifying the most probable early on will allow for the team to adapt more quickly and pivot since it was partially anticipated.
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Post by alyssaseibold on May 1, 2022 17:43:25 GMT
I think that all 4 aspects of the project management tools are important to planning a global health program. It is important to be constantly addressing those 4 tools throughout the development as things may change and you may have to adapt. The idea of determining long term goals in the initial develop and then working backwards to figure out how to achieve these goals seems very valuable to the development of a global health program, having a specific attainable goal in mind and building off of that can be helpful. And then lastly, having stakeholders in mind which includes the local individuals in very important to creating a strong partnership.
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