Development Project Management Planning Tools and Techniques – I
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Anita Patra
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Course Name : Development Project Management Planning Tools and Technique - I
Code(Credit) : CUTM1242 (1-2-1)
Course Objectives
- To understand the process of developmental planning tools and techniques used in India
Course Outcome
CO1: Students will have an understanding of the different approaches for making of developmental plans
PO1, PO2
CO2: Students will be able to do field study through various participatory techniques
PO1, PO2, PO8
Course Syllabus
Module: I
Understanding the Developmental planning process
Meaning of Developmental plan, Developmental Planning process in India – Before the Panchayats came into picture of developing the plans Vs. After the Panchayats came into picture of developing the plans, the 73rd and 74th Amendment Act of Constitution enforced in 1993 – Local self-governance in rural and urban India, Panchayat Raj in the State List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.
Module: II
Approaches to Developmental planning in India, compare the different approaches - Merits, Demerits and suitability
-Participatory Learning and Action (PLA)
- Venn diagram,
- Social maps and analysis,
- seasonal analysis,
- Livelihoods analysis,
- Map of services and opportunities,
- Timelines, Trendlines,
- Natural Resource mapping,
- Transect walk and diagramming
- Zeal Oriented Project Planning (ZOPP) -LFA
- Participation Analysis
- Problem Analysis
- Objective Analysis
- Alternative Analysis
- Project description
- Assumptions
- Indicators and Means of verification
- Gram Sabha Approach (Village Level Study) - (Action Aid: Village Book Training Manual)
Importance of Planning at Gram Panchayat Level, Important Schemes, Sectors and Issues for Integration in GPDP, Capacity Building Framework for GPDP, : Integrated Decentralised Planning at Intermediate and District Level, Implementation and Monitoring of GPDP
- Comprehensive Village Analysis-
- Social analysis;
- Economic analysis;
- Vulnerability analysis;
- Women’s situation analysis;
- Power and relationship analysis;
- Mapping the status of rights –
- Problem prioritization,
- Problem tree analysis,
- Rights mapping/understanding problems from the rights perspective;
- Baseline of the current situation;
- Participatory indicators of change/success –
- Dream map,
- Indicators of change/success;
- Village development/Action plan –
- Detailed implementation plan
- Using the Village Book to link with government plans and mobilise resources
- J- PAL (Poverty Action Lab)
- Introduction to Evaluations
- Research Questions
- Research Design
- Measurement & Data collection
- Catalog of Administrative Data Sets
- Working with Data
- Conducting Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA)
- Software & Tools
- Case Study -(to be identified)
Module: III
Learning paper: Critical understanding of how the developmental plans have been prepared and its implementation, monitoring and evaluation (areas such as Education, Health, Drinking water and Sanitation, Doubling of farmers income etc.)
References:
1. Development Planning: Concepts and Tools for Planners, Managers and Facilitators by Dale, R. (2004), London, Zed Books
2. Logical Framework Approach (PDF) - LFAUNDP
3. LFA Handbook - http://www.ccop.or.th/ppm/document/home/LFA%20by%20NORAD%20Handbook.pdf
4. https://lgausa.com/logframe_approach.htm
5. Village Book Training Manual (PDF) - village_book_training_manual_english__0
6. PLA Training Manual (PDF) http://idp-key-resources.org/documents/0000/d04267/000.pdf
7. PLA Toolkit - https://herproject.org/files/toolkits/HERproject-Participatory-Learning.pdf
8. ZOPP Training Manual - http://2inno.eu/en/content/zopp-methodology
9. GPDP Manual - http://nirdpr.org.in/gpdpmanuals.aspx
11. J. PAL - https://www.povertyactionlab.org/
12. J. PAL - Research Resources https://www.povertyactionlab.org/research-resources
13. PRA -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_rural_appraisal
14. Suggested reading: Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
15. https://www.pm4dev.com/resources/free-e-books/130-development-project-management/file.html
Session Plan
Session 1&2
Introduction to the course and the course plan
Topic for presentation in next session:
"Development Planning process in India post Independence"
Study Materials to prepare for next class:
Session 3 & 4
The Planning process post independence, Five year plans (Top-down approach), Kumarappa Plan, Mahalanobis Model
Presentations by Students and discussions on the following:
https://www.drishtiias.org.in/multi-level-planning.html
https://byjus.com/free-ias-prep/ias-preparation-economy-planning-in-india/
Development Planning & Policies under Mahalanobis Strategy - PDF
Economy of Permanence- J C Kumarappa- https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/economy-of-permanence.pdf
Session 5 & 6
The Planning process after village Panchyats were declared as legitimate constitutional entities, need for change, 73rd and 74th Amendment Act to the Constitution of India
Presentation by students and discussion:
https://www.onlyiasexam.com/2020/12/panchayati-raj-and-decentralized.html
Session 7 & 8
Participatory Learning and Action:
PPT- https://www.slideshare.net/aparnachaudhary7/participatory-learning-and-action
What is PLA - http://idp-key-resources.org/documents/0000/d04267/000.pdf
https://herproject.org/files/toolkits/HERproject-Participatory-Learning.pdf
Session 9 & 10
PLA : Social Map
Community Mapping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOM5rLV_E8Q
Social Mapping - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opNRxokS630
Case Study: PRA and PLA Approaches: A Case Study with examples of participatory approaches employed by MAG and CMAC in Cambodia
Socio-eco-Survey-2012-Bottomley-PRA-PLA-Approaches
Presentation by students
Session 11 & 12
PLA : Venn Diagram, Social Maps, Seasonal maps, Livelihood maps, Natural Resource Mapping, Transect Walk and diagramming
PRA - Complete Analysis- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaVaH7U-t7o
Participatory Learning Techniques - https://www.gdrc.org/icm/ppp/plt.html
Session 13 & 14
Zeal Oriented Project Planning (ZOPP)- LFA Technique
PPT - https://www.slideshare.net/Lohith_hrd/lfa-logical-framework-analysis-30353741
Session 15 & 16
Session 17 & 18
Project design with the Logical Framework Approach
Session 19 & 20
Case Study: Presentation
Managing Healthcare quality using LFA
Managing Healthcare quality using LFA
2. Using Logic framework approach For Analysis & Planning V.S Local non-Governmental institutional Behavior and change
Using Logic framework approach For Analysis & Planning V.S Local non-Governmental institutional
Session 21 & 22
ZOPP Case Study (Presentation by students)
Session 23 & 24
Gram Panchayat Developement Plan
Session 27 & 28
Comprehensive Village Analysis: Social Analysis, Economic Analysis, Vulnerability analysis, Women's situation Analysis, Power and relationship analysis
Training Manual PDF-
Session 29 & 30
Problem prioritisation, Baseline of current situation, Paricipatory indications of success
Training Manual
Session 31 & 32
Village Development/Action Plan
Focus Group Discussion (FGD) - BNMMI technique
FGD -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezDFPHvJrmQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFwPusWmG4c
Training Manual
Session 33 & 34
Session 35 & 36
J- PAL (Poverty Action Lab)
Who is J-PAL :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWX78stRxT8
Video: Evidence to Policy- https://youtu.be/GNGFqJeIzLw
Video: Evaluating Social Programs- https://youtu.be/o_tW-0z0f0s
Video: Why Randomize - https://youtu.be/Uxqw2Pgm7s8
Video: When do Innovations and Evidences Change Lives : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jntgRHYVLDo&feature=emb_title
Session 37 & 38
J-PAL : Introduction to Evaluations, Research questions, Research Design
Session 39 & 40
J-PAL : Measurement & Data Collection, Administrative data sets- working with data, Conducting Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA), Software & Tools
Session 41 & 42
J-PAL Case Study: Presentation by students
Case-1:Case1_WomenAsPolicymakers_India-J-PAL
Csae-2:
Case-3 :
Teaching at the Right Level to improve learning
https://www.povertyactionlab.org/case-study/teaching-right-level-improve-learning
Session 43 & 44
Project:
(Identify the topic, the objective, which State of India)
Learning paper on how developmental plans have been developed and implemented covering areas:
- Education
- Livelihood promotion
- Drinking water & Sanitation
- Health
Session 45 & 46
Project:
Presentation on the Learning paper (Interim)
Session 47 & 48
Project:
Final Presentation
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