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Caitlin Leigh Chandler
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Week 3 - Question 1
October 31, 2006 @ 03:51 PM
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Topic 1: The project report
What plans do you have for making your project report a learning resource
for the community? Will you include the report’s entire content or would you change it, taking into account who you are presenting it to? Why?
How will you present critical comments? Do you think that the way you report them
can make a difference?
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Re: Week 3 - Question 1
November 2, 2006 @ 05:14 AM
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Ebuenyi Ikenna D(REality)
Nigeria
The making of my project report in to a learning document, would take into consideration all my target audience. Hence, I would produce written report for certain stake holders and corporate bodies, a song, play and video for audio-visual impact, a CD-ROM for research fellows and finally a documentation seminar with all the holders of the project.
I believe the project I’ve decided to do is similar to academic projects except that it isn’t for school work. Hence, I would give an open and honest because any form of editing of its content may defeat the whole essence of the project.
Well meaning critical comments serve their purpose; however, I‘ll try to reduce the venom of ill directed comments that may not serve any useful or corrective purpose.
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1. Dan J. Ojei
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We Report to Support...
November 2, 2006 @ 11:25 AM
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Dan J*. NIGERIA
The findings of our project would be made as simple, and as understandable as possible, and it would be distributed amongst our key partners - donors, governmental agencies, youth organizations, faith-based, community-based, and civil society organizations networks, etc.
However, it is of great importance to put into consideration the type of audience we are presenting the report to.
Grassroots people will need the basic straight-to-the-point information - clear , concise and concrete.
Hence, a summary report would be presented to the community, since (highly) technical reports may be better understood and appreciated in the academia or technical settings.
As a thumb rule, we do our best to Keep it short and simple (KISS)
Reporting critical issues has been an issue of great concern to me. But, I think what has to be said should be said, although in a polite manner.
We report to support development!
Dan[/b]
This post was edited on: 2006-11-02 at 11:28 AM by: diplomat1
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Adu Adjei
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Re: Week 3 - Question 1
November 2, 2006 @ 04:05 PM
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The project report, which contains findings as well as recommendations, should be well detailed but very concise and understanding to anyone that takes to read. stakeholders such as donors and the community populace cannot be ignored however, the level of understanding may or will differ and so the use of ambigious words will be avaoided as much as practicable.
The contents will not change so much but charts and diagrams will be introduced in order to make it very simple to be understood clearer and better.
Truth they say is bitter sometimes but its always the best and it cuts long stories, short. There is the need to say what needs to be said but it must be done and said in the best polite way practicablly.
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ARTHUR CHEMBOGA
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Re: Week 3 - Question 1
November 3, 2006 @ 03:56 AM
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Arthur Chemboga,Lilongwe ,Malawi
Learning resource is a priority to a project report towards the target audience in my project.This helps them able to appreciate the achievements documented in the report
The Health reproductive service providers and stakeholders who are my target audience can benefit through research and academic gain.This can be in a form of a video or in a digital form such as a CD-ROM.
About critical comments on the report there are highly welcome as far as they are constructive to the project. This gives transparency and credibility of the project to the people
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Hassan Nasir
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Re: Week 3 - Question 1
November 3, 2006 @ 06:38 AM
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Hassan Nasir Miran
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A project report is one the important assets from the project leftovers since it is the evidence of the project processes and results. Making it a resource for community, I would like to generate report that records all the events/activities which occurred during the project life. It would include both qualitative and quantitative data.
My report would be universal i.e. it would contain all the information that may be required to any stakeholder.
I would present the critical comments are recommendations for future projects so that those should be taken into consideration in the case any project of same nature is implemented in future.
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David Habba
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Re: Week 3 - Question 1
November 3, 2006 @ 01:52 PM
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After completion of my project report, such will be disseminated to relevant stakeholders. This could be donein book form, electronically or in orgabnization publication. This i understand are produce primarily so that persons could know of happenings in the organization.
Every project no matter how successful has it criticals, if reported as recommendation it would go along way to help the Donor, target audience and most importantly you the implementor.
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November 3, 2006 @ 04:02 PM
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HAMEED UL MEHDI
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I have the experience of making plan for the community and it can be in different style
A complete document can serve the purpose. The other plans include the making modern style of CDs, and movies of the entire activity of the project for the stakeholders and the community.
Well I would make the entire content of the project rather I would make it as simple as possible and short in the other terms I would use the KISS technique for making it.
If report is presented to community then there should not be the technical words or the complicated graphs to confuse them instead they can be briefed with very simple words and diagrams.
Comments and the critical comments are very important for me to improve the quality of the reporting and make it transplant for the community and the stakeholders but I feel that it should be very positive comments and it should have a social impact as well on the minds of the readers.
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David Habba
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Re: Week 3 - Question 1
November 4, 2006 @ 12:48 PM
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Yes i would change stuff in the project if the need arises, i have to be careful of who am sending the report to and others.
They are others who are not out for the good of others, presenting critical comments they way the are could de dangerous as such persons could use scuh against you.
Any way in all, i will be wise in my reporting to persons i am skeptical about, i will tell you just as much as i want you to no, not more than that.
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Adesida Ireti Emmanuel
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Re: Week 3 - Question 1
November 4, 2006 @ 01:35 PM
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Ireti E Adesida
Nigeria
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What plans do you have for making your project report a learning resource
for the community? Will you include the report’s entire content or would you change it, taking into account who you are presenting it to? Why?
How will you present critical comments? Do you think that the way you report them
can make a difference?
I will create what I call a learning and Sharing together forum, we will also form a discussion forum, where we share with eachother our experiences where will learn together, If we hoard the lessons and the experience we have learnt to ourselves and not share it with others, we will have problem with continuity and sustainability of our efforts, because we need to start encouraging individual project development initiatives within the community, because one day we will have to leave the community to other communities or have a change of project focus.
Some reports may too sensitive for some communities or may not be factual or not carefully investigated or collated, that why reports should be handled with care, because if care is not taken it may crumble all the efforts that we have made.
Some Comments need to be analyzed properly, and may need to be directed carefully to the person or group affected personal and not in the open
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Re: Week 3 - Question 1
November 5, 2006 @ 06:05 AM
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Samuels Adebayo
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Nigeria
Project reports are documentation for communication of challenges and successes thus highlighting the possible steps to be taken for improvements.
ART4DEV Project reports majorly to group members are often graphically illustrated for easily understanding and interpretation thus form a simple look, lessons are learnt, where improvements are sought clearly stands out.
Documentation of prject reports makes it a refferal point or makes it a resources for further learning.
Samuels
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Re: Week 3 - Question 1
November 6, 2006 @ 12:07 PM
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Rahel Weldeab---Asmara, Eritrea
I think that when writing a report, you always have to take into consideration the audience. By this I mean that there is a clear difference between internal reports and external reports. However, this doesn't mean that the facts should be distorted in such a way. By reporting the achievements and the failures, the report can prove to be a valuable resource to the community. But things that really don't help the community, like technical details that only the project team may understand, should not be included in the external report.
If we wish to create a report that can prove to be a resource to the community, it should also be 'attractive' for the community to read. Such technical details like names and dates (those that might not regard the community) could be admitted.
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Re: Week 3 - Question 1
November 8, 2006 @ 11:13 AM
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1. Write a list of the major assumptions you have made in designing your project. Identify 3 key things you want to learn more about.
I have had some assumptions, such as: will the idea of my project be appreciated, another one had to do with the time of developing this project and if I will get the money for this project.
I have also tried to prepare in my mind about the methods used for preparing the report of the project.
• What I would like to know more has to do with report preparing techniques.
• As well what are the problems related to the use of time, money and people that a project manager may have to report?
• Is it important to include in the final report the tensions and problems that 'resources management' faced up?
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Re: Week 3 - Question 1
November 8, 2006 @ 11:45 AM
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Exercise 3
1. Write a list of the major assumptions you have made in designing your project. Identify 3 key things you want to learn more about.
I have had some assumptions, such as: will the idea of my project be appreciated, another one had to do with the time of developing this project and if I will get the money for this project.
I have also tried to prepare in my mind about the methods used for preparing the report of the project.
• What I would like to know more has to do with report preparing techniques.
• As well what are the problems related to the use of time, money and people that a project manager may have to report?
• Is it important to include in the final report the tensions and problems that 'resources management' faced up?
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November 14, 2006 @ 11:16 AM
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Huong Giang Thi Le
Vietnam
A project is an important learning source for the community as well as for other individuals who want to manage a similar project. Therefore, keeping short and simple is a good way, also providing all the facts and evaluation, monitoring, etc so that others can see that how the project has been going, is there something that they can learn and improve it for their better use.
I also present critical comments at the end of the project so that people know what is good of my project and what we have not achieved. As for the purpose of better projects in the future and as the learning resource for others, I will present it as fully as possible. The way to report them can make a difference. It is good if I present them in the end, but it better if I present them at the end of every part.
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