Valdecantos, Enkeli S.

BSN2B
ACTIVITY 1

1. DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF PROJECT PLANNING?

2. WHAT MAY HAPPEN IF AN NSTP STUDENT IMPLEMENT A COMMUNITY PROJECT PLANNING?
PRESENT 5 PRACTICAL MEASURES TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN
3. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MONITORING AND EVALUATION? EXPLAIN HOW THIS
PROCESSES ARE CONDUCTED

ANSWER:
1. Project planning gives you the vision to complete a project successfully. It is part of project
management, which relates to the use of schedules (such as Gantt charts) to plan and
subsequently report progress within the project environment. With project planning, it enables
you to understand how long a project will take, and how much it will cost to do. It provides
information you can use to explain the project to other people. It also allows you to allocate work
to different people in the project. Managing projects tend to be a daunting task and a multi-
faceted affair. It requires a deep level of understanding of project planning, scheduling, reporting,
tracking, and importance of project management. The project management landscape is
changing every day. We need to know the importance of project management in the real sense
before aping these trends happening in the world of project management.
This is very important as a plan is a much a tool to do work allocation and management of people,
as for understanding the length of time it will take. As bottom line, project planning is the basis
for managing your project to a successful completion.

2. As an NSTP student, being involve in community project planning shows that you are actively
involve in something that will better yourself and your community. To address this concern, some
measures needs to be addressed:
 Find out what is needed in your community. Once you have the idea of the issues present
in your area, spend some time researching them. It is also a good idea to research what
kind of events have taken place in your community in the past.
 See what abilities you have to be able to do resolve such issues. It’s time to start asking
tough and specific questions such as:
 What skills and talents do you have?
 How many hours per week can you devote to the project?
 How soon do you want to do the project?
 What is the realistic amount of money will you be able to raise for the project?
 Do you have any materials at hand that will be helpful?
 Now it’s time to choose a project. With the help of people you’re going to work with,
allow them to help you rank the ideas from the most to the least important. Be honest
when assessing how to make the most impact. Be realistic with your expectations and
honest about the best way to reach your end goal.
  Develop a plan on what exactly you are hoping to accomplish. You also need to go into
the practicalities of the project. Remember that you are responsible for the success of
the project.
 Get some people involved and make a budget. Determine how much money is needed
to make your plan come to life.
 Make a timeline. You should already have a rough idea of how long the project will take.
 If possible, raise money and/or get publicity. With all these, now it’s time to execute all
of your planning.

3. Monitoring is the on-going analysis of project progress towards achieving a plan and it ensures
the project accountability. It also provides information enabling management staff to assess
implementation progress and make timely decision. In monitoring, regular observation and
recording of activities are being conducted. There will be a process of routinely gathering
information on all aspects of the project. On the other hand, evaluation is the assessment of the
efficiency impact and relevance of the project’s actions and judge the overall merits of the
project. It relies on more detailed data. It involves critically examining a project, which involves
collecting and analyzing information about a project’s activities, characteristics and outcomes to
improve its effectiveness and/or to inform project decisions. M&E is an embedded concept and
constitutive part of every project or program design. M&E is not an imposed control instrument
by the donor or an optional accessory of any project or program. M&E is ideally understood as
dialogue on development and its progress between all stakeholders. In general, monitoring is
integral to evaluation. During an evaluation, information from previous monitoring processes is
used to understand the ways in which the project or program developed and stimulated change.