Course Overview
With the increase in globalisation, synergised economies, and the constant emergence of new technologies, businesses have realised the importance of training their management to focus on making sure that every internal program and project achieves its results as planned.
As such, this training program enables staff and managers to align, develop and review ongoing planning and reporting that is essential to the success of any public or private program.
It provides an understanding of the processes needed to bring different business teams together to manage and measure the outcomes of their respective projects, keep their projects within agreed parameters, and achieve the overall objectives and goals of the business.
What are the most significant parts of this “Results Based Management Training Course”? This training program focuses on the needs of its participants and their respective organisations.
The course has been developed to examine key components of Results Based Management including integrated monitoring and evaluation, logical models and strategic results frameworks, the use of evidence from monitoring and evaluation in decision-making, and efficient reporting mechanisms for key stakeholders.
This Zoe training course will empower you with an understanding of the relationships between the key features of Results Based Management, where participants can then use this information to identify strengths, weaknesses and gaps in their own RBM systems and cultures, and develop a strategy to address the priorities of their respective organisations.
Course Objectives
Upon completing this Results Based Management Training Course successfully, participants will be able to:
- Apply current best practices in Results Based Management
- Demonstrate how to realise the potential for Results Based Management
- Design an approach for Results Based Management involving all stakeholders
- Control Results Based Management projects and measure outcomes
- Enable your teams to apply Results Based Management practices in their respective tasks
Training Methodology
This collaborative Results Based Management Training Course will comprise the following training methods:
- Lectures
- Seminars & Presentations
- Group Discussions
- Assignments
- Case Studies & Functional Exercises
Similar to all our training programs, this course also follows the ‘Do-Review-Learn-Apply’ model.
Organisational Benefits
Companies who nominate their employees to participate in this Results Based Management Training Course can benefit in the following ways:
- Address any resistance to using Results Based Management by studying its benefits
- Improve the understanding of the principles, norms, standards, processes, and responsibilities governing planning, monitoring and evaluation
- Conquer the pitfalls of project plans that delay and burden projects
- Develop more efficient methods of controlling cost and outcomes
- Guide your teams to showcase the results of their ongoing planning and reporting activities
Personal Benefits
Individuals who participate in this Results Based Management Training Course can gain from it in the following ways:
- Learn the importance of monitoring and evaluation techniques to indicate the way to successful results
- Help your teams to focus on the issues that deliver the maximum results to their on-going planning activities
- Overcome the resistance from stakeholders by enabling solid evidence that secures your funding
- Improve the communication skills that win over important stakeholder buy-in to improve their expectations to gain their power of influence
- Reduce the risks of carrying forth long projects that could lead to disappointing results and possible failure
Who Should Attend?
This Results Based Management Training Course would be suitable for:
- Strategic and Operational Planning Specialists
- Human Resource Managers
- Marketing and Business Development Staff
- Supply Chain Team Members & Managers
- Logistics Team Members & Managers
- Financial Managers
- Professionals involved in planning and reporting at regional or international levels
- Strategic planners, heads of business units, and senior program managers
- Any individual responsible for developing Results Based Management plans in their organisations
Course Outline
MODULE 1: UNDERSTANDING RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT
- Overview and Context of RBM
- Definition of RBM
- Concepts and Principles
- RBM Process and Characteristics
MODULE 2: DEEP-DIVE INTO RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT (RBM)
- Defining the Function and Benefits of RBM
- Examples of Historical Outcomes using RBM
- Putting Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Together within RBM
- Tools and Techniques of Program Management
- Overview of Key Roles and Responsibilities
MODULE 3: OPERATIONALISING RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT
- Leadership, Culture and Systems
- Cause and Effect Analysis
- Situational Analysis
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Logical Framework
MODULE 4: PLANNING FOR RESULTS: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
- Understanding the Strategic Plan and your relative SMART Goals
- Managing Stakeholder Engagement and Expectations
- The Planning Exercise: A Thorough Understanding of the Problem
- Route Cause Analysis to Define Problems and Issues
- Finalising the Deliverables
- Creating a Set of Positive Results
MODULE 5: PLANNING FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION
- Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
- Resources for Monitoring and Evaluation
- Collection of Data, Analysis and Reporting
- Resources Required for Risk Management
- Contemporary Best Practice in Risk Management
MODULE 6: COMMUNICATING AND COORDINATING PROJECT REPORTING
- Building Solid Communication Channels Up and Down
- Developing the Impact Statement
- Defining and Communicating the Outputs
- Communication Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them
- Communicating Indicators of Change
MODULE 7: PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
- Results Based Programming
- Results Based Costing and Budgeting
- Results Based Reporting
- Integrated Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
MODULE 8: RISK MANAGEMENT
- Identifying Risks
- Analysis of Risk Impact
- Mitigation Strategies
- Monitoring Risks
MODULE 9: RESULTS BASED MONITORING
- Monitoring for Results
- Establishing an Objective Performance Monitoring Framework
- Performance Assessment
- Lessons Learned
MODULE 10: EVALUATING FOR RESULTS
- Uses of Evaluation
- Principles, Norms and Standards for Evaluation
- Roles and Responsibilities in Evaluation
- Requirements for Program Teams
- Steps in the Evaluation Process
- Avoiding the Pitfalls of RBM
- Course Summary and Team Exercise
MODULE 11: RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT IN THE PLANNING PHASE
- Setting the Vision
- Developing the Theory of Change
- Results Framework: Defining and Formulating Results Within the Theory of Change
- Attribution, Contribution, And Accountability
- Translating the Theory of Change into A Log Frame
- Inputs and Activities: Resources Delivered Through Specific Actions
- Project and Program Outputs
- Changes in Behaviours and Practices
- Changes in Benefits and/or Life Conditions
- Risks and Assumptions in The Log Frame
- Performance Indicators
- Means of Verification
- Baseline and Targets
MODULE 12: CASE STUDY
- Results-Based Management Strategy of The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
