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168 10 Educational Project Design and Evaluation

Fig. 10.1 Life cycle of
educational project

needed and to manage risk effectively during project execution. Planning is an
ongoing effort throughout the life of the project.

10.2.3.3 Executing Processes
The executing phase ensures that the project management plans prepared at the
planning stage are executed accordingly. This phase involves proper human
resources, financial resources, and time arrangements. The output of this phase is
the project deliverables.
10.2.3.4 Controlling Processes
Project performance must be monitored and measured regularly to identify the
outcomes from the plan. Controlling processes ensure the project objectives are met
by monitoring and measuring progress regularly to identify outcomes from the plan
so that corrective action can be taken when necessary. Controlling process also
includes taking preventive action in anticipation of possible problems.

10.2.3.5 Closing Processes
This is generally conducted at the end of the project to see whether the planned
benefits were achieved. Lessons learned are underlined and could be documented so
that they can be replicated or scaled up and integrated into future cooperative
development strategies and projects.

10.3 Design of an Educational Project

10.3.1 Logic Models

When planning educational projects, sometimes it needs to have a visual repre-
sentation with the textual explanation together to illustrate the effort, the nature of
the situation, the choice of a particular solution, and the expectation of specific