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Managing Projects: A Guide For Social Entrepreneurs

A guide to project management, tailored towards social enterprises.

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This document takes the user through the ideation and implementation process of project management. A good guide for those that don’t have primary experience with managing significant projects; outlines necessary steps to think about and take action on. The outline is targeted towards social entrepreneurs and those involved in work with social enterprises.

Specifically, the document outlines the elements of a given project that ensure all stones have been turned. The broad outline is as follows (keep in mind that more detail for each bullet point is addressed in the document):

1. Pitching / Brief
2. Go / No Go Decision
3. Deliverables & Expectations
4. Estimation & Contingency
5. Resourcing & Structure
6. Costing & Budgeting
7. Team Management
8. Stakeholder Management
9. Time Management
10. Profit Margins
11. Monitoring Outcomes
12. Learning / Evaluating

The slideshow was created by Rizwan Tayabali. It may be viewed in its entirety as well as downloaded here:

Managing Projects – A Guide For Social Entrepreneurs

Rizwan can be found on Twitter @RizwanTayabali and at his blog Globosocial Adventures, a fascinating look at his journey through pro-bono works at a number of social enterprises.
Thanks to Amphitheatre Public Schools for the great image.
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February 4th, 2010 | Published in Leadership

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