NGO & Project Management Technology · Beginner level

Beginner level · Module 4: Team Coordination and Reporting · Lesson 1 of 3

Work Plans

Turn activities into a schedule with owners.

In this lesson you will

  • Create a work plan
  • Assign owners and deadlines

Key concepts

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The lesson

A work plan breaks activities into tasks with owners, start and end dates and dependencies.

Consider realistic constraints: rainy-season access, holidays, procurement time.

Share the work plan with the team and update it as things change.

Step by step

  1. Break activities into tasks.
  2. Assign owners and dates.
  3. Note dependencies and constraints.
  4. Share the plan.

Practice activity

Write the project work plan.

Expected result: A realistic, owned work plan.

Check your understanding

  1. What does a work plan assign to each task?

    Show answer

    An owner, dates and dependencies.

  2. Name one constraint to plan for.

    Show answer

    Rainy-season access, holidays or procurement time.

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