Project cycle management
The project cycle management is one of the German Society for Technical Cooperation earned (GTZ) analytical framework for the management of projects of technical development cooperation (TC). The aim is to clarify the roles, tasks and responsibilities of actors in a TC project.
Firstly, the basis of PCM is the life cycle of a project. Accordingly, a project goes through the phases of identification, conception and implementation.
A so-called target system is determined in the identification phase. From this, a concrete project concept is worked out in the design phase. The project concept serves as the basis for the implementation of the project. However, according to the concept, the phases should not be understood as linear successive stages, but can be jumped back at any time. The target system can be adjusted at any time if necessary, should the conditions require it.
Systematic monitoring during implementation provides the necessary criteria for such a feedback loop. Monitoring thus forms the second important aspect of PCM.
Third, the PCM contains a three-level model of the actors involved. The target groups who are to achieve a development goal in the form of a self-help process act at the highest level. On the second level, an organization in the developing country, which in turn is a partner organization of the GTZ on the third level, contributes to the realization. The partner organization tries to help the target group achieve the development goal through the project. The partner organization is supported by GTZ in realizing the project objective.
Other organizations also use the PCM, e.g. B. the European Union, which has published in great detail what it means: see PCM - Project Approach Guidelines.
GTZ has not used the PCM since 2003. Order management is now the binding tool .
Footnotes
- ^ Aid Delivery Methods - Project Cycle Management Guidelines Vol 1
- ↑ The GTZ Concepts - 8.26 Order Management ( Memento of August 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )