Community projects were not popular in South Africa during the height of international boycotts. Some of the income generating projects in Polokwane Municipality are Moletjie-Matlala Poultry, Thogwaneng People's Bakery, Moletjie Rural Women Club, Baitapishi Bricks Making, etc.
Project Initiation
Over the course of the project, there will typically be pressure to change the scope. Project planning is considered the most important step of the project management process.
Execution
For this, participants must be aware of common obstacles to project team development. The project manager must match each job description with the individual they feel is the best fit for them.
Control
One of the project manager's main roles as a communicator is to maintain commitment to the project. Rand warns that you should be aware of project managers who only talk about protecting their team and "screwing" other partners in the process.
Closing
As the project manager, you must alert the stakeholders to problems that could jeopardize a project's success. The project manager must know that the decision to close a project does not necessarily mean that it has failed. When a project is terminated by relocation, the project manager and team members are dismissed from their positions and the project's equipment is dispersed.
As with relocation, when a project fails, the project manager and team members are released from their positions and the project equipment is dispersed.
CONCLUSION
This means that South African women can play a special role as mediators in finding solutions that meet the needs and aspirations of various groups in the complex South African community. Finally, the researcher agrees with Kotze when he claims that the most important means of ensuring the sustainability of the project is the participation of the community. Communities should lead the development of the project, and the project should also be responsive to the needs of the people it is intended for.
Based on the existing literature, it is assumed that the following will be used during the project evaluation:
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- Introduction
- Design of the study
- Qualitative study
- Case study
- Evaluation
- Instrument-development and data collection
- Phase 1: Preliminary visit
- Phase 2: Observation
- Phase 3: Document review
- Phase 4: Interview
- Data processing and data-analysis
- Reflection
- The main learning area
- Difficulties
The researcher made a preliminary visit to the project and asked the project manager to allow him to conduct a research program of the project. The researcher used individual interviews to collect data from the project manager and the people employed in the project to determine the problems affecting the sustainability of the MRWC project. The information provided him with the project manager's thoughts, interests, self-perceptions, and objectives regarding the sustainability of the MRWC project.
The main means of ensuring the sustainability of the project was through community participation.
FINDINGS
Introduction
Observation
The researcher's objective was to observe all the people who came to the project to buy the products they needed. The project hall is sometimes hired by community members during political and community meetings. The researcher observed that all the people employed in the project knew their roles and responsibilities.
He realized that the project manager manages the performance of everyone involved in the project.
Planning
All members of the project team were responsible for completing their work as described in the plan and schedule. Each individual team member was responsible and accountable for the work that the project manager had delegated to him or her. The project group has pooled resources in their plan; to ensure that the project objectives are met.
The project has purchased four bicycles which are used as a means of transport to transport the ordered food to schools, local radio stations and to people working in masonry and poultry farming projects.
Execution
The researcher found that the project team was behaving in a cooperative manner to meet the client's expectations. The project had a secretary to keep and record all receipts for the food ordered. The project workers were doing their job properly to show that they were well trained for their job.
Training of the project staff is done to identify skills and identify the policy gaps.
Control
The researcher found that all employees reported their progress to the project manager. The project manager compiled all progress reports and convened a meeting where all employees gave their input and guidelines to take the level of the project to the next level. The project manager ensured that the information provided to project staff was clear so that action could be taken.
The project manager preferred the written word as the most important because the information can be stored for future reference and purposes.
Closing
In most cases the information was verbal and the project manager ensured that the information was captured so that she would be able to determine the action and then take responsibility for the results. The project team was combining its efforts with community members to achieve its greatest success, which is keeping the project sustainable. During the study, the project manager was asking questions of workers and stakeholders to determine if the project team was struggling to meet project objectives.
When there were major concerns, the project manager communicated matters with the project team and customers so they could decide on the best course of action for the project.
Document review
- Introduction
The researcher saw the file in which the project secretary kept the minutes of every meeting held in the project. The project management report indicated the dates of visits by government officials to come and monitor whether the project was operating within the principles and guidelines given by the government. The MRWC project has a leave file, which is monitored and controlled by the project manager.
The project has a file with historical background on how the project started and the people involved when it started.
Interviews
- Introduction
- Initiation
Members of the local community also rent the project hall when they hold meetings and wedding ceremonies. The employees at the station also order their breakfast and lunch at the project every day. We also use the project hall when we have auditions for community members who want to be employed at the station.
The products produced in the project are also advertised on air to community members.
Planning
Execution
The execution of duties and roles among key players avoids confusion and makes clear where authority exists to make decisions and to avoid unnecessary delays in the project. The customers felt at home because the project team served them with professional competence. The project team realized that it is essential that the client's expectations are directly related to the client's satisfaction.
The project team realized that success is highly dependent on the client's understanding and acceptance of what the project is offering them.
Control
The establishment of control should be part of the project plan and there should be a great deal of transparency. The project manager was finding it easier to address certain tasks when she was in control of the time. Every single member employed on the project had to report her progress to the project manager.
The project manager who is a good communicator creates more clients than the one who is not.
Closing
The project manager realized that each individual in the project has his/her own weaknesses and strengths in communication. The initiating process sets the stage for the rest of the project, and closing the process brings the project to a close. It involves confirming that the end product of the project satisfactorily meets the project objectives.
A project is terminated by deterioration when its budget has been gradually reduced by the project's parent company to the point where the project can no longer function.
Interview with Government Officials
Government officials emphasized that project planning is considered the most important part of the management process. The purpose of project planning is to ensure that the right work is done correctly the first time. A project schedule management plan provides guidance if the project manager wants to make changes to the project schedule.
The project also confirms that the end product of a project satisfactorily meets the project objectives.
Conclusion
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Introduction
The project goals helped the project team prepare a proposal for funding, which was then sent to officials. As for catering, the project clearly defined all activities necessary for a sustainable project. The project created an activity list to arrange activities in their logical order of completion.
The government officials visited projects once a month to take data on the functioning of the project.
Recommendations
The project manager must be trained in the control and management of stock and finances, especially the control of registers. The project manager must market her products, to maintain the sustainability of the project, so that more people can be employed in the project. The project manager must keep the team organized by sharing the team goals, budget and activities.
The project manager must clearly define all activities to be completed during the project and create an activity list to arrange the activities in their logical order of completion.
LIST OF REFERENCES
LIST OF ACRONYMS
APPENDICES
The government officials make sure that the project objectives are aligned with business needs. The government controls documents to make sure that the project progress report does not deviate from the original project plan. The project workers ensure that they submit records of their daily activities to the project manager.
The government officials ensure that the closure reports are signed by the project manager and so on.
