Reflection (August 10 to 14, 2009)

Reflection of the week lessons

(August 10 to 14, 2009)

In this week lessons in project management class have been enthusiastic to me by effecting and struggling. Firstly, needs assessment is useful by using in our project such as identifying the problem, cause of problem, Extend or size of problem and identifying the affected population. In addition, Data collection and data analysis are two types of data. Moreover, quantitative and qualitative are needed to use in real life when I will be a manager in the future. Questionnaires are, in kind of multiply choice, scale, rank and opened-ended question that practically, face to face asking or paper questioning to people those who are affected by the project. Thoughtfully, it must be anonymous for stake holders but no more 15 minutes timing with native language. Besides, questionnaire needs enough time of preparation such as write down questions based on the result of the actual condition to be optimal condition, those are very useful for us before we start our project. Again, questionnaires asking, is getting quantitative data from the question types of multi choice, rank and scale that easy to analyze and give specific data, open-ended is giving qualitative data which is a big picture of the situation. Surely, those are valuable in making survey for our project. Further, interviewing is using in unavoidable things for us to get other’s opinion, experience, feelings, events knowledge and real or actual information. In the same way researcher, journalists/reporter, writer, supervisors/managers, NGO staff, police, lawyers, political leader are doing interviewing very often that based on the reasons of opinion, political, history and event. Secondly, It was Interesting on the comparison of photo friends and Project management which is need to add some tools in either side by discussion in four groups switching three people each time to get innovative ideas. Mostly we could add to versa side of them such as camera from photo friend to proposal writing in project management. Also questionnaires should be in photo friend that it needs to interview with open-ended questions and voice recorder is useful in project management too when we are doing interview for our project. Stories from photo friend are also helpful when we propose in our proposal writing to prove why we need to solve the problem. Indeed, those are interesting to learn and think. Thirdly it was enjoying presenting our presentation of gap analysis. We did gate project while our classmates were presenting projects of library, volley ball boy dorm and girl dorm. I am also enjoyable obstacles of being facilitator when researching in the dim communities such refugee camps which we concern in Focus group. Instantly, we have to follow up coming week with our home work (10) questions. Fourthly, It was challenging in thinking to build questions for questionnaire and question for we are being as facilitator in refugee communities. Finally, by thinking deeply for our needs assessments, I am becoming habit whatever I plan to do or imagine. So I am sure that it is beneficial for me surely. In concluding, I was inquiring learning with some challenging but they were enjoying lessons.