Graduate School of Education Section

Control and Evaluation of Computer Projects

Unit III: Project Planning
Robert Aldo Huerta Velásquez
Mg. Computer and Multimedia velaldo@hotmail.com
Project Planning
1. Identification of the project. It includes the presentation of general aspect
s of the project that allow their identification, include: 1.1 1.2 Location Proj
ect Title 1.3 Institution / unit responsible for 1.4 Responsibility 1.5 Project
Duration
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1.1 Title of the project.

Must be concise and accurately express what we want or should do should be valid
throughout the project cycle The project name must have at least the following
information:
• The nature of the intervention, linked to the main actions that the project wi
ll implement (ejm. recovery, expansion, improvement, etc.) and type of goods or
services will be provided during the operation of the project • The object or pu
rpose for act which is conceived and the project (ejm. improvement, strengthenin
g)
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• The identification and geographical location of the intervention, according to
the sphere of influence of the project.
"Implementation of Virtual Training System for the enhancement of the skills of
teachers of the National University Andina"
Identification
1.2 Location. • Report in accordance with the project influence area of the regi
on, province, district centers and villages to be benefited.
Ejm. Region Pasco, Junin
1.3 Unit responsible • Specify the name of the department, the area proposed for
the project.
Ejm. Distance Education Office Virtual
Identification
1.4 Responsibility of the project • Provide names of the person responsible for
implementing and monitoring the project.
Ejm. Robert Huerta Velásquez
1.5 Duration of the project • Specify the time in months, days required for the
implementation of the project, indicating the start and end.
Ejm. Calendars 120 days Start: September 1, 2007 Completion: December 31, 2007
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2. Guiding framework includes the presentation of the referential aspects and ob
jectives of the project, should include: • A brief summary of the background to
the project • Brief description of the project and how it fits in institutional
strategies. • Presentation of the objectives and rationale.
These should be based on information gathered at the stage of project identifica
tion (diagnosis, gaps or needs identified, causes, effects, operations, internal
 and external analysis, strategic vision, institutional)
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Defining the objectives: • Define only a general purpose directly related to the
project name. This is a global goal, a goal to want to reach the completion of
the project. • The specific objectives refer to more specific actions are necess
ary to meet or developed to achieve the overall objective proposed. Is written i
n terms of a logical order of actions.
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"Implementation of Virtual Training System for the enhancement of the skills of
teachers of the National University Andina"
General Objectives: • Implement the Virtual Training System for the enhancement
of the skills of teachers in the Andean nation University Specific Objectives: 2
. Implementing virtual training platform through a learning management system
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1. Structuring the pedagogical design for work in virtual learning environments
according to the nature of content 2. Develop the organizational structure of ad
ministrative and academic Virtual Training System 3. Train the trainers for the
development of computerized instructional materials and management of virtual di
stance learning. 4. Train teachers in virtually modern methodologies for the dev
elopment of learning activities
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3. Universe of Users: Users • Identify beneficiaries, institutions, communities
to whom they are directed the project. • Define the roles, needs, constraints, s
trengths and expectations of beneficiaries.
A). Participants. (Teachers).
It consists of the 345 teaching staff Andean nation, which have no educational t
raining and work in appointed and contracted condition. Participants have the ne
ed to acquire skills in the methodology of teaching and learning in technical, c
ommercial and health€the nature of their work prevents them from attending train
ing in person.
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B). Tutors (trainers).
The trainers are professionals with training and experience in teaching and lear
ning methodology, but have no background in distance education systems, virtual,
and therefore require action will be trained in virtual tutoring
4. Project Definition:
• • This is a detailed and concise description of the actions ordered in time fo
r the achievement of individual objectives. It is advisable to divide the projec
t into phases of work
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To meet Goal 1:
• • • Select the LMS that fits the educational needs of the institution determin
e the technological and technical requirements for the installation of LMS LMS C
ustomize according to the educational needs of the institution and participants
characteristics. Structure-based learning methodology in the mediation of the co
mputer resources of the LMS determine the content and activities developed to im
prove teaching skills. Develop instructional materials in digital formats for di
stribution by the LMS
To meet the objective 2:
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5. Defining the content: • According to the nature and scope of the project obje
ctives are presented by content areas to develop
The methods and learning techniques
• • • • Methods for the development of thinking global learning methods and prod
uctive information-processing techniques applied learning techniques
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6. Technical model of teaching:
• • Structure the pedagogical model of the application of technologies in the te
aching - learning, according to the user characteristics determine the design of
materials or resources needed for educational use of ICTs.
The teaching model is based on face no synchronous and asynchronous activities i
n a constructivist learning framework, where the teachers act as facilitators of
learning, by providing self-instructive and further reading material with which
students interact to generate knowledge through virtual discussions and academi
c activities (Webquest, portfolios, assignments, workshops, forums, etc).
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Teacher Interaction Student Bibliography Materials
Original material structure Assisted Learning with learning resources in digital
form, summaries, concept maps, glossaries, recommended online.
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7. Tool definitions:
• • Determine and define the technical characteristics of the tools necessary to
manage the EA process and describe the basic technical requirements of users fo
r the use of the tools
The platform should be allowed to have the following areas: administration, educ
ation or activities, assessments, work groups, resources or materials and access
to the WWW, enabling to support the work within the framework of constructivist
education. With a philosophy of work that requires minimal information.
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8. Definition of the platform: • Describe the organization of the implementation
of technological infrastructure (equipment, environments, programs, connectivit
y, organizational structure)
It requires the implementation of a LAN for central management of virtual traini
ng with Internet access steadily and the creation of centers of academic and adm
inistrative support at headquarters Lan Network - Server - PC's
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Communication structure of the system
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Structure of the virtual training center
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9. Evaluation methodology and quality control:
• • Determine criteria or aspects to be evaluated (impact, use and relevance of
the tools and methodologies implemented) Determine the evaluation period (one ev
ery year or every 3months)
Annual assessment of the following • Assessment Tools. Understand the impact ass
essment, use and relevance of the tool by users and tutors. • Evaluation of the
Methodology. Referring to the evaluation of the methodologies introduced in the
teaching - learning Non-virtual and the achievement of learning. • Project Evalu
ation. It includes the assessment of the achievement of targets set for each sta
ge of project implementation
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10. Definition of terms and phases of implementation:
• Description of the stages of implementation or project implementation, activit
ies and time required.
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I Stage. Implementation of the Infostructure Time Required: 45 days Activities:
Implementing the Virtual Training Center: equipment, organization, implementatio
n of the virtual platform of Phase II training. Design of the pedagogical model
Time Required: 45 days Activities: Determine the contents, working methods Prepa
ration of guides and study materials
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11. Definition of cycles of renewal and update:
• • It requires consideration of the renewal periods of the resources, elements
of the project to provide continuity over time. It is recommended to project the
costs of maintenance, renewal and annual update of 35%.
Renovation Hardware - Servers 18 months - 12 months Renewal Personal Computer So
ftware - Operating Systems for version change - content management system (LMS)
for version change Equipment Maintenance - Preventive every three months
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12. Definition of personnel and human resources:
• Need to determine qualitative (profiles) and quantitative (amount and time) th
e human resource needed for each stage of the project.
Platform Manager virtual person with knowledge of network administration, respon
sible for providing support, maintenance and administration of LMS, Internet too
ls (e-mail, NetMeeting
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13. Costing and financing:
• • Preparation of the budget based on resources, measured in quantity, time and
costs. Costs can be of three types: Investment-Durable goods needed to run the
project (equipment and infrastructure), are acquired only once for the entire pr
oject life cycle-Operation Inputs and incidentals that are made during the proje
ct (office supplies, rents, licenses, travel expenses) are expenses are not expe
ndable and durable over time. Personal-fees are costs to individuals during the
project implementation
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14. Schedule or array of activities
• • • Presentation of the activities or tasks according to time during the proje
ct cycle. It is necessary to define the tasks and subtasks their precedence and
sequence. There may be a Gantt chart or diagram Pert
Pert Diagram. It is a graphical representation of the relationships between proj
ect tasks for calculating the time the project easily.
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14. Schedule or array of activities
• • Gantt Chart Graphic representation of the tasks on a time scale. The tasks a
re represented as maintaining the scale bar on the proportionality between their
 durations and their graphic representation, and its position on the origin poin
t of the project. Details the tasks that can be developed in parallel and which
tasks are necessary for others.
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14. Schedule or array of activities
If you can not plan, let alone what you are able to do. "Anonymous
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