UNDP RBM Presentation

Found a site containing various presentations:

http://www.slideshare.net/undpeuropeandcis/tag/undp

Interestingly I found a presentation a bit similar to our discussion during the tutorials. It kind of links the results chain to particular documents

http://www.slideshare.net/Ramen24/resultbased-management-and-the-undaf-matrix-for-country

 Here are some slides from the presentation: 

27-28 March 2012 Tutorials

I think I got some creative juice running after our philosophical tutorials!

27 March 2012

Today, we did not talk about our projects in detail; rather we discussed more about the philosophy behind research. It gave me some comfort that somehow I'm not totally lost in what I  am doing... I'm actually undergoing an inductive process where I am looking at the context of things and thereby (I might) form a theory.  Also we talked about the phenomenology of meaning in research. Is the meaning of the world given or is meaning derived from the way we interpret and observe things? I am a bit more of an interpretivist, I think meaning is formed from the perspectives of our minds (influenced by culture etc...); as opposed to a positivist who argues that meaning is out there and absolute (?).  It was a mind boggling discussion but it got me into a different way of thinking. Which I really need at the moment!

28 March 2012

I benefited a lot from our one-to-one session, it answered a lot of my worries. We talked about...

1. the possible discussion I can have with Eddie to get started with the data I need,
2. a different perspective on the approach to my research; which I think is fantastic! I can look at my research as a form of a risk assessment for UNDP,
3. a diagram of how how outputs-outcomes-impacts relate to each other and how risk is embedded in it,
4. my research question (and made some iterations),
5. the depth of risk management theory I have to look into
6. the comparison and contrast of MSP guidelines and the actuality of 
7. the course of action if the data returns to me is not what I expected

With these discussion raise a lot more questions that I need to answer (some basic, but some more in-depth):

1. What is a country office?
• How is it organised?
• What is the turnover? Is it a factor for risk management?
2. Define risk management
3. Given that I will do the project as a risk assessment of UNDP, what data do I need?
4. Are the asserted goals matched with the outcomes?
5. Does UNDP require risk management process to be aligned?
6. What does MSP say about the risk management methods? 
• Does UNDP conform to it? Why? Why not?

Generally a productive meeting. But I still feel like I'm in a fog, but I got an idea.! I'll share the idea once I get some fruition from it.

Europe and CIS UNDP

Just got a bit of a nudge to look at Europe and CIS UNDP. Found an interesting page and with it other interesting links that could be useful for my project.

http://europeandcis.undp.org/home/AboutUs/show/ABCA4902-F203-1EE9-BDC3749532FDE254

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Looking forward to jump start/wake-up call in tomorrow's meeting with Alec.
Because, to be honest right now... progress 0%.

Translation Please!

I found this definition in an interesting article about programme risk management... it would be very helpful if I could understand this portion fully. My maths are a bit rusty, I understand the first portion a bit, but need confirmation for the meaning of (2).

Any help would be appreciated. :)

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The article:

KWAN, T. W. & LEUNG, H. K. N. Measuring Risks within a Program Consisting of Multiple Interdependent Projects. 2009. IEEE, 1-7.

Sources of Programme Risk

According to Hillson, there are four sources of programme risk:

1. Escalated project risks - some project risks can affect a programme; project risks within a set threshold can be escalated as a programme risk.
2. Aggregated project risks - compilation of numerous project risks that can threaten the achievement of programme objectives.
3. Overall programme risks
4. Non-project risks - risks from non-project components

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HILLSON, D. 2008. Towards programme risk management
URL:http://www.risk-doctor.com/pdf-files/ADV11.pdf