Project Charter on Early Child Development Center

Project Name: Early Child Development Center Munara Dist. Chakwal Prepared by Khurram Riaz Date: 21/10/11

Development of Early Child Development Center

INITIATION:

Project Manager: Afzaal Ahmed Project Administrator: Khurram Riaz, Project Management Office

This project is related to the development of early child development center for those children who are in the age of 4 to 6 years. Basically its community development project to provide the childrens a supportive learning environment to study and build their skills. This project will start initially from Munara dist.chakwal and would be further continued other areas of Pakistan in future after the response of this project. This project will start on (31 October 2011) and it
SYNOPSIS:

will end in 9 weeks (9 December 2011). Its a funded project we will target 45 students initially. In morning this center will work for children and in evening it will work for adults training (Community Education).After the project closure School Management Committees (SMCs) and advisory councils will run the operations of the ECD Center. Its not-for-profit center whose recurring costs, especially teacher salary and utilities are met by tuition fees charged from affording pupils.

The basic purpose of this project is to help Pakistan achieve its targets of
PURPOSE/ BUSINESS NEED:

Education For All and the Millennium Development Goal for Education by 2015. To improve community participation for an effective delivery of quality education. Encourage people to send their childrens to school. Change their traditional perception and mobilize local community. It will also give benefits to the donors in terms of good will for their organization.

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The scope of the project is to educate the local community of Munara by developing an early child development center with the help of donors in the time
SCOPE AND ACCEPTANCE:

period of nine weeks from (31 October 2011) to (9 December 2011). We want to give realization to the local people of Munara that education is basic need for their childs without education they cant succeed in life and also they cant contribute for the betterment of the society.Our aim is to provide supportive learning environment to the childs so that they develop skills like Social/Emotional Development, Creative Arts, Health, Safety & Physical Education etc. and contributes towards the development of Pakistan. Through this project we can create more value to the society and in a result better and educated society will develop.

Standard development process utilized in the ECD Center project: i. Research and realize the basic need of the people of Munara. Collect user requirements and document it. ii.
APPROACH:

Research team will make the report on it to cover the requirements of the community.

iii.

Meeting with sponsors/donors and take them into confidence about the project.

iv. v. vi. vii.

Community mobilization and education. Execution of the plan. School Management Committees (SMCs) and advisory councils Closure with the help of local team (staff) and community. Community mobilization and education Training of teacher Skill development in childrens School Management Committees (SMCs) and advisory councils

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION & DELIVERABLE S

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Project Management processes according to the standards and methodology set forth in the Project Management Institutes' Body of Knowledge will be used to manage the deployment of the ECD Center project. The Project Management Plan (PMP) will include the following elements:
PROJECT MANAGEMEN T:

Project Charter Description of the Project Management (PM) approach Scope statement Work Breakdown Structure Cost estimates, start and finish dates, roles and responsibilities Major milestones and target time for each Resources, effort, and related costs Communications Management Plan

The project management plan is a living document that will be updated by the Project Manager and Project Management Administrator as required. The plan will be executed and overall project performance evaluated on a regular basis to provide confidence that quality standards are being met. The project team will be developed to maximize skills and competencies to enhance project performance. Information will be disseminated to project stakeholders on a schedule outlined in the Communications Plan.

High level project risks and constraints include:

ASSUMPTIONS , CONSTRAINTS , RISKS:

Funding availability Availability of skilled resources Political instability Local community response (Culture) Ownership of local community after project closure Risk of default fees

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Human Resources: 1 Project Manager (Project duration)plan, manage, control project 1 Project Administrator (Project duration)facilitate project planning,

execution, and communication. Assurance that appropriate project management processes are observed throughout the project 1 Accounts Manager (Part time)Budgeting and allocation of funds 1 Procurement OfficersFor purchasing raw material and transportation facilities 3 staff Member For the training of students and community
RESOURCES:

Material & Services Resources: Stationary, chairs, tables, computer, transportations, raw material, swings etc. Financial Resources: Total:Rs.4 lac Labor: Rs.15,000 Material/Equipment: Rs.260,000 Travel and Meetings: Rs.15,000 Team Salary:Rs.80,000 Other Expeses:Rs.30,000 Stakeholders include project team, sponsor, local community, staff and the childs. There will be complete connect with all the stakeholder of the project at each level. Initially there will be weekly meetings between project team members Project manager will be the communication focal point. A detailed project report will be given to all stakeholders after the completion of the project. The program design provides a two-way system of communication that is open and easily accessible, and in which families and community representatives are valued as resources and decision-makers.

COMMUNICATION AND REPORTING:

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Any change in the project will be documented and assessed by the project
CHANGE MANAGEMEN T:

manager after consultation with the stakeholders. If change is approved then the scope, budget etc will be updated according to that and will be shared with the stakeholders through communication plan. The PM/project team will

communicate the approved change and updated schedule to the staff responsible for implementing the change.

PROJECT TEAM ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Afzaal Ahmed: Project Manager (PM) monitoring and controlling project; approving project changes; quality assurance, Donors Relations
PROJECT TEAM:

Khurram Riaz: Project Team LeadSupervising technical staff assigned to project; monitoring/approving project change requests; informing the PM on all issues impacting the project and project plan.

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Adeel:

Project

Team

memberDeals

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procurement

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transportation.

Shoaib Ali: Project Team memberDeals with financial issues.

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