This document discusses how project management skills can help improve humanitarian projects and make the world a better place. It provides examples of how project management concepts like stakeholder involvement, communication plans, and risk management were used to create sustainable clean water projects. It emphasizes the importance of sustainability, measuring impact, communicating success, and avoiding burnout. The summary encourages readers to contribute their skills, volunteer with organizations aligned with their interests, and get involved to implement change through project management in humanitarian work.

1. PM4THEWORLD
Making the World a Better Place
through Project Management
Deanna Landers, MBA, PMP
Peter Monkhouse, MBA, PMP

2. Making the
World a Better
Place through
Project
Management

3. - Use the QR code to contribute
GIVE WHAT
YOU CAN,
HOWEVER
YOU CAN.

4. Implement Change Through Projects

5. ▪ Money
▪ Things (e.g. clothing, computers, supplies, food)
▪ Lodging
▪ Labor
▪ Expertise
We Could Provide:

6. There are many project management skills
that can improve humanitarian projects
Effective Humanitarian Work

7. ▪ Sustainability: The ability to meet the needs of current generations, without
compromising the needs of future ones
Valuable Results are Sustainable
Source: Marisa Silva

8. ▪ Start with the end in mind
▪ Identify requirements relating to sustainability
▪ Identify benefits relating to sustainability
▪ Focus on long-term impact
▪ Pay attention to the interests of the extended
project stakeholders circle (community, planet,
etc.)
▪ Use sustainability as criterion for measuring a
project’s success
Promoting Project Sustainability

9. ▪ Proof of concept of a new approach to provide clean water, validating
sustainability
▪ Key project management concepts used and shared: risk management,
stakeholder involvement, communication plan, etc.
▪ All materials available on the island, plans simple and in Spanish
Example: WaterRico

10. ▪ Measure Impact of
▪ Organization
▪ Organization‘s project
▪ Your project management assistance
▪ Combination
▪ Examples:
▪ Progress against mission -> project alignment
with mission -> project benefits realized ->
critical relevant metrics
Measuring Impact

11. ▪ Widely publicized goals and measurements
▪ Frequent visual updates on goals
▪ Celebrate success
▪ Social media
▪ Impact report
▪ Next steps (to sustain advantages)
Communicating Success

12. ▪ Key Communications Lacking:
▪ Identification of stakeholders
▪ Institutional coordination
▪ Sharing joint success
Example: Accra Ghana Flooding

13. ▪ Contribute / volunteer in doses
▪ Question complexity
▪ “Busyness”
▪ Wait on a great idea
▪ Avoid burnout
Personal Growth and Sustainability

14. ▪ Understanding cultural barriers
▪ Multitasking among different
organizations and processes -
Rotary, PMWB, EWB and local
authorities
▪ Establishing great relationships
in the field
▪ Learning self and other
communities
▪ Contributing!
Example: Ecuador Irrigation

15. ▪ PMI Educational Foundation
▪ Other professional associations (IEEE, Rotary, etc.)
▪ Schools, clubs, chapter, or religious organizations
▪ Hospitals, relief efforts
▪ Non-profits/ NGOs aligned with your interests
▪ Volunteer matching organizations (e.g. volunteer.org, PMWB, etc.)
Opportunities to Contribute: Volunteer
DIY

16. ▪ Implement change through projects
▪ Effective humanitarian work
▪ How project management can help
▪ Sustainability
▪ Measurement and impact
▪ Opportunities to get involved
Summary

17. Making the World a Better Place
Through Project Management
Deanna Landers Peter Monkhouse
Deanna.Landers@pmwb.org Peter.Monkhouse@pmwb.org