1. Grundtvig Project Management for SME’s and NGO’s Didem Altop, Özden Anık, Ali Naci Aydın, Ahmet Murat Fiş, Erik den Hartigh, Anjariitta Rantanen, Utku Tuncay 8 October 2011 - Results of Survey -

2. Actions from last meeting 2 Last meeting 2 NGO representatives: project management skills highly relevant and much needed Last meeting next step: test “local market conditions” Survey on project management skills and interest in workshop To SME’s and NGO’s

3. Process – what did we do? 3 Review Project management maturity models and literature Design draft questionnaire Test and improve draft questionnaire Translate into Turkish Test and improve Turkish version (tested with SME’s) Sending questionnaire and receiving response Analyze answers

4. Questionnaires for NGO’s and SME’s Sent via Responses –NGO’s: 13 of which 12 usable –SME’s: 528 of which 472 usable 4 plus: Angikad, AÇEV, Umut Vakfı

5. QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS Ali Naci Aydın 5

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9. 9 50% works often or all time in projects, 50% sometimes

10. 10 40% works in projects of <25.000TL, 40% in projects of 25.000-250.000TL

11. 11 50% perceive need of formal project management, almost 40% sometimes

12. 12 Project management maturity Over 50% has no formal project management in place

13. 13 Project management maturity Only 25% can efficiently plan and control projects

14. 14 Project management maturity Over 60% has senior management support

15. 15 Project management maturity Over 80% try to learn from previous experiences

16. 16 Project management maturity Over 60% has no project management training

17. 17 Over 90% do not or hardly work with consultants

18. 18 Over 65% is not using project management software

19. 19 Almost 90% does not use professional project management software

20. 20 Over 60% perceives need for basic project management skills, over 20% lack specific expertise

21. 21 Most major challenges each perceived by around 20% of respondents

22. 22 Over 60% interested in attending basic project management workshop

23. 23 Over 50% interested in attending advanced project management workshop

24. Relationships (1) 24 Working in projects Size of projects, Project management skills Size of projects Need for formal project management ✔ ✔ Project management maturity measures Age and size of the organization

25. Relationships (2) 25 Work with consultants, Use of software, Professionalism of software, Project management skills Project management maturity measures Project management maturity measures among each other ✔ ✔

26. Relationships (3) 26 Perception of major challenges in project management among each other Perception of major challenges in project management Project management maturity measures, Age and size of the organization ✔

27. Relationships (4) 27 Interest in basic workshop Interest in advanced workshop ✔ Perception of major challenges in project management Willingness to attend a basic or advanced workshop ✔

28. Conclusions Results fairly consistent between SME’s and NGO’s Project management skills training is mainly relevant for organizations that do not work continually in projects and/or work in smaller projects Direct perceived challenges are more motivating than project maturity for attendance of basic and advanced workshop Interest for basic workshop = interest for advanced workshop –either respondents do not see the difference –or are interested in both 28

29. Next steps 29 Workshop design for SME’s Workshop design for NGO’s Workshop design for students 1ects skills course for UG business administration, entrepreneurship Start with basic 1-2 day workshop Start with basic 1-2 day workshop