PA 515- Program Administration and Project Management (Finals) GENEBEL M. ROSAS i. MPA 3A Under INITIATION, the following shall be my activities to do: 1. Conduct rapid rural appraisal, gathering of data from secondary sources, first-hand information or data. 2. conduct extensive assessment of the area to include potentials of the area, available resources, raw materials, etc. 3. Conduct community consultation. 4. Conducting focused group dialogue and 5. Etc. In initiation activities, The DENR or the Department of Environment and Natural Resources must gather information for what is the main reason why Pasig River has a bunch of floating plastics that can cause not only water pollution but also flooding. They must assess many strategic plans that can improve and develop the Pasig River System. They must also discuss the possible effects of implementing programs in controlling water pollution. ii. Under PLANNING, the following shall be my activities to do: 1. Gather functional requirements and to define scope of work as needed. 2. Determine resources and staffing needs. 3. Assess the communication needs and, if required, prepare a communication plan 4. Create a project plan that establishes the work breakdown structure and a schedule 5. Assess training needs and develop a plan as appropriate 6. Obtain consensus of the project team and project stakeholders on project plan. These activities in the situation includes the planning and estimating the materials needed in controlling water pollution. It also includes the budgeting of expenses and scheduling of the project team while taking into consideration both the resource availability and the project time. In planning stage, it involves free-associating of ideas and finding partners in this project. iii. Under EXECUTION, the following shall be my activities to do: 1. Creates and delivers the end result, of product or service. 2. Executes the tasks in the project schedule 3. Delivers regular updates to project stakeholders detailing progress 4. Relies on the plans from the planning phase to control the project and expends most of the project resources. These activities in the situation includes, implementing programs like clean-up drive program, regular monitoring of waterways to ensure that floating solid wastes and other debris are collected to prevent them from ending up on Manila Bay, regular ambient water sampling activities to monitor water quality of the Pasig River and its tributaries as well as the sampling of effluent or wastewater discharge from establishments within the Pasig River System, application of water quality improvement technologies, monitoring and enforcement of legal easements. iv. Under CLOSURE, the following shall be my activities to do: 1. Concludes all project activities 2. Administratively closes the project 3. Assesses project outcomes and team performance 4. Documents best practices and lessons learned. These activities in the situation includes the promoting of the cleanliness of the Pasig River also encouraging the squatters living alongside the river to mitigate their proper waste disposal. It also includes engaging other stakeholders to join the project to bring the ongoing plastic recovery programs.