NGO & Project Management Technology · Beginner level

Beginner level · Module 3 of 5 · 10 guided hours

Budgets and Data Collection

Track project spending and collect reliable, ethical data with digital tools.

Learning objectives

  • Build and track a project budget
  • Design digital data collection forms
  • Collect data ethically

Topics

  • activity-based budgets
  • budget tracking
  • burn rate
  • digital forms
  • KoboToolbox and Google Forms
  • consent and data protection

Lessons

  1. Lesson 1 Project Budgets and Tracking

    Plan and track spending against activities.

    budget linesunit costsactual vs budgetburn rate

  2. Lesson 2 Designing Digital Data Collection Forms

    Collect accurate data quickly with phone-based forms.

    question typesskip logicvalidationoffline collection

  3. Lesson 3 Ethical Data Collection

    Protect the people who give you information.

    informed consentdata minimisationanonymisationsecure storage

Practical activity

Build a project budget and tracker and design, test and deploy a short digital survey form.

Expected outcomes

  • Controlled spending
  • Clean, ethical data

Assessment

Budget tracker and tested form reviewed.

Free taster lesson Budget Management & Data Collection Read a free self-study lesson on this topic in the Free Course Library.

Taught live by an instructor — online or in person. Free course lessons are for self-study and do not lead to a certificate — see registration options.