SHORT-TERM AND

LONG TERM
PROJECTS
 MELC
•Recognize the value of undertaking
community action modalities.
•Acknowledge interrelationships of self
and community in undertaking
community action.
 LESSON
OBJECTIVE:
•Define and explain community action and
the different forms of community action.
•Understand the interrelationship of self
and community in undertaking
community action.
 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHORT-
TERM AND LONG TERM
PROJECTS
•Short-term projects take a few hours,
days or weeks to complete.
•Long-term projects take months or
even years to finish
 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHORT-
TERM AND LONG TERM
PROJECTS
•Effective project managers start by
assessing the project need and
determining how much time is
needed to meet the desired outcomes.
 BUDGET
• Budget Short-term projects typically require
less money to complete than long-term
efforts.
• Short-term projects typically cost less, they
usually require fewer approvals to get started
and completed.
 BUDGET
• Larger, more complex projects might require
the use of more sophisticated accounting
software packages to track and monitor
forecasting and spending.
 RESOURCE
S
• The number of resources required for a short-term
project typically depends on the type of product or
service being developed.
• Short-term projects usually require specialized
expertise; you might institute a short-term project to
analyze a recurring product problem and devise a
solution.
 RESOURCE
S
• Large, complicated development projects
typically require numerous resources over the
course of the project life cycle to initiate,
plan, execute, control, and close the project.
 IMPACT
•Short-term projects typically have a
limited impact.
•Longer-term projects tend to have a larger
impact on the business, community or
employees.
 SCOPE
•Long-term projects tend to be complex.
•Project plans describe multiple objectives,
business needs and interdependent
requirements.
 SCOPE
• Long-term projects may be divided into
smaller projects to make them more
manageable and to produce more immediate
results.
• Short-term projects typically focus on a single
goal.
 SCOPE
•Evaluating short-term projects
requires less effort and analysis than
larger projects.