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Unit 2: Step Wise Project Planning

 Good preparation; Notes
 Clear objectives;
 A positive & supportive environment;
 Proper time management;

 Use of open questions; and
 Challenging not confrontational atmosphere.
The results of interviews should be well documented.

Did u know? What is SWOT?
SWOT analysis (alternately SLOT analysis) is a strategic planning method used to evaluate
the Strengths, Weaknesses/Limitations, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a project
or in a business venture.

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Caselet ‘Project Antariksha’ Plans Climate Atlas of Kerala

Vinson Kurian‘

Thiruvananthapuram, March 17 Project Antariksha, a pioneering effort at networking
Kerala through an array of satellite-based automatic weather stations, intends to bring
out a weather and climate atlas of the State in the near future.
It is a collaborative project among the Indian Space Research Organisation, the Kerala
State Planning Board and the Centre for Monsoon Studies of the Cochin University for
Science and Technology (Cusat).
Two years into implementation, the project has seen 58 automatic weather stations being
set up over Kerala and two on the Lakshadweep Islands.
Project Antariksha seeks to reach real-time data, including rainfall, on a Web-based system
to reach the user groups. Advisories on precipitation and temperature anomalies would
be issued to the State Government.
Workshops planned
List of the districts and the respective number of AWSs (in brackets) they house is as
follows: Alappuzha and Thiruvananthapuram (4 each); Ernakulam (8); Idukki, Kannur
and Wynad (6 each); Kasargod, Malappuram, Pathanamthitta and Kozhikode (3 each);
Kollam and Kottayam (1 each); Palakkad and Thrissur (5 each).
Interactive workshops are being planned at the district-level to make people aware of the
changing weather conditions and on how to use the AWSs as a tool for the purpose.
Representatives of local bodies, political organisations, school/college students, teachers
and local NGOs would be target groups.
Steps have already been initiated by the Kerala Agricultural University to develop suitable
techniques for weather data analysis with region-specific models to generate weather
advisories for various applications such as agriculture, irrigation and water management.
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