Program Management Spreadsheet for Nonprofits & NGOs

Program directors with eight projects running often learn a milestone slipped only when the funder report is due.

A weekly exception review prevents most of that. Instead of reading every project, list only what breaks a rule: critical issues, overdue work, blocked items, anything due soon, and projects nobody has updated. Rank them, give each an owner and a written reason, and spend the meeting there. A project with no plan data should show as unknown, not 0% complete, or the meeting argues about a number nobody measured.

Our Program Management OS for Excel and Google Sheets builds that list for you. The Management Attention list ranks every exception P1 to P5 with the project, owner, date and reason. Each project and program gets CRITICAL, NEEDS ATTENTION, ON TRACK or NOT ASSESSED, with the reason beside it. The closeout checklist shows READY only when deliverables, evidence, handover, lessons and approval are in place. The demo holds a fictional nonprofit with 8 projects across 2 programs, and set-up takes about 20 minutes.

The weekly meeting starts from the short list of things that need you.

It isn't a MEAL system or budgeting software, and it needs your input and judgment.