| Description |
xvii, 293 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction to developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks -- Foundation concepts -- First steps : scoping the monitoring and evaluation framework, stakeholder mapping, and evaluation capacity building -- Program theory and program logic as foundations for the monitoring and evaluation framework -- Evaluation questions -- determining what we want to know -- The monitoring plan -- The evaluation plan -- Collecting, managing, analyzing, and synthesizing data to reach evaluative conclusions -- Learning, reporting and dissemination strategies -- Planning for implementation of the monitoring and evaluation framework -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
This is a practical book that provides clear, step-by-step guidance on how to develop a monitoring and evaluation framework in a participatory, logical, systematic, and integrated way. Authors Anne Markiewicz and Ian Patrick outline the key stages and steps involved, including: scoping the framework; identifying planned results; using program theory and program logic; developing evaluation questions; identifying processes for ongoing data collection and analysis; determining means to promote learning; reporting; and dissemination of results. A final chapter focuses on planning for implementation of the framework, with reference to the broader program and organizational context. The authors draw on their extensive experience in developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to provide examples of good practice that inform organizational learning and decision making, while offering tips and guidelines that can be used to address common pitfalls |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index |
| Subject |
Conceptual structures (Information theory)
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Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- Methodology.
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Evaluation -- Methodology.
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Performance standards.
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Project management -- Evaluation.
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Project management -- Quality control.
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| Author |
Patrick, Ian (Sociologist), author
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| LC no. |
2015024870 |
| ISBN |
148335833X |
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9781483358338 |
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