Evaluation and learning
Programmes are usually evaluated at least once.
Evaluations should help the organisations and individuals involved to learn from what went well and what went not so well.
In reality there are many reasons why lessons are not learned which include:
- high staff turnover – duplication of mistakes and failure to address gaps / shortfalls due to inadequate handover, frequent re-design etc
- Inadequate / limited background information – lack of information or understanding of programme purpose, constraints, you may never meet the people who evaluate your programme let alone read their report
- the loss of experienced people from the sector – taking their knowledge and experience with them
- insufficient briefing, training and mentoring of new people coming into the sector
- pressure and a desire to act quickly without taking the time to reflect or consider what has been done before
- Insufficient involvement of affected communities and national staff in programme design and delivery and over-reliance on incomplete or irrelevant/ inappropriate information
The challenge for you as a programme manager is to see what you can do to counter this trend.
This page was last updated by Phil Wilks on 28 April 2010 at 12:14:45 (2 years ago).
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