Monitoring Progress and Success

Evaluation is the monitoring of the project progress and assessing its effectiveness.

Evaluation

Lauren Howe Oct 2010

“If you knew what was going to happen in advance every day you could do amazing things. You could become insanely wealthy, influence the political process et cetera.

Well, it turns out that most people don’t even know what happened yesterday in their own business. So, a lot of businesses are discovering they can take tremendous competitive advantage simply by finding out what happened yesterday as soon as possible.” (Steve Jobs, CEO Apple 1994:23)

Thinking about the steps on the way to completion of YOUR project ; what was good?, what could be improved? how did the project turn out? Does this give you ideas for the management of future projects?

Did the project run to budget?

Did everyone know what was their role in the project?

Was it worth the effort?

What benefits can you see from the project?

What did you learn?

Who came to the community event?

How many?

Community members / Workers / Others?

Could clients be more involved in the planning of future events?How can we find out what those most touched by the issue found useful from the recent project events? How can we integrate clients ideas into future events?

THINKING ABOUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES

WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE PROJECT.......WHAT ABOUT THE PROJECT TEAM

Did you work well together?

Did you achieve what you set out to do?

What would you do differently next time you work together?

What did you learn about your working style in a team?

What did you learn about other people’s work style in a team?

EMPOWERMENTEmpowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social, or economic strength of individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS CAN EMPOWER AND BUILD CAPACITY in our community!!!