This is an entry that complements the Measuring What Matters toolkit which you can find here: https://info.copronet.wales/measuring-what-matters/
Measuring What Matters online tool result: code BGJ
Technical description
You want to adopt a qualitative and consultative approach, to a formative or process evaluation, and want to commit time and resources to gathering rich and detailed evidence.
Glossary
Qualitative approaches: Focus on the quality of an activity (often feelings and subjective opinions) as opposed to quantity (objective facts and figures).
Consultative approaches: Invite people to share their experiences through some kind of formal and structured process.
Outcome Evaluations: Assess the extent to which a programme, policy or intervention has achieved its planned outcomes.
Impact Evaluations: Explore and assess longer-term effects, intended or otherwise, of a programme, policy or intervention.
Data collection methods
Horizontal Evaluation
Time: moderate / Cost: moderate
Horizontal Evaluation is a form of self-assessment by project participants combined with peer review.
Horizontal Evaluation features in Better Evaluation’s ‘Rainbow Framework’ and more information can be found of their website.