Grounding Evaluation

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Grounding Evaluation

• operationalising grounded research into ME
  practice

Tracey Konstant
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Salvador Dali 1941
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Michael Teffo 2005
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Scale needs systems
Systems offerTerminologyShared
expectationsLess renegotiationThe rules of the
game
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Better a good system for doing something that
does not work, than no system at all
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Traditional project processes
PLANNING

• Problem Statement

Solution - Purpose
Outcomes
Outputs
Activities
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BUT
IT WAS ALL A GUESS
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Accurate language PLANNING
Perceived Problem

• Problem Statement

Or Described Situation
Possible Improvement
Solution - Purpose
Rationale
Activities
Activities
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Traditional project processes
EVALUATION
postpone the impact
hope for the outcomes
count the activities and outputs
guess the indicators
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Grounding EVALUATION
Can we see impact?
The Observed Outcomes
The Actual Outputs
What activities really took place?
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If we aim for the irrelevant, we will almost
certainly hit it
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Or is there a better way?