Create a plan for collecting information to measure performance
The next step is to compose a measurement plan for who will undertake each measurement task, when, where, and using which methods. Define clearly the roles and responsibilities of all staff.
Develop your measurement plan as follows:
- List and number each result: list each anticipated result from the results chain against its respective ‘level’ (ie system change, growth/access, poverty reduction). Each ‘result’ should be assigned a number
- Questions: list the key questions that you want to answer by measuring changes that relate to each box
- Indicators: set indicators, including sustainability indicators, for each results chain box (see Step 1)
- Assumptions: before piloting an innovation you invariably make assumptions about its future costs, its level of usage and level of response to its presence. These assumptions need to be validated in time. Include them in your measurement plan, next to the most relevant results chain box
- How, who, and when: list the methods and sources of information you will use to measure changes in the relevant indicators. For each indicator, add who will measure it and when
- Baseline: write what baseline information there is, for each indicator. Remember to revisit the information gathered during the diagnostic process
- Projections: write what results you project, for each indicator, as per Step 2. Supporting calculations are best written elsewhere (eg on a separate spreadsheet)
- Progress: for each indicator, write the cumulative attributable results already recorded (ie the results so far)