One option to collect metering data, as a complement or an alternative to collecting bills, is to get households to read their own meters. This could be for electricity, gas or water. You would have to get households to take readings before the intervention, and following the intervention. The timing of follow up readings should […]
Metering refers to the measuremtent of resource consumption, particularly for electricity, gas and water. Most residential dwellings have individual electricity and water meters, and where town-gas is available, a gas meter. The popularity of metering data stems from its ability to provide a quantitative measure, which conforms to the adage “that you can’t manage what
Summative evaluation looks at the impact of an intervention on the target group. This type of evaluation is arguably what is considered most often as ‘evaluation’ by project staff and funding bodies- that is, finding out what the project achieved. Summative evaluation can take place during the project implementation, but is most often undertaken at
Participant observation provides a means to monitor the way in which people interact in a workshop or other activity. Participant observation can include whether participants seem attentive, or ask questions and engage in discussion. Observations can also be made of the setting in which an activity is occurring. It is important to clarify the objectives
The evaluation dartboard is a quick and simple method for participants to rate the delivery of a workshop, training session or similar activity. Participants, using sticky dots or a marking pen, make a mark on the dartboard based on a rating scale, for example from ‘highly satisfied’ to ‘highly dissatisfied’ or ‘exceeded expectations’ to ‘missed
Community engagement and behaviour change projects can take up a lot of staff time (most likely more than planned). It is important to track the amount of staff time, and what activities the work is related to, so as to provide lessons for future projects. Time tracking can be done using Excel or other similar
You can track projected (estimate) costs and actual costs through Excel or other similar software. Your organisation may already have finance software, but sometimes it is easier to also track costs using simple software like Excel. It is recommended that you enter actual costs as they come in. Data management is very important, especially if
A project diary is a written record of significant activities, events or processes that occur during the life of a project. It is highly recommended that project staff keep some sort of diary to record their insights and experiences during a project’s planning and implementation as these insights are important to collect and reflect upon
A semi-structured interview is a qualitative method of inquiry that combines a pre-determined set of open questions (questions that prompt discussion) with the opportunity for the interviewer to explore particular themes or responses further. A semi-structured interview does not limit respondents to a set of pre-determined answers (unlike a structured questionnaire). Semi-structured interviews are used
A program logic (also known as outcome model, outcome logic, logic model, or outcome hierarchy) sets out what a project will do and how it will do it. In other words, it represents a project’s theory of change. The program logic does this by visually representing a linear sequence of steps that need to occur
