Questions - Program Evaluation Method - Essay Example

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1. Objectives, activities, outcome measures of the logic model maybe unclear or missing. This is because logic models contain lists of each of the elements of a logic model without specifying which item on one list is related to which item on another list. This can easily lead to confusion regarding the relationship among elements or result in accidental omission of an item on a list of elements.
2. Too much (or too little) information maybe provided on the logic model. The logic model should include only the primary elements related to program/project design and operation. As a general rule, it should provide the "big picture" of the program/project and avoid providing very specific details related to how, for example, interventions will occur, or a list of all the agencies that will serve to improve collaboration efforts.
3. Objectives maybe confused with activities. The project evaluator must make surethat items listed as objectives are in fact objectives rather than activities. Anything related to program implementation or a task that is being carried out in order to accomplish something is an activity rather than an objective. For example, hire 10 staff members is an activity that is being carried out in order to accomplish an objective such as improve response time for incoming phone calls.
Even though it leaves out information, a good model represents those aspects of an initiative that, in the view of the stakeholders, are most important for understanding how the effort works. The developers will go through several drafts before producing at a version that the stakeholders agree accurately reflects their story. If the information will become overly complex, it will be possible to create a family of related models, or nested models, each capturing a different level of detail. One model could sketch out the broad ...Download file to see next pagesRead More