Using ?Performance Questions?

When “managing for impact” - we try and avoid jumping straight into identifying indicators and, instead, first be clear about the questions we would ask about progress & performance. Once the questions are clear - we then think about what information we would need to answer these questions. 
However, the concept of performance questions can be a [...]

Logic beyond the Logical Framework?

The ASSP/ASDP-L workshop in Zanzibar was an M&E planning workshop & not a strategic planning workshop. However, we could hardly start talking about monitoring until everyone in the room (including ourselves) was clear about what the Programme was expected to do, achieve - and therefore what should be monitored.
While I have used the Theory of [...]

Application of the “Theory of Change” approach in Developing an M&E System

There is a saying that practice makes perfect. The best way to know Monitoring and evaluation is by doing it. The more I get to put theory into practice the more I discover the strengths and applications of what I thought I knew. Having been trained in Development Evaluation for a month at Carleton University [...]