SPMC specialises in strategic advisory and implementation services as well as hands-on solutions in delivery management, business analysis, complex procurement and program evaluation and review. We are a team of experts, known for cooperatively shaping and solving major initiatives. We are a truly innovative organisation, leading the market in service delivery, business management and staff engagement.

The processes that define, predict and influence project outcomes is a highly specialised skillset. Our team is technically aware and are experts in sourcing the right information to empower management, by communicating project status in a format that supports effective management and governance decisions.

Typical Steps include:

• Understand the reason for the evaluation
• What do you expect your program evaluation to achieve? What is it not going to do?

Allocating the right resources and budget

The resources and budget you have available will determine the scope of your evaluation: it’s important to get this agreed from the outset.

Identify information needs

Go back to the reason for the evaluation. What information do you need to address the evaluation’s purpose? Consider:

• What documentation needs to be reviewed
• What data will be analysed
• Which stakeholders will be consulted
• The topics that need to be researched and understood.

For ease of planning, group the project’s information needs into those that are already available and those that need to be specifically collected during the project.

Specify project deliverables

Determine what documentation and deliverables the project will produce. Examples of potential deliverables are:

• Final project report
• Findings and recommendations presentation
• Revised program logic
• Revised monitoring and reporting templates/tools.
• Consider the immediate program needs, as well as future applications of the learnings.

Design your evaluation approach

Once you’ve done your research it’s time to design your evaluation approach. This involves articulating the entire process of your program evaluation, taking into account what you already know about the reason for the evaluation, resources and budget available, information needs and project deliverables.