Engage the evaluation team

+ - 1. Decide how decisions about the evaluation will be made

• Identify who will be involved in decisions and what their roles will be
• Specify responsibilities of the evaluation manager and the evaluator(s)
• Address particular evaluation management issues relating to joint projects, including donor partnerships

+ - 2. Scope the evaluation

• Clarify what will be evaluated
• Describe the theory of change
• Identify who are the primary intended users of the evaluation and what will they use it for
• Develop agreed key evaluation questions
• Decide the timing of the evaluation
• Decide whether the evaluation will be done by an external team, an internal team or a hybrid of both
• Determine the evaluator qualities
• Identify what resources are available for the evaluation and what will be needed

3. Develop the Terms of Reference (ToR)

+ - 5. Manage development of the evaluation methodology

• Consider important elements of what is being evaluated
• Consider important aspects of the evaluation
• Consider the implications of the resources available and specific constraints

6. Manage development of the evaluation work plan including logistics

7. Manage implementation of the evaluation

8. Guide production of quality report(s)

+ - 9. Disseminate reports and support use of evaluation

• Make evaluation reports available and engage with primary intended users to make the results accessible
• Archive the evaluation report and data (if appropriate)
• Support the use of evaluation findings