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  • Fishbone diagram (cause and effect diagram)

    This short guide describes the process of using a fishbone diagram to help uncover and visualise stakeholder perceptions of the root causes of a problem. It is often used in conjunction with the 'Five Whys' technique.
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  • AES guidelines for the ethical conduct of evaluations

    These guidelines from the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES) were designed to ensure ethical behaviour and decision-making are incorporated into evaluation practice.
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  • The Five Whys Technique

    This paper from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) outlines the process of using the Five Whys technique as an effective approach to problem solving.
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  • Learning from exemplars of evaluation

    Are there particular examples of evaluations that you return to think about often? 
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  • Five Whys

    The Five Whys is an easy question asking option that examines the cause-and-effect relationships that underly problems.
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  • Aid delivery methods: Project cycle management guidelines

    These guidelines from the European Commission have been prepared to support ongoing improvements in the quality of development assistance.
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  • Evaluation ethics, politics, standards, and guiding principles

    This is a module taken from the International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET) program.
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  • Guidelines to avoid conflict of interest in independent evaluations

    These guidelines from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) set out the procedures that need to be taken into account when assessing the independence of evaluation and audit functions to ensure ethical requirements are met.
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  • The African evaluation principles

    This resource sets out the African Evaluation Principles, developed by the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA), for use by "individuals, organisations and coalitions who finance, commission, manage, conduct and educate about evaluation i
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  • The African evaluation guidelines: 2002

    This paper from the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) provides a brief description of the guidelines and a series of checklists to assist with the planning, implementation and completion of the evaluation process.
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