Principle Commitment to Evidence provided Identify a range of stakeholders beyond the minimum of funders, board, staff, government and ‘intended beneficiary group’. Involve representatives from all stakeholder groups in the process of understanding and defining the outcomes that they are Involve experiencing (using open questioning). stakeholders Reduce the risk of biases in data collection by considering/ensuring the number of stakeholders involved is appropriate (for the level of decision the data is supporting) and that the stakeholders are representative of the rest of the population. Collect information about all consequences of your activities rather than limit data collection to measuring your objectives only. Understand Establish the relationship between inputs, outputs and outcomes change (including unintended) for each stakeholder group. Identify indicators (ways of measuring) all the outcomes that need to be managed (intended and unintended). Understand the amount of time and resources required to deliver your activities Understand the relative importance of the outcomes for all Value the things stakeholder groups (this could be done through ranking or that matter weighting). Representatives of each stakeholder group should ideally be involved in this exercise or as a minimum by involved in verifying the results. Collect information about outcomes that are both relevant and Only include what significant to your operations. Significance being determined by is material the quantity, duration, causality and value of the outcome.
Principle Commitment to Evidence provided Involve stakeholders Identify a range of stakeholders beyond the minimum of funders, board, staff, government and ‘intended beneficiary group’. Involve representatives from all stakeholder groups in the process of understanding and defining the outcomes that they are experiencing (using open questioning). Reduce the risk of biases in data collection by considering/ensuring the number of stakeholders involved is appropriate (for the level of decision the data is supporting) and that the stakeholders are representative of the rest of the population. Understand change Collect information about all consequences of your activities rather than limit data collection to measuring your objectives only. Establish the relationship between inputs, outputs and outcomes (including unintended) for each stakeholder group. Identify indicators (ways of measuring) all the outcomes that need to be managed (intended and unintended). Value the things that matter Understand the amount of time and resources required to deliver your activities Understand the relative importance of the outcomes for all stakeholder groups (this could be done through ranking or weighting). Representatives of each stakeholder group should ideally be involved in this exercise or as a minimum by involved in verifying the results. Only include what is material Collect information about outcomes that are both relevant and significant to your operations. Significance being determined by the quantity, duration, causality and value of the outcome.