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Explaining the difference your project makes: A big guide to using an outcomes approach

Publication date: 25/10/2019 (Updated 17/11/2022)

Resource theme: Non-ESS Self-evaluation guides

Principles for good evaluation: About what matters, Communicated well to others

The guide aims to help you cover the following aspects:

identifying, understanding and explaining the need you want to meet
being clear about your overall aim and the details of how your project will meet the need
measuring your success
learning from what you have achieved to improve your project throughout its life.
This guide sets out some of the main steps that you will have to take to plan and manage a project using an outcomes approach.