the
Committee papers should (unless it has
has been agreed with
Treasury that the circumstances are exceptional)
state what is to be achieved, by when, at what cost and
how it is to be measured. However there are also ongoing
policies which managers want to evaluate or to evaluate
more systematically than they may have done in the past.
Sometimes therefore it may be necessary to plan and mount
an evaluation in mid-stream.
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Whichever approach is needed, policy managers should
see it as their responsibility that their plan is written
discussed with their own managers and subordinates
specialist and if necessary with /advisers, and settled. A chart
down,
is often useful at this stage. Most good evaluation
plans will do the following
a
divide
the expected evaluation work into
different stages. When it is expected that certain
things should have been
achieved? At what stages
would it be sensible to
review progress? On the
more likely to be
whole the earlier stages are
concerned with inputs and the latest stages with
efficiency and effectiveness;
b
describe the questions which should be tackled
at each stage and how answers might be looked for;
C
consider
-
and if necessary budget for -
the resources likely to be required, including such
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