About this brief:

“Developmental evaluation supports innovation development to guide adaptation to emergent and dynamic realities in complex environments.” (Patton, 2011, p. 1) Developmental Evaluation (DE) works best under the umbrella of Utilization-focused evaluation. UFE is a decision-making framework that allows projects to take ownership over evaluation. UFE is a tool for designing or updating a monitoring, evaluation and learning plan (MEL). A separate UFE brief is available and provides guidance on the main steps of UFE.

Keywords: developmental evaluation, monitoring, learning, decision-making, collaborative evaluation

On the how-to-series:

The “How to” series of briefs is for the use of Pilar 1 project managers (and future managers of R&I projects), to guide them with tips on possible ways forward for upgrading their five core capacities to manage for impacts.