{"id":178,"date":"2025-10-03T15:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T19:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/?post_type=chapter&p=178"},"modified":"2026-05-25T18:22:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:22:39","slug":"5-5-summary","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/chapter\/5-5-summary\/","title":{"raw":"5.5 Summary","rendered":"5.5 Summary"},"content":{"raw":"Table 5.1 presents a summary of the different questions that need to be addressed in your evaluation plan document.\r\n\r\nOne important consideration when building an evaluation plan is that it should be as concise as possible. First, it makes no sense to spend more on the evaluation than on the program itself. Second, the evaluator should propose a plan that is simple, focusing on answering the evaluation questions efficiently.\r\n\r\nTable <\/strong>5<\/strong>.<\/strong>1<\/strong> Elements to Consider for Elaborating an Evaluation Plan<\/em>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Steps<\/strong><\/td>\r\nWhat\u2019s the\u2026<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Digging in on the topic<\/td>\r\nCurrent state of scientific knowledge on the topic and similar interventions?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Main debates\/disagreements?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Anticipated impacts on planetary health?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Mapping the context<\/td>\r\nLevel of sensitivity about the topic?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Who are the actors and communities with an interest in the topic and in the evaluation?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
The architecture of similarities and differences among these people?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Identifying who should be involved<\/td>\r\nWho is the commissioner? Who are the agents? What are their interests in the topic and in the evaluation?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Who are the beneficiaries? What are their interests in the topic and in the evaluation?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Who are the victims? What are their interests in the topic and in the evaluation?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Who is excluded?\u00a0 What are their interests in the topic and in the evaluation? Who is invited and should be?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Determining the evaluation focus<\/td>\r\nPurpose of the evaluation? Intended use?\r\n\r\nWhat\u2019s the plan for considering planetary health impacts?\r\n\r\nHow and with whom to engage on planetary health considerations?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Choosing the evaluation design<\/td>\r\nWhat are relevant evaluation questions?\r\n\r\nWhat are evaluation designs and approaches adapted to the evaluation questions?\r\n\r\nWhat strategies can be used to navigate the evaluation in a post-truth context?\r\n\r\nWhat are appropriate methods?\r\n\r\nWhat will the analysis strategy be?\r\n\r\nWhat will the appropriate knowledge-sharing activities be?\r\n\r\nWhat will the timeline be?\r\n\r\nWhat budget is needed?\r\n\r\nWhat ethical requirements need to be implemented?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","rendered":"

Table 5.1 presents a summary of the different questions that need to be addressed in your evaluation plan document.<\/p>\n

One important consideration when building an evaluation plan is that it should be as concise as possible. First, it makes no sense to spend more on the evaluation than on the program itself. Second, the evaluator should propose a plan that is simple, focusing on answering the evaluation questions efficiently.<\/p>\n

Table <\/strong>5<\/strong>.<\/strong>1<\/strong> Elements to Consider for Elaborating an Evaluation Plan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Steps<\/strong><\/td>\nWhat\u2019s the\u2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Digging in on the topic<\/td>\nCurrent state of scientific knowledge on the topic and similar interventions?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Main debates\/disagreements?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anticipated impacts on planetary health?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mapping the context<\/td>\nLevel of sensitivity about the topic?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who are the actors and communities with an interest in the topic and in the evaluation?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The architecture of similarities and differences among these people?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Identifying who should be involved<\/td>\nWho is the commissioner? Who are the agents? What are their interests in the topic and in the evaluation?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who are the beneficiaries? What are their interests in the topic and in the evaluation?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who are the victims? What are their interests in the topic and in the evaluation?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who is excluded?\u00a0 What are their interests in the topic and in the evaluation? Who is invited and should be?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Determining the evaluation focus<\/td>\nPurpose of the evaluation? Intended use?<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the plan for considering planetary health impacts?<\/p>\n

How and with whom to engage on planetary health considerations?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Choosing the evaluation design<\/td>\nWhat are relevant evaluation questions?<\/p>\n

What are evaluation designs and approaches adapted to the evaluation questions?<\/p>\n

What strategies can be used to navigate the evaluation in a post-truth context?<\/p>\n

What are appropriate methods?<\/p>\n

What will the analysis strategy be?<\/p>\n

What will the appropriate knowledge-sharing activities be?<\/p>\n

What will the timeline be?<\/p>\n

What budget is needed?<\/p>\n

What ethical requirements need to be implemented?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[49],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-178","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":161,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":593,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/178\/revisions\/593"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/161"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/178\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}