A thorough evaluation process will provide essential information about the content, conduct, progress, and outcome of the effort, and allow management to objectively judge the effectiveness of a program. The program evaluation should be based on the premise that managers and administrators thoroughly understood the nature and extent of the problem. If the problem is not understood or defined, it is impossible to formulate effective strategies and countermeasures. Also, it's impossible to measure the effect or impact of the program. Vague or ambiguous program objectives cannot be objectively evaluated.
Program evaluation is an objective process that reveals both program strengths and weaknesses.
It requires both resourcefulness and commitment in order to provide a complete picture of what is happening, or has happened, with the enforcement effort and is the best guide for decisions about future enforcement efforts and strategies. The administrative evaluation provides a complete description of activities and costs. Usually, administrative evaluations are monitoring processes using existing data sources. If so, they can be completed using available personnel. It is recommended that agencies do an evaluation of the program to determine the impact the enforcement strategy had.