OBJECTIVE 1: Activity and its output * (Significant steps or actions that are needed to meet the identified objective) How will progress be measured* Team member or collaborator responsible Activity completion date(s)* Project plan Please use one table for each of your objectives listed in Part 1. Add rows for additional activities as required.
What would success look like if you achieve this objective? It is important to consider what the overall success (expected outcomes) of this objective would look like and how you know that you have reached it. Please use the table below to outline how you will involve collaborators, particularly end-users. Detail how you will engage collaborators/end-users during the life of the project, as well as to promote, implement and disseminate research findings. You may include or expand on the communication strategy provided in your Grant Application. Please also link your strategies to the Research Program Project Measures Table where applicable. Target audience (identify collaborator or end-user) Target message (e.g. communication of project intent, demonstrating opportunities) Communication method (e.g. collaborator meetings, stakeholder forums, conferences, social media) Evaluation method to determine effectiveness (e.g. number of interactions, attitudinal survey, incorporation of findings in documentation) Who is responsible? (identify team member or collaborator) Completion date (during or post project)
Impact scale Major Huge consequences Moderate Moderate level consequences Minor Minor or negligible consequences of effects Risk evaluation combines the likelihood together with the level of impact to evaluate the potential severity of risk. Risk evaluation is categorised by extreme, high, medium and low. For example if a risk was determined as ‘likely’ under the likelihood scale and ‘moderate’ on the impact scale then the risk would be evaluated as medium. Risk evaluation scale LIKELIHOOD Very likely Medium High Extreme Likely Low Medium High Unlikely Low Low Medium Minor Moderate Major IMPACT The last step in the risk assessment process is to identify treatments/actions based on the risk evaluation. The treatment/action should reflect the level of risk. Obviously the higher the risk evaluation the more priority should be given to ensuring the risk is mitigated. Evaluation The final step in developing your M&E Plan is to consider how you will periodically evaluate your project. Project evaluation requires you to critically analyse your activities and outputs and determine the extent to which your objectives are being met or have been met during the project and at project completion. The Trust has developed a number of key evaluation questions that relate to most projects and should be used to evaluate your project (please see below). Also, the Trust encourages you to develop additional key evaluation questions which specifically relate to your project. You will be required to reflect on your key evaluation questions in your progress and final reports to the Trust. Here are some other examples you may use: To what extent did you achieve your objectives? How effectively and efficiently did you achieve your objectives? Will the project’s outcomes continue once the project has been completed? If your outcomes are different to those planned, what impacted on the results? What of those were within your control? What of those were outside your influence? What would you do differently? Was the project cost effective? How well did you make use of available resources? Did the methods chosen to implement the project ensure success? Who did not get involved in the project and why?