Indicator Management There are different types of indicators. For instance, there are High Level Save the Children Indicators that can be rolled up, aggregated and shared across projects (SCUS, SCI), FFP Indicators (Indicators USAID has requested reports on), USAID Mission Indicators (Indicators required by the USAID office in Country), and Program Custom Indicators (Program staff developed). Define and associate performance indicators to the results framework. Manage, monitor, analyze, aggregate and report on performance indicators, including disaggregated information about the data which can include sex, age, location, type of activity, topic of training, type of organization, etc. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) staff validate data collected to sync with the indicator progress tracking. All users can view progress towards targets (set at least annually for the duration of the program), filtering data by dates, locations, and other disaggregates. Data visualization through charts, graphs, maps, or other widgets should be provided. Data should also be exportable to Excel, SPSS, and CSV. Essential Data Collection Management Data collection forms are typically used to acquire data from humans and from locations. These forms may include quantitative data (tabulated as either numeric, a percentage, an index or a currency) and qualitative data (narrative unlimited text). Allow users to program form fields (example using coding language like XLSForm) in survey instruments that can be deployed to handheld devices for mobile data collection, or interface with already existing data collection platforms like KoBo Collect, Magpi, Mobenzi, Google forms, etc. User Role-based toolset for defining, deploying, collecting, and managing data collected from various locations (grouped by administrative units). Also may enable photo collection, GPS location, fingerprint collection, barcode scanning) Preferred
User experience Programs hire staff that are experts in their particular country but do not necessarily speak, write or read English, although this is the official reporting language of USAID FFP. Needs to available in multiple language choices offered to users. It needs to be accessible by someone with low computer literacy to use the technology solution for data entry, search and report generation, and include user friendly solutions (E.g. Prompts, skip logic). Furthermore the solution should be available for online and offline handheld device use. Users who are water experts in Ethiopia, may not read and write well in English, but need to interview participants in the construction of a birka in local language, which is then usually translated to Amharic and then translated to English. Allow the user to have access to multiple scripts for input of data. Preferred Security USAID and Save the Children collect sensitive information on household living conditions which are useful for providing assistance, but should be protected. Users should have their own log-ins and permissions, however, the system must be able to prevent a user exporting sensitive personal data of people whose details are stored in the system. Some of the datasets collected need to be submitted to USAID’s Development Data Library (DDL), but all private and sensitive information needs to be removed. This should be the security measure for data exports as well. Essential