Worksheet 28. How Will You Monitor, Evaluate, and Adjust Your Planning?

From the beginning, you need to consider how and when you will evaluate the successes and failures of your planning. Ask each planning participant to answer the following questions. Then compare and discuss the responses.

1. For the improvement goals within your functional area, who will be responsible for monitoring progress and problems?

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2. What information and records will you need in order to evaluate successes and failures? And what steps are you taking to insure that this information will be collected?

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3. What is your schedule for evaluation? What factors could change this?

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4. How will you actually use the results of your monitoring and evaluation to help you adjust your goals and strategies?

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