When to evaluate

Wherever you are in the project lifecycle, the best time to start your evaluation is now!  The sooner you design your evaluation, the sooner you can take baseline measurements (which gives you the ‘before’  to compare your ‘after’ results to), and the greater the chance that you can create a low-input evaluation design which integrates the data collection into your project’s normal operations, reducing the time and money burden on your project and your team.