Process Evaluation is concerned with implementation, and it is therefore necessary to establish a usable number of performance indicators and measures relevant to what is expected during implementation. These may be thought of as tests of good implementation practice.
Process Evaluation is particularly useful in the early stages of implementation when there is scope for amending a project to make it more efficient or effective. The precise point in time for such an Evaluation has to be judged carefully to ensure that initial problems have been addressed and resources are not being used ineffectively where a project is performing poorly.
There can be particular value in the undertaking of Process Evaluation to highlight issues such as project selection and planning, the application and funding process, the way in which funds are allocated and the management of the project at national and local levels.
Process Evaluation should also highlight issues for the future Outcome Evaluation, including the extent to which the information being produced by the Monitoring process is likely to be adequate for subsequent Outcome Evaluation.
