Step 1 · Clarify what you want to learn

Decide what you are trying to learn before you measure

An evaluation answers a question. This short worksheet helps your team and the people you serve name what your program does and what you expect to change, turns that into two or three clear questions, and points you to the domains that fit. It works best filled in together after a short conversation, not alone.

How to use this. Work down the left side. The panel on the right updates as you go, suggesting domains and draft questions. When it looks right, send the domains straight to the next step or download a summary. There are no wrong answers.

Co-design this step

Do not fill this in alone. Run a short session with connectors, a participant or two, and key partners to surface what your program really does and what should change. The facilitation guide has a ready-to-run exercise (a participant-journey map and an affinity-grouping activity) that produces exactly what this tool asks for. See the focus & program-logic exercise →

Program name

Who does your program serve?

What does your program actually do?

The activities a connector and the program carry out. Plain language is fine.

What do you hope changes for participants?

Tick what you expect your program to improve. Each maps to a participant-level domain.

What do you need to show about the program itself?

Tick what you need to demonstrate. Each maps to a program-level domain.

Who is this evaluation mainly for?