Program measurement and learning

Capability level: Developing — being tested and documented through independent projects and pilot partnerships.

This area helps organizations clarify program goals, define useful measures, improve reporting structures, and develop learning frameworks that staff can test and maintain.

Typical work

• Theory-of-change and outcome mapping
• Decision-linked measure and definition reviews
• Reporting questions and learning-cycle prototypes
• Evaluation-readiness assessments

Designing for use

A measurement framework is useful when a result can inform a real decision. Pilot design therefore identifies the intended user and decision before choosing measures, following the practice approach.

What we will not claim

Attribution is difficult and often unavailable. rhizae does not currently lead high-stakes causal evaluations. Where a design cannot separate a program’s effect from other factors, it must not imply that it can. See Evaluation.

Pilot scopes can include documentation, ownership, and a maintenance plan; see Documentation and workflow improvement.