Project Evaluation & Strategic Insights
Transform your programs with rigorous project assessments, evidence-based strategy formulation, and actionable insights that drive meaningful impact and organizational growth.
Transform your programs with rigorous project assessments, evidence-based strategy formulation, and actionable insights that drive meaningful impact and organizational growth.
Our project evaluation services go beyond traditional assessment to provide strategic insights that transform your programs. We help you understand not just what works, but why it works, and how to amplify your impact.
Assess program outcomes against objectives using OECD-DAC criteria.
Develop evidence-based strategies for program improvement and scaling.
Create clear pathways from activities to long-term impact.
Establish feedback loops for ongoing program adaptation and improvement.
Program Evaluations Completed
We offer a range of evaluation services tailored to your organization's needs and program lifecycle stage.
Early-stage assessment to improve program design and implementation while activities are forming or occurring.
End-of-program assessment to determine the extent to which program objectives were achieved.
Ongoing assessment for innovative initiatives in complex and dynamic environments.
We transform evaluation findings into actionable strategic insights that drive program improvement, inform decision-making, and maximize impact.
Ensure programs align with organizational mission and strategic objectives.
Identify opportunities to maximize impact with available resources.
Develop evidence-based strategies for program expansion and replication.
Identify strategic partnerships to enhance program reach and effectiveness.
We partner with organizations to develop or refine their Theory of Change - a comprehensive description of how and why desired change is expected to happen.
Understand the context, problems, and opportunities.
Clarify long-term goals and desired impact.
Map the causal pathways from activities to impact.
Identify and test underlying assumptions.
Develop indicators to track progress along the pathway.
We adhere to internationally recognized evaluation standards to ensure credible, useful, and ethical assessments.
Assessing the extent to which the intervention objectives and design respond to beneficiaries' needs and priorities.
Measuring the extent to which the intervention achieved, or is expected to achieve, its objectives.
Evaluating how economically resources/inputs are converted to results in relation to alternative approaches.
Assessing the positive and negative, primary and secondary long-term effects produced by the intervention.
Evaluating the continuation of benefits from the intervention after major development assistance has ended.
Assessing the compatibility of the intervention with other interventions in the context and relevant policies.
We believe the most valuable evaluations are those that engage stakeholders throughout the process and build organizational capacity.
Involving all relevant stakeholders in the evaluation process to ensure buy-in and utility of findings.
Building evaluation capacity within your organization for sustainable monitoring and learning.
Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches for comprehensive understanding.
Designing evaluations with a primary focus on intended use by intended users.
We employ a range of sophisticated tools and methodologies to ensure rigorous and insightful evaluations.
Gold standard for measuring causal impact through random assignment to treatment and control groups.
Systematic approach to assessing causal contribution in complex settings where RCTs are not feasible.
Participatory monitoring technique that collects and analyzes significant change stories.
Identifies, formulates, analyzes, and interprets 'outcomes' in programming contexts.
In-depth case study approach to test causal mechanisms connecting interventions with outcomes.
Mapping and analyzing relationships and flows between people, groups, and organizations.
Watch how we implement rigorous evaluation methodologies across different sectors and contexts.
Comprehensive summative evaluation of a nationwide teacher professional development initiative across 8 counties.
Mixed-methods evaluation of community health worker program impact on maternal and child health outcomes.
Developmental evaluation of innovative youth entrepreneurship program with real-time adaptation recommendations.
Hear from organizations that have transformed their programs through our evaluation services.
Program Director
"DataUpskill's evaluation provided the evidence we needed to secure additional funding and refine our program strategy. Their insights were transformative."
MEL Manager
"The Theory of Change workshop completely transformed our approach to program design. We now have a clear roadmap for achieving impact."
Executive Director
"Their developmental evaluation approach helped us navigate complexity and adapt our program in real-time. The learning has been invaluable."
Find answers to the most common questions about our project evaluation and strategic insights services.
Contact our evaluation experts for personalized consultation
Monitoring tracks program activities and outputs continuously, while evaluation assesses program outcomes, impact, and effectiveness at specific points in time. Monitoring answers "what are we doing?" while evaluation answers "is it working and why?"
The timing depends on your objectives. Formative evaluations are best during implementation for improvements, mid-term evaluations assess progress toward objectives, and summative evaluations are conducted at program completion to measure overall impact.
We use utilization-focused approaches: engaging stakeholders throughout, tailoring reporting formats, facilitating learning workshops, developing actionable recommendations, and creating management response systems.
Costs vary based on scope, methodology, and duration. Simple internal evaluations might cost $5,000-$15,000, while comprehensive external evaluations range from $20,000-$100,000+. We provide detailed proposals after understanding your specific needs.
Let's discuss how our project evaluation and strategic insights services can help your organization achieve greater impact and demonstrate measurable results.
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