Project Evaluation: XN Project
XN InitialProject Scope: Westfield Food Pantry
(westfieldfoodpantry.org)
Food Pantry Distribution Analysis
Project Description: The organization is a partial choice food pantry located in a suburban Massachusetts community. Utilizing a partial choice model, clients receive food staples each month, but choose which meats, breads, pastries, dairy and produce he/she desires during each visit. As a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the organization immediately transitioned to no- and low-contact food distribution methods (drive through pick-ups and home deliveries) to feed community members in need. According to the local Board of Health, limitations of the organizations physical plant will prevent clients from resuming use of the partial choice pantry even when COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. Utilizing recommendations from the Board of Health, the organization is seeking a sustainable method of low or no contact food distribution for the communitys vulnerable population.
Project Deliverables/Goal: A proposal containing at least three innovative ways to alleviate hunger, providing either food, or other assistance, to those in need, while following COVID-19 safety precautions. Also, providing recommendations to improve current distribution process while abiding with Board of Health regulations and ensuring sustainability.
Requirement: Based on Project Scope.docx, and complete Part 1,2 3.
Note: Need One Word Document.
Overview and Rationale
For assignment, you will establish some evaluation goals and tool for your Project Scope based on the method and lens covered in Lecture. How the Efficiency, Effectiveness and Impact lens is applied to establishing evaluation goals.
Essential Components & Instructions
This assignment is completed in two parts. First, using your Project Scope, complete the following items Part 1, Part 2, Part 3:
Part 1: Stakeholder Register / Analysis:
Create a stakeholder register / analysis that includes the following minimum columns:
o Stakeholder
o Stakeholder Position / Role
o Type of Stakeholder (internal or external)
o Stakeholder expectation (high level needs or expectations of project)
o Stakeholder interest (high / medium / low)
o Stakeholder influence level (high / medium / low)
o Stakeholder view of project (supportive / neutral / opposed)
o Stakeholder Management strategy (approach to engaging stakeholder to support success of project)
Once you create the register, create entries for 12 project stakeholders, performing a full analysis for each of them.
Part 2: Evaluation Goals Matrix:
After completing the stakeholder register, you will create an evaluation goals matrix, as illustrated in Materials with an additional column entitled stakeholder. Once you have designed the evaluation goal matrix, you will need to list at least four evaluation goals for each category: efficiency, effectiveness, and impact, which will result in a total of 12 metrics / goals.
You will be assess on the clarity of the metrics, the concreteness of the measures (Example: increased performance by 12 percent (concrete) vs. increase performance (not concrete, as no specific measurement of increase)), and how well the metric will measure the success of project relative to the overview of the project you provided as a case study.
Part 3: Selecting Evaluation Tools
Begin by updating your Evaluation Goal Matrix with any feedback provided, and then add an additional column titled ‘Evaluation Tool’ and select an evaluation tool for each of the metrics you identified during part2. Therefore, you will identify a minimum of one evaluation tool for each of the entries in your evaluation goal matrix.
Once you identify the tools that you will use, write a few paragraphs on how each tool will be used, why the tool was selected, who will be responsible for performing the evaluation with the tool and how the data will be used and will help support the success of the project.
These entries can be made below your updated evaluation goal matrix. You should provide a thorough evaluation and explanation of each tool you list in your updated evaluation goal matrix. You may wish to use materials from the lesson, readings, and external sources in writing the explanations. However, be sure to cite any sources that you use in writing the explanations.
Format
Below are some key guidelines you will want to ensure you follow. Think of this short list as a quality control checklist, along with the attached grading rubric.
You should submit Final Part 1 and Part 2 (stakeholder analysis and evaluation matrix) and Part 3 (Evaluation Goal Matrix and the narrative descriptive and explanation of each tool) in a single file (MsWord)
Be sure you have identified at least one tool per goal in your matrix
You should include the appropriate number of evaluation goals and metrics from each category
You may use a tool to assess multiple goals if it is appropriate; if you do this, make sure in your explanation that you provide sufficient detail to address all the goals the tool addresses
You should include a cover page
You should format the documents professionally
The tables should be readable without having to zoom in on small text
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