learning-workshop_1_OMIntroduction

= **imGoats project: Learning and reflection workshop** = == Udaipur, India, 2-6 July 2012 ==

Introduction to Outcome Mapping
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Outcome Mapping (OM) is a Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation method, with emphasis on monitoring. OM intends to help answer key questions: How have we used our outcome journals?
 * **At design stage**: What would success look like, how can IMGoats support this, with whom, for them to behave how, what changes do we expect/like/love to see?
 * **During implementation**: Are we on track? What unexpected changes are occurring? How do we need to adapt our strategy?
 * **To enable/support evaluation**: Well documented evidence of change along credible pathways to expected impacts.

Outcome Mapping is special because it focuses on one type of change, and one type alone. You are looking at change much closer to what you are actually doing.

In February 2011, all 3 project teams came together to //design// some work. In defining the vision, we asked, "what would total success look like?" And for the mission statement we asked, "how can imGoats best support achievement of this vision?" Both CARE and BAIF has M&E experience, so the group came up with a way to build on that experience, to experiment with OM as one option. Outcome Mapping is used not only at this design stage, but also during implementation - this is what the team has been doing since February.

The whole team developed a vision and mission, identified boundary partners and developed an action plan in February 2011. The looked at how Outcome Mapping could be used in addition to existing approaches.
 * Did Outcome Mapping help? What did it help you do?**


 * How did you put OM in practice**?
 * There is no right or wrong way, we just want to find out how you did it;
 * Our aim is to learn as much as possible from experience;
 * There is/would be much interest in learning from creative uses of the methodology in the OM community.

The assignment now is to reflect on 'how you put OM in practice'