A Quick Start approach to evaluation for NGOs using District Health Information System (DHIS2) Sara Gaudon, Executive Director of LogicalOutcomes InsideNGO 2016 Annual Conference, July 12, 2016

Monitoring & evaluation software implementation challenges No M&E software is perfect It is constantly changing Over budget, over schedule, or don’t deliver as promised Difficult to define requirements, not knowing cost trade-offs You’ll need to make a ‘good enough’ choice

Open source monitoring and evaluation software Data collection Analysis Sharing Reporting Warehousing

DHIS2 Quick Start Requirements assessment Database configuration Build dashboards Test data entry Hosting & set up Online training

MoSCoW Must Have Should Have Could Have Won’t Have Essential Features Minimum requirements Failure means unusable Should Have Important but not vital Solution is viable without May impact efficiency/ effectiveness Could Have Desirable but not critical Less impact if omitted Won’t Have Agreed not to deliver May be included later Reference: http://www.biggerplate.com/mindmaps/XjSsfIo8/agile-mind-maps-moscow-prioritization

Tracker capture for participant outcomes and demographics Event capture for session attendance

Data capture for monthly school visit Tracker capture for teacher workshop attendance and follow up

logicaloutcomes.net/dhis2 Next, we’ll expand DHIS2 use cases and test designs for project management and policy monitoring More apps DHIS2 curriculum Online metadata registry for shared indicators logicaloutcomes.net/dhis2