1. 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

2. 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

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

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

5. 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
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6. Tracker capture for participant outcomes and demographics Event capture for session attendance

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

8. 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