Name of Method
Brief description
Type/Level of Method
Challenges
Pioneered by Patton (2011), the concept of ‘developmental evaluation’ is based on insights from complex dynamic systems, uncertainty, nonlinearity and emergence, and therefore unlike other evaluation approaches, can feasibly be applied to evaluating social innovation as a process. Developmental evaluation suggests constant movement back and forth between problem and solution. This is because the destination and pathways for social innovations are emergent and cannot be defined in advance
Problem, Purpose and Needs
It will improve the existing methods
Relevance to Climate Neutrality
Challenges
Thematic Areas
Impact Goals
Issue Complexity
Issue Polarisation
Enabling Condition
Essential Considerations for Commissioning Authorities
Engagement Journey
Governance Models and Approaches
Enabling Conditions
Democratic Purpose
Spectrum of participation
Communication Channels
Actors and Stakeholder Relationships
Participant Numbers
Actors and Stakeholders
Participant Recruitment
Interaction between participants
Format
Social Innovation Development Stage
Scope
Time commitment
The proposed method of Developmental Evaluation is sensitive to the context which means focusing on users, priorities, political factors etc. Time to implement and evaluate varies
Resources and Investments
Typical duration
Resources and Investments
In-house
Step by Step
Although it helps to focus on process, developmental evaluation may use a wide range of methods, designs, and data. Specifically, with regard to metrics, developmental evaluation emphasizes the importance of context sensitivity and specificity. Given the diversity of innovation contexts, no standardized or generic metrics are either possible or desirable for developmental evaluation. Rather, the development of metrics must be built in to the social innovation process as a central aspect of developmental evaluation, and those metrics may change as emergent processes and outcomes give rise to emergent metrics.