Think Of An Evaluation Project That You Have Been A Part Of In The Pas Think of an evaluation project that you have been a part of in the past. What benefits did you personally receive by being part of the evaluation? – Two in-text citations required – Follow UC Handbook – Two Scholarly reference • One Peer Reply – Be thoughtful/analytical Please include at least 3 paragraphs and respond to 2 peers. Peer reply needed I have been a project manager for a media development initiative at the company I work for. The projects were typically enacted by me and others on the team and our work often experienced a turnover with little analysis of performance. Towards the end of last year, we decided to perform a brief evaluation of our project to understand what we are doing right, what we are doing wrong, and how we can improve. I never perceived this as an evaluation but looking back it appears to fit the parameters of the term “evaluation.” Brun (2014) references that evaluations are helpful for maintaining documentation. That is true for this circumstance because we will be able to review last year’s evaluation and observe what we have improved on or where our performance is declining. The documentation was necessary to provide references for current performance but many other milestones were reached from this evaluation. The first accomplishment was to initiate a conversation among project managers and enact an internally driven evaluation (Brun, 2014, p. 122). This process encouraged us to ask more meaningful questions than, “how is it going?” We wanted to dissect the projects and ask more detailed questions, often derived from a SWOT analysis that we performed during the evaluation. A SWOT analysis indicates the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a specific program or organization (Dyson, 2004). Another benefit of the evaluation was gaining updates and transparency on ongoing changes that might have been lost in the hustle of project transitions. Each project manager was able to share project details in dedicated sessions focused solely on evaluation. While our initial review suggests the evaluation was beneficial, I recognize that implementing surveys could further enhance our process. For example, the Medical Library Association utilized surveys with nearly 200 participants to assess their programs, providing valuable feedback for improvement (Boden, Ascher, & Eldredge, 2018). In our smaller team context, accountability in completing surveys will be key, and well-structured questions coupled with honest comments could significantly improve our future evaluations.
Paper For Above instruction Participation in evaluation projects offers numerous personal and professional benefits, including enhanced