3 Applying the Evidence Planning Tool
In the examples given previously, you may have recognised that the impact of a project can be felt at different levels; for example:
- global
- societal
- community
- organisational
- business
- individual.
For the Evidence Planning Tool to be thorough, you will need to consider the effect that your work could have at each of these levels for each quadrant. Table 2 below gives a checklist to ensure your thinking is as wide as it can be.
Check for impact on: | By asking: |
The wider world | What impact will it have on the global market, the environment, society? |
A particular field or area of interest | What impact will it have on a particular sector or practice? |
The beneficiaries | What impacts will it have on beneficiaries, consumers, user groups, employees or the community? |
Your work | What impact will it have on your work/life? |
2.2 Case study: using the tool