Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation

The Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation is a comprehensive guide for designing and conducting evaluations that actually get used.

Based on Michael Quinn Patton's best-selling book, this briefer edition provides an overall framework and essential checklist steps for effective evaluation processes.

With new material and innovative graphics, the book presents the utilization-focused evaluation process as a complex adaptive system, incorporating current understandings about systems thinking and complexity concepts.

The author integrates theory and practice, offering new case examples and cartoons with signature humor.

This updated and refined U-FE process reflects the evolving nature of the evaluation field and addresses past criticisms, providing a more easily followed and iterative approach.

Practical exercises at the end of each chapter allow readers to reflect and think critically, applying the framework appropriately.

Don't miss out on this essential resource for anyone looking to improve their evaluation practices!