How to decide what to measure
Which evaluation models have been successful
How to adapt the sample evaluation forms in this workbook
Some do ‚ s and don ‚ ts in evaluating your project management training
How to use the evaluation process for continuous improvement in your project management training effort
By now you are nearly ready to roll out your project management training. You ‚ ve determined your organization ‚ s most pressing project management training needs, set training goals and objectives, and started to design workshops for meeting those goals, using the materials in this workbook as your point of departure . Finally, you have begun planning to facilitate these workshops to ensure that the materials you present have relevance and applicability for the participants enrolled in the training.
Throughout your training needs analysis, you identified absolute and relative requirements and identified measures that might effectively measure a return on the time and cost of the project management training effort. Now you need to complete your training plan by putting into place a system for evaluating its effectiveness. In this chapter, you ‚ ll look at what to measure and how to gather feedback using forms modeled after those in this workbook. You ‚ ll also identify some evaluation best practices, as well as some pitfalls to avoid in obtaining meaningful data about your project management training program. Most important, you ‚ ll view the evaluation process as a means of continually improving your organization ‚ s project management training program so that each training event builds on the successes and lessons of the previous ones.