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Tuesday, September 17 • 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Using Program Design Logic to manage the risk of program failure

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Andrew Hawkins (ARTD  Consultants)

This paper is about identifying, managing and mitigating the risk that a program will not produce its intended effects. A principle of this approach is that a program at its core is simply a proposition that a certain course of action will lead to a certain set of outcomes. It is about putting the logic back in program logic.

Program Design Logic (PDL) is a tool for developing evidence based policy and programs. Through the language of 'necessary' and 'sufficient' conditions in place of 'outputs' and 'outcomes' it provides a framework to determine if a program or course of action makes sense 'on paper' before we attempt to determine if it makes sense in 'reality' through monitoring and evaluation.

The five types of risk are
  1. It doesn't make sense on paper - logical risk
  2. It makes sense on paper, but assumptions don't hold - assumption risk
  3. It makes sense on paper, but we didn't do what we said we would do - performance risk
  4. It makes sense on paper, assumptions hold, we do what we said we would do, but outputs don't materialise - theoretical risk
  5. It makes sense on paper, assumptions hold, we do what we said we would do, outputs materialise, but intended outcomes don't follow, so the array of outputs was not actually sufficient to bring about a desired future state - logical risk
  6. It makes sense on paper, assumptions hold, we do what we said we would do, outputs materialise, intended outcomes follow, but longer term outcomes don't materialise -external factor risk
This paper will discuss how a PDL approach can provide a comprehensive risk management framework before the first participant is even enrolled, which may then be managed and mitigated through program re-design as well as adaptive monitoring and evaluation.


Chairs
RH

Ronelle Hutchinson

Director, PwC Economics & Policy

Presenters
AH

Andrew Hawkins

Partner, ARTD Consultants
Andrew works as a trusted advisor and strategic evaluator for public policy professionals, generating insight and evidence for decision-making. Andrew has worked for a wide range of Australian and NSW public sector agencies and not-for-profits on the design, monitoring and evaluation... Read More →


Tuesday September 17, 2019 12:00pm - 12:30pm AEST
Pyrmont Theatre