The Good Enough Guide

Purpose

• For project staff to meet and to share project information
• To build agreement on the activities you are carrying out
• To build agreement on the changes you aim to make
• To document key information and decisions and act on them

You will need

• Your accountability adviser, if you have one
• One person to act as facilitator
• Another person to record in writing key findings, comments, and decisions

Questions for project staff

1. Which people are you working with?
2. Which of these people are particularly vulnerable?
3. Who have you spoken to since the last meeting?
4. What have you learnt from them?
5. Who have you cross-referenced findings with?
6. How do findings compare with your meeting records and/or baseline data?
7. What needs are beneficiaries prioritising?
8. How does this relate to your current activities?
9. What is working well?
10. What is not working well?
11. What results are/should you aim to achieve and how?
12. What do you need to do to improve impact?

When meetings are held regularly, with key findings, comments, decisions, and dates noted, this can help you update project information and measure project impact. It is particularly important to try to do this during the early stages when you are busy responding, when staff turnover may be high, and when teams have little time to set up systems.

From written communication with Pauline Wilson and staff at World Vision International (adapted).

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