Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Utilization-Focused Evaluation	Developmental Evaluation
Πεδίο	Public Policy	Public Policy
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1978	2011
Δημιουργός	Michael Quinn Patton	Michael Quinn Patton
Τύπος	Use-driven program evaluation framework	Complexity-informed evaluation approach for innovation
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Patton, M. Q. (2008). Utilization-Focused Evaluation (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. ISBN: 9781412958615	Patton, M. Q. (2011). Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN: 9781606238721
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	U-FE, Patton Utilization-Focused Evaluation, Use-Focused Evaluation	DE, Patton Developmental Evaluation, Complexity-Informed Evaluation
Συναφείς	4	4
Σύνοψη	Utilization-focused evaluation (U-FE) is a framework, developed by Michael Quinn Patton from the late 1970s, built on a single organising principle: an evaluation should be judged by its actual use by the people for whom it is intended. Rather than treating use as an afterthought to a technically sound study, U-FE makes intended use by primary intended users the criterion that drives every decision — what is evaluated, what questions are asked, which methods are used, and how findings are reported. The evaluator's job is to facilitate that use throughout, not merely to deliver a report.	Developmental evaluation is an approach designed to support innovation and adaptation in complex, dynamic environments where the intervention itself is still emerging. Articulated by Michael Quinn Patton in his 2011 book, it abandons the assumption of a fixed, pre-specified model to be tested, and instead embeds an evaluator within the design team to provide real-time feedback that informs ongoing development. Its purpose is development — helping social innovators learn, adapt and respond as conditions change — rather than the improvement of a settled program (formative) or the judgement of a completed one (summative).