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About Outcome Measurement Outcome measurement is a planning and management tool. It centres around a “logic chain.” The chain links resources and actions to results and indicates how to measure progress in achieving those results. An outcome measurement menuFramework or “logic model”(see Carnegie omf pdf file as sample) typically depicts a logic chain linking inputs (resources), activities, outputs (deliverables), and short, medium and long-term outcomes. Outcomes are the changes in people, organizations and communities that your project will bring about if the planned activities are undertaken in the proposed way. The foundation of outcome measurement is program monitoring. A monitoring plan (see Carnegie monitoring plan pdf file as sample) keeps track of outcomes by using indicators. Indicators – both quantitative and qualitative - point to the information you need to determine if you’re achieving the results you seek. “Splash & Ripple” is a helpful metaphor in understanding outcome measurement:
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