Evaluation Based on Critical Systems Heuristics

Evaluation Based on Critical Systems Heuristics

1. CSH questions

   • Sources of motivation
     • 1. Beneficiary
       • 2. Purpose
         • 3. Measure of success
   • Sources of control
     • 4. Decision maker
       • 5. Resources
         • 6. Decision environment
   • Sources of expertise
     • 7. Expert
       • 8. Expertise
         • 9. Guarantor
   • Sources of legitimation
     • 10. Witnesses
       • 11. Emancipation
         • 12. Worldview

2. When to use CSH

   • CSH questions can be applied to any purposeful system of interest.
     • Goal planning
     • Objective planning
     • Ideal planning

3. Why use CSH?

   • 1. Boundary judgements encapture key dimensions of any purposeful system of interest.
   • 2. Value judgements are made transparent.
   • 3. Securing improvement provides the driving principle for evaluation.

4. The Technique: doing a CSH evaluation

   • Natural Resource Management
   • Identifying the system of interest
   • Role of evaluator
   • Level of planning
   • Stakeholder groups
   • Monological appraisal
   • Dialogical appraisal
   • Reporting