A short reading list for self-education in defense assessment and evaluation
The notion of using program theory (PT) in evaluation has become a mainstream idea in the evaluation discourse, and numerous supposed advantages are associated with it. Conceptually, it has been argued that evaluation approaches ignoring PT treat their evaluands as black boxes, as they pay no...
Hense-TowardsTheoryUsingv6.pdf
The Program Evaluation Standards, issued by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, aim to enhance the quality of the professional practice of evaluation. However, three decades and two major revisions after publication of their first edition, little is known beyond...
Hense - PES model v6_web1.pdf
To achieve key national security objectives, the U.S. government and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) must communicate effectively and credibly with a broad range of foreign audiences. DoD spends more than $250 million per year on inform, influence, and persuade (IIP) efforts, but how...
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See matching library entry files - NATO Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre, ...
The parent report, over 400 pages. A comprehensive assessment bible for assessment of defense efforts to inform, influence, and persuade.