Types of Monitoring

Types of Monitoring

Monitoring is a regular collection of information to assess the
progress in (delivering inputs) and the achievements of the project
objectives. The project firmly believes in, 'what gets measured
gets done'. (Patton).

Activity / Routine Monitoring

Monitoring of the ongoing activities or programmes are carried
out regularly, i.e. use of funds; timely completion.

Output Monitoring

More emphasis is given to monitoring the outputs of the project,
in terms of quantity, quality and time frame (QQT). During monthly/
fortnightly team meetings, emphasis is laid on cost benefit analysis
and the impacts from the activities on a sustainable basis. It
demonstrates a system that "if you can't measure it, you
can't manage it".

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Impact Assessment
Model in the project.

Process Monitoring

Process documentation
is the method by which a historical perspective of the developmental
initiatives in a particular village can be drawn.

The interventions, right from the introductory meeting in the villages to the implementation of the village work plan, including participatory planning systems, process
of the group formation, involvement of women and poor, and
the difficulties and constraints faced are documented. Sources
of information for this are the village records, CO's diary,
fortnightly logs, monthly and quarterly progress reports,
etc.

Impact Assessment

Impact assessments are done regularly with
the help of external and internal agencies to assess the
impact of the interventions in a particular village.

The assessment is done against the indicators
developed at the project level. The project believes in
"count what is countable, measure what in measurable
and what is not measurable, make it measurable" (Galileo).