Navigating criticisms of evaluation methods

5 tips to increase evaluation quality, satisfaction, and deal with criticisms constructively

Ever delivered an evaluation report, only to receive negative feedback on the methods used? It can be disheartening, especially after putting in a lot of work. Usually, by the time the report is written, it's too late to change much about the evaluation design, methodology or methods.

Stakeholders seem to criticise methods most often when presented with…