Tool 9 Monitoring Summary

Monitoring: The systematic process of collecting, analysing and using information to track a programme’s progress toward reaching its objectives.

Ensure that everything you planned gets done by monitoring implementation.

When do you use the Monitoring Summary tool?

Monitoring is a regular, ongoing activity that provides information you can use to make sure that the implementation of the project is on track. The Monitoring Summary tool helps you summarise your monitoring activities.

Who can use the Monitoring Summary tool?

Individuals
Groups or teams

How do you use the Monitoring Summary tool?

Just as cars have indicators to show the direction you are going, projects need indicators to show the direction it is going. Once you know where to look you will see that there are many indicators that you can check. Performance indicators monitor that activities are completed during implementation of the natural playground.

Objective: A description of the thing that you plan to do or achieve.

For each objective and activity, identify the indicators needed to measure progress, the way that you will check this indicator, how often you will check it and when it should be completed by. Do this by completing the prompts in the tool below.

For multiple objectives you can download and print out the worksheet to fill it in by hand or you can copy the prompts onto a piece of paper and write down your answers.

Indicators were already identified when you formulated objectives using Tool 7.

Monitoring Summary

Reference 1 Objective and Activity		Enter your objective and activity here.
Indicator	Indicators that you identified to measure progress.	Enter your ideas here.
Means of verification	How will you check the indicator?	Enter your ideas here.
Frequency	How often will you check?	Enter your ideas here.
Date	When will this be completed?	Enter your ideas here.

Reference 2 Objective and Activity		Enter your objective and activity here.
Indicator	Indicators that you identified to measure progress.	Enter your ideas here.
Means of verification	How will you check the indicator?	Enter your ideas here.
Frequency	How often will you check?	Enter your ideas here.
Date	When will this be completed?	Enter your ideas here.

If you prefer, you can download the worksheet and print it out.