The Evaluation wheel is a participatory and visual tool that allows participants to assess different aspects of a project, activity, or initiative. Using a wheel divided into key categories, participants rate the performance of each aspect, creating a chart that highlights strengths, areas for improvement, and priorities. This approach fosters collective reflection and strategic planning.
Preparation
- Define the objective: Determine which aspects will be evaluated (e.g., impact, effectiveness, resources, participation).
- Design the wheel:
- Draw a large circle divided into segments (like pie slices).
- Each segment represents a category to evaluate.
- Draw lines from the center to the edge of the wheel to create rating scales (e.g., from 1 to 5).
- Gather materials:
- Large paper, markers, and sticky notes for the physical version.
- Digital tools for the online version.
Step-by-step instructions
- Introduce the purpose
- Explain the purpose of the activity and how the wheel will help evaluate the project or activity.
- Describe the segments of the wheel and the meaning of the scales (e.g., 1 means low performance, and 5 means excellent performance).
- Brainstorming criteria (optional)
- If criteria are not predefined, invite participants to suggest key categories for evaluation.
- Example criteria: efficiency, impact, participation, resources, sustainability, communication.
- Individual or group rating
- Ask participants to rate each category by assigning a score from 1 to 5 (or according to the chosen scale).
- Mark each score on the wheel, starting from the center and moving outward in the corresponding segment.
- Connecting points and visual analysis
- Connect the points marked in each segment to form a chart (similar to a radar chart).
- Facilitate a group discussion to analyze the chart:
- Which categories show strengths?
- Which areas need more attention or improvement?
- How can the results be balanced?
- Reflection and prioritization
- Discuss the actions needed to improve areas with low scores.
- Prioritize key categories requiring immediate intervention.
- Closing and follow-up
- Summarize the main conclusions and document the resulting chart.
- Establish an action plan based on the identified priorities.
