The Most Significant Change Technique

Author(s)
Serrat, O.
Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
01 Jan 2009
Publisher
Knowledge Solutions
Type
Articles
Keywords
Development & humanitarian aid, Evaluation-related

Development (as so much of knowledge and learning) is
about change—change that takes place in a variety of domains.1
To move towards what is desirable and away from
what is not, stakeholders must clarify what they are really
trying to achieve, develop a better understanding of what is
(and what is not) being achieved, and explore and share their
various values and preferences about what they hold to be
significant change. Evaluation has a role to play. However,
on the word of Albert Einstein, “Not everything that can be
counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”