1. Getting started
The 9 Easy Outcome steps are set out here. A one page summary of the steps is available. There's only one step that's essential in Easy Outcomes - drawing an outcomes model. You might only do a few of the other steps in the process - that is not a problem. You might also do the steps in a different order from how we've listed them here.
Just read each of the steps by clicking on them in the menu on the left of the screen to understand how you do Easy Outcomes. For each step look the screenshot will show you a worked example modeled in DoView outcomes software.
To actually try the process yourself, simply download a trial version of DoView software and have a go. Once you have downloaded Doview, just download the example used here and the Easy Outcomes DoView template from the Resources page on this site and you can quickly get started setting up an Easy Outcomes DoView model. DoView makes it easier to do Easy Outcomes but, if you wish, you can do Easy Outcomes using other standard software in whatever way works for you.
The screenshot above shows the first page in the DoView model which introduces the illustrative mocked-up model which will be used to illustrate each of the Easy Outcome steps - the example of a Social Event (Party).
Who is going to be involved?
Part of getting started is discussing with your stakeholders who is going to be involved in doing the different stages of the Easy Outcomes analysis. Building the outcomes logic model, which is at the heart of Easy Outcomes, is best done in a small group. One approach is the following:
• Call together a meeting with your wider group of interested stakeholders and explain the Easy Outcomes process to them (use the resources on the Resources page to do this).
• Set up a smaller group to build the outcomes logic model, do the Easy Outcomes and report back to the wider group.