The Basics of Project Evaluation and Lessons Learned

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Preface

When people come to understand Lessons Learned (LL) in the context of

Project Evaluation (PE), they will soon come across the work of many

renowned authors, such as Michael Scriven, Terry Williams, Bret Pettichord,

Robert Brinkerhoff, Mark Kozak-Holland, and Michael Quinn Patton.

is was my observation as I chose this subject matter for my dissertation at

Western Michigan University. is topic was developmental in my academic

life that began at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and professional life

that began at Xerox.

is book is intended to be a practical guide to conducting project LL. It

provides tools ...