Evaluation of Project Management During the Project Cycle of the Exercise

Particularly in the context of a cross-border Full Scale Exercises the conduction of a civil protection exercise is integrated into a project cycle that ranges from the planning and preparation of an exercise to its execution and post-exercise review. The

Process of estimating the effectiveness, efficiency, utility and relevance of a service or facility.

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of an exercise is usually a separate work package within the whole project, for which a part of the project consortium is responsible. Process of estimating the effectiveness, efficiency, utility and relevance of a service or facility.

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in this context goes beyond the

Method of data collection in which the situation of interest is watched and the relevant facts, actions and behaviours are recorded.

DRIVER+ Note 1: Please consider also the notes in the original definition.

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of the actual exercise and also includes the formative evaluation of the project management and the course of the project. This can be done, for example, by evaluating the various planning conferences but also individual workshops in the course of the exercise preparation. In this way it is possible to discover problem areas and adjust goals or measures accordingly.

At the same time, it requires the evaluators not only to accompany the exercise itself and to understand the techniques and processes used here, but also to be actively involved in the course of the project from the beginning on. Thus, at this point, evaluation is less a matter of Method of data collection in which the situation of interest is watched and the relevant facts, actions and behaviours are recorded. DRIVER+ Note 1: Please consider also the notes in the original definition.

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than of interviewing and surveying the project participants and evaluating their statements and needs. The findings can serve the exercise control as an additional basis for decision-making on the way to the actual exercise.