Overview
This assignment will allow you to complete a draft of the Program Factors and Program Outcomes sections of your final project.
Directions
In this milestone, you will assess some of the factors that contributed to the design of the program and appraise the program’s outcomes. Support your claims with your research and cite your sources according to APA style.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
- Program Factors: In this section, you will assess some factors that contributed to the program's design. You should address the following:
- Stakeholders: Describe the program’s stakeholders. Consider questions such as these in your response:
- Who will be responsible for the successful implementation of the program?
- What are the influences of the media, interest groups, or lobbyists?
- What is their vested interest in the outcome of the program?
- Advocates: Identify the program’s advocates. Why are they advocating for its design and implementation?
- Critics: Identify the program’s critics. Why does this program pose a threat to them?
- Impact: Contrast the effect of the critics and the advocates on the program's design. In other words, how did the critics and advocates of the program affect its design?
- Stakeholders: Describe the program’s stakeholders. Consider questions such as these in your response:
- Program Outcomes: In this section, you will examine what happened once the program was implemented. You should address the following:
- Intended Outcome(s): Assess the program to determine its intended outcome(s) and benefits. In other words, how was the program intended to add value to public services?
- Actual Outcome(s): Assess the program to determine the actual program outcome(s) and outputs. In other words, how did the program add value to public services?
- Match: Determine how closely the program results match its intended benefits based on your assessment of the intended and actual outcomes. Were there any unintended consequences of the program?
What to Submit
Submit your draft sections as a 6- to 8-page Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.