Prova Field Guides
A clearer way to think about your program, the information you have, and what to do next.
Twelve practical guides. Worked examples, useful questions, and exercises to bring to your team.
Start by asking what a different answer could change.
Read the guide ↗6 pages A finding-to-action exercise · A check on timing
The collection
You can begin anywhere. Each guide stands on its own and gives you something to examine, discuss, or use.
The complete collection 12 / 12
Free to read and use with your team
01Decision use
Before commissioning more evidence, work out what a different answer could change—and who could act on it.
A finding-to-action exercise and a check on timing.
02Existing information
Find the useful information in intake forms, attendance logs, case notes, and the records your team already maintains.
A records inventory and a 15-minute team audit.
03Claims and communication
Match the words in a board paper, funder report, or public statement to the evidence behind them.
A claim ladder, worked example, and language check.
04Evidence and judgment
Decide when to keep investigating and when to act, taking the stakes, uncertainty, and cost of waiting into account.
A proportionality framework and team exercise.
05Measurement design
Choose a small set of measures your team can collect reliably, interpret honestly, and use in real decisions.
Six criteria, a comparison table, and a worked example.
06Reporting burden
Give every measure a clear job. Keep what helps, repair what could, and identify what can be retired.
A reporting review and a 15-minute team exercise.
07People and coverage
See who disappears between eligibility, participation, and follow-up—and what that means for the result you report.
A population pathway and a denominator check.
08Portfolio learning
Work out when programs can be compared, when they can be grouped, and what can be learned across their differences.
Four comparability checks and alternatives to ranking.
09Expansion
Separate what the pilot established from what expansion still assumes about people, staff, resources, and place.
A map of changing conditions and a staged expansion exercise.
10Learning and redesign
Examine delivery, measurement, program logic, and context before choosing what to change after an unwelcome result.
A competing-explanations map and a response exercise.
11Funders and partners
Make room for the purchaser’s decision, the provider’s learning, and the people affected by the work.
A roles map, worked example, and questions about authority.
12Public decisions
Prepare a clear account of the program, its results, and its limits for a public funding decision.
A one-page summary, presentation structure, and preparation checklist.
From reading to doing
Choose a guide, set aside a little time, and work through it with the people closest to the decision.
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A guide provides general guidance. Questions about your organization’s actual program, information, or decision may need direct professional work.
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