Outcome measures shortlist
When to use: at the start of a programme cycle, before you commit to reporting. How to use: give AI your desired outcomes and capacity constraints — get 3–5 measures you can actually collect.
When to use this prompt
Reach for this prompt when you need to when to use: at the start of a programme cycle, before you commit to reporting. How to use: give AI your desired outcomes and capacity constraints — get 3–5 measures you can actually collect. It's designed for Programme Manager. Typically used within Evaluation work.
Draft with AI, then have a colleague verify facts and tone before use.
How to use it
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Gather your inputs
Have your local context, audience and goal to hand. - 2
Fill in the template
Copy the template below and replace every bracketed placeholder with real, local context. Keep names and safeguarding details out. - 3
Run it in your AI tool
Paste into your preferred AI assistant. Ask a follow-up if the output misses your association's tone or context. - 4
Review with the checklist
Work through the human-review checklist below before you send, publish or act on the output.
Prefer a guided flow? Adapt with the guided builder — it fills placeholders from your association profile.
Prompt template
For our {PROGRAMME} with these desired outcomes ({OUTCOMES}), propose 3–5 outcome measures we can realistically collect with {CAPACITY}. For each: what's measured, how, from whom, how often, what "good" looks like, and one risk of misinterpretation. Avoid vanity metrics. Warn if any measure requires a validated instrument we may not have rights to use.Replace bracketed placeholders with real context. Never paste identifying details about children, health or safeguarding cases.
Worked example
Outcomes: increased confidence, employment progression\nCapacity: 0.2 FTE data support
What good output looks like
A short, deliverable outcome measurement plan with warnings on capacity risk.
Why this prompt works
Prevents evaluation plans that collapse under the weight of what's promised.
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