During the design and development team planning meeting it is important to:
- Discuss with the design team the results and recommendations of the PNA
(including desired performance at various levels of the organization, causes
of the performance problems and the interventions identified to address the
performance problems).
- Remind the design team that PI interventions constitute or involve behavioral
or organizational changes to which people must adapt, so design discussions
should include questions such as: How will key people (intervention targets
and beneficiaries) react to the change? What needs to happen to prepare people
for change? What must we do now to assure smooth adoption and maintenance
of desired changes? (Note: These issues are discussed again in the “Implement
Interventions” stage.)
- Clarify and update expectations about the timeframe and targets of the PI
project, outcomes, and available resources and support. These issues can be
addressed generally in the first meeting and then in a more in-depth manner
when discussing design requirements.
If you did not consider these issues in earlier stages, it would be useful
to conduct an analysis of the context in which the PI project or intervention
is to take place. If the PNA sheds light on the project context, the design
team is not necessarily required to do significantly more data gathering.
