Earl S. and Carden F. (1999) Outcome Mapping: A Method for Reporting on Results, in Gomez R., Hunt P., Lamoureux E. (eds) Telecentre Evaluation and Research: a global perspective, Ottawa: IDRC

Online: http://www.idrc.ca/telecentre/evaluation/nn/29_Out.html

The article presents the Outcome Mapping methodology developed by IDRC to assess impact. Outcome Mapping characterizes and assesses the contributions a project or organization makes to significant and lasting changes (outcomes). Outcomes are defined as changes in behaviour, relationships, activities and/or actions that the initiative was helpful in bringing about. In Outcome Mapping a program is assessed against its activities that contribute to a desired outcome, not against the outcome itself.