Who needs to be involved in developing the Evaluation Plan?
Collaboration is best. Multiple perspectives will make your plan stronger. The people who run the program will know what data are feasible to collect, and will have a good sense of what an evaluation should measure—what success should look like for that program. Fundraising and grantwriting staff can tell you what kinds of information funders and donors want out of an evaluation. Your technical staff can help you determine what is feasible for your organization in terms of data collection and analysis. Bringing more people on board during the planning stage also builds buy-in to your evaluation, and makes it more likely that evaluation results will get used for program improvement rather than collecting dust on a shelf.
