Activity Design
PAD Amendments
Evaluations
Performance Monitoring
Learning
100
Name one of three principles that need to be considered when designing an activity.
What is to Achieve clear and measurable results OR to Strengthen local systems OR to identify Opportunities for adaptive management?
100
The Mission Director formally approves PAD amendments using this document.
What is an Action Memorandum?
100
A project’s theory of change may be captured using these graphic or visual depictions.
What is a logic model?
100
This monitoring practice must occur after data has been collected on a new indicator and within 12 months prior to the new indicator data being reported.
What is a Data Quality Assessment (DQA)?
100
This type of plan is now a required part of the Performance Management Plan (PMP).
What is a Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) plan?
200
This new template is now used in place of the PAAM for approval of standalone activities not covered by a PAD.
What is Activity Approval Memo (AAM)?
200
A percentage change to a PAD's budget that no longer triggers a PAD amendment.
What is + / - 10%
200
The development of this type of plan after an evaluation has been changed from a recommended practice to a requirement.
What is a post-evaluation action plan?
200
These type of indicators are used to measure factors outside the control of USAID that have the potential to affect the achievement of expected results.
What are context indicators?
200
M&E plans were required for projects and activities. Now, they must also address this element.
What is Learning?
300
A type of activity that is exempted from activity design guidance.
What is Emergency assistance such as Food Assistance, Disaster Assistance and Transition Assistance, Cash Transfers, Sovereign Loan Guarantees and Enterprise Funds and Activities implemented by USAID Staff.
300
Name one of the four components of a PAD which should be informally kept up-to-date even if the PAD is not amended.
What is the Project MEL Plan, or Theory of Change/ Logic Model or Project Management Approach or Risk Mitigation Plan for G2G activities?
300
ADS 201 requires each Mission to conduct at least one of this type of performance evaluation within their CDCS timeframe?
What is “Whole-of-Project” Performance Evaluation?
300
The approval of this document and upload to ProgramNet must occur within 6 months of the approval of the CDCS.
What is a Performance Management Plan (PMP)?
300
This event is required at least once during the course of CDCS implementation.
What is a CDCS mid-course stocktaking?