DoView® for better outcomes models
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DoView Version 1.18 has now been released, you can now include images (e.g. pictures, graphs) in your models. Download it here. See the DoView pamphlet. See examples of models on the resource page and case studies on how people are using DoView.
Do you spend hours drawing and formating outcomes models and program logic models? Ever find yourself cramming them onto one small page? Do you leave out important links because lines don't always fit? Where do you put details of evidence justifying links? And in the end, are your models often unreadable when dataprojected because they are too large?
You're probably using traditional drawing software ... why not try DoView? DoView is easy to use modeling software. It is purpose built for building professional outcomes models (logic models) not just drawing pretty diagrams - it will save you time and stress and give you more sophisticated models. Take five minutes to try DoView - we've been there and designed DoView to deliver better models for you.
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Speed-up
Format line and arrow links much faster with DoView's clever line and arrow linking approach.
Rapid model construction by borrowing and amending modular 'slices' (pages) from earlier outcomes logic models (e.g. national, regional., organizational, individual levels).
Update your models instantly by using 'clones' - 'live copies' of steps, outcomes and other objects in DoView which, when updated in one place, update right across your model.
Quickly and confidently edit your models in front of an audience. Add their input in real-time with DoView's simple streamlined user-friendly large icons and interface.
More professional, fully documented models
Include all causal links using the unique DoView Smart Link (even when you just cannot fit drawn line and arrow links in).
Comprehensively model your world by building models which are larger than a single page and quickly jump between parts of your model using DoView's 'hop-to' hyperlinks.
Document evidence-based practice easily by putting the evidence justifying links directly under the relevant links in your DoView file. Also include detailed notes relating to any of your steps and outcomes. (A soon to be released update to DoView will also allow hyperlinks out to external web sites).
Clarify exactly what measurements you're currently monitoring by inserting your indicators right next to steps and outcomes in your model.
Overview your models on paper by building larger 'clone' (live copy) copies of your compact models for printing to Ledger/A3 paper.
Copy and paste diagrams to Microsoft Word and other software for inclusion in your reports.
Email a single DoView file to colleagues which includes all of your model and its accompanying documentation.
Satisfied stakeholders
Impress stakeholders with comprehensive models you can always view and smoothly edit when dataprojected because you have broken them up into compact modular 'slices' (pages) which you quickly navigate between.
Deliver better evaluations on time by planning and controlling them using a quickly updated, easily understandable, comprehensive visual evaluation plan including evaluation questions and evaluation projects inserted directly onto your logic.
Present clean diagrams to stakeholders via a dataprojector. Breathe a sigh of relief with text that everyone in the room can read.
Instantly print your model to PDF, beautifully organized into page-sized sections. Letter/A4 and ledger/A3 paper. (A soon to be released update to DoView will also allow printing to an HTML model you can then put up on the web).
Build professional models rather than just pretty diagrams
Many DoView users have moved from using traditional drawing software or normal office software because it is not specifically designed for building professional outcomes logic models. Analyzing real user-needs has determined the way we have designed and are enhancing DoView. DoView's limited command set and large icons allow you to confidently build and edit models in real-time when dataprojected in stakeholder meetings. This puts the visualized logic model at the heart of all of your team and stakeholder deliberations. You can fully document all links in your model even where you cannot fit line and arrow links drawn across a diagram.
DoView only allows you a limited formating palette (fonts, colors etc) so that you can quickly select options in front of an audience and be confident that they will always work for you (e.g. the font will be large enough to see on a dataprojector, the step colors will not obscure the text when printing). When you build a DoView model using the compact slice (diagram) format you can be assured it will work on screen, when dataprojected, on paper and (in an upcoming update) as an HTML model on the web. We are progressively allocating aspects of the formating palette (forts, line color, texture, shading, borders etc) to represent different aspects of the underlying model you are building. That is why in DoView the user cannot just use any colors, lines or borders etc they like as in traditional drawing software.
We are progressively developing a common set of conventions for representing elements such as the strength and direction of links, the level of an outcome etc. Consistent with this rich modeling approach, DoView can save and load its files in XML format. This means that the structure of your model is preserved in an open, non-proprietary format, and there is the potential in the future for other pieces of software and systems to interact with DoView models in various interesting ways. For more information on the design philosophy behind DoView see our DoView Design FAQ.
DoView, outcomes logic models and evaluation
The outcomes logic models which DoView has been designed to model are known by many different names. They are all types of 'cause and effect' models showing the lower level steps which lead to high-level outcomes. Names for these types of models include: logic models, program logics, intervention logics, ends-means diagrams, strategy maps, program theories, theories of change, results chains, fishbone diagrams, logframes, and Ishikawa diagrams, . Such diagrams are used in all types of evaluation, including - evaluability assessment, formative evaluation, process evaluation, and outcome evaluation. In addition, such diagrams are used in performance management, indicator measurement and evidence-based practice.
Check out how different professions use DoView
Not only evaluators use outcomes logic models. Under the different terms listed above, they are used by a variety of different professions. These include: strategic planners, facilitators, strategists, project planners, process specialists, organizational developers, business analysts, designers and others. More.
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