EVALUATION

AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF THE LCNF
Ideas
Three respondents mentioned that their own ideas were implemented into the project.
With three other respondents stating that ideas were developed through discussions with
the DNO, be it at the start or throughout.
Other Contributions
One respondent stated that they worked on developing of the business model, with
another respondent saying that they provided a number of resources throughout the
project.
Another respondent’s contribution was the building, testing and delivering of ANM
systems and supporting tools, knowledge and capabilities. They also mentioned that they
contributed ideas for roll- out, scale up and business adoption to exploit the outcomes of
projects – they believe these topics must be of focus for the success of the innovation
programme.
B.4.3.3 During the Project
A quarter of the respondents spoke positively about their collaboration and regular
communication with the DNOs.
One of these respondents mentioned that they had weekly meetings with the DNO, during
which they reviewed data and results, and adapted the plan as required. Another of them
mentioned the round table discussions they had with the DNO and often with other project
partners, as well as meetings with project partners without the DNO. Working closely with
project partners was mentioned by another respondent. Another of these respondents felt
that the DNO having a senior dedicated engineer capable of giving day to day input into
the PM helped ensure success (they were PM for their projects).
One respondent have been involved in several projects thus have experienced various
different governance styles. They say although in general they have had good
experiences, they believe that a review of innovation project execution could be a good
idea in order to establish good practice in this area. This respondent also said they
believe being flexible to change was important for success
B.4.4
Contributed to Roll Out (Q4.4)
Questions:
How did you contribute to the project roll out?
B.4.4.1 Summary of Responses
For three of the respondents, their projects were not yet at the final roll-out stage so they
could not comment. For the other respondents that answered the question, apart from
one, they all had a reasonable contribution to the project roll out. Only one respondent
stated that they generally are not as involved in the project roll out phase after completion
of the LCNF project.
Project Management
Three respondents stated that they had a project management role or led the project rollout.
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