The Do No Harm Frameworks have been used in all phases of an intervention, from planning through implementation to evaluation. The following brief sections outline four rough processes for using the Do No Harm Frameworks. Every organization will incorporate these processes differently and in accordance with their existing processes and culture.

Planning

The Frameworks provide a structure for planning and anticipating impacts.

Using an organization’s regular planning process, a Critical Detail Map can be rapidly compiled. Use the CDM to identify the criteria being used for decision making. Do the criteria specify certain groups in the context who will be affected by the intervention?

The planning should be being done with regard to a context analysis. Dividers and Connectors Analysis should be included as one of the tools for this analysis (many Do No Harm users find Dividers and Connectors to be sufficient). Even when it has not been, DCA can be used to highlight areas of concern. Additional questions can be drawn up to ask the analysts so that everybody’s understanding of the context can be deepened.

The CDM can then be checked against the context, with special attention to the Dividers and Connectors between the groups in the context.

Using this basic process, suitably adapted to an organization’s own process, the Frameworks can help organizations anticipate the impacts of their interventions.

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Related Topics
Redesign
Evaluation
Critical Detail Mapping
Dividers and Connectors Analysis
Criteria Matter
The Relationship Framework
The Action Framework