Understanding effectiveness of training & development PIP (Pursuing Independent Paths) is a charity supporting adults with learning disabilities to achieve their potential. PiP had begun to collect lots data on the effectiveness of training & development interventions, however they did not have an easy way to aggregate and analyse the data to understand trends and overall effectiveness. This was necessary to provide assurance internally, for external funding bodies and to provide feedback to students.

1. Understanding effectiveness of training & development
The client:
PIP – Pursuing Independent Paths – A charity supporting adults
with learning disabilities to achieve their potential
The client’s problem:
• PIP had begun to collect lots data on the effectiveness of training & development
interventions
• However they did not have an easy way to aggregate and analyse the data to
understand trends and overall effectiveness
• This was necessary to provide assurance internally, for external funding bodies and to
provide feedback to students
The solution
• An automated analysis tool to aid review of the effectiveness of
training & development interventions
• Provide transparency on effectiveness at an organisation level,
for individual students (example below) and for each type of
intervention
• Enable results to be displayed very quickly and in an easy to
understand format to support
The benefits
• The volunteer found it extremely fulfilling to work with a charitable organisation which
really valued the skill set he could bring to the problem
• Being able to rapidly analyse and interpret data helped PIP to better understand the
effectiveness of their work and provide quantitative feedback to stakeholders
The approach
The project was split broadly into 3 phases: i) Understand, (ii) Deliver and (iii) Refine.
The Understand phase involved discussions with PIP employees around the data they
were collecting and the objectives of the project.
The Deliver phase involved the development and testing of an Excel VBA tool to import
data collected by PIP, analysis of the overall data set and display of information in
graphical and tabular formats.
The Refine phase involved use of the tool by PIP employees through which a number of
enhancements were identified and delivered.
We are thrilled with the analysis tool and I know it has already helped us make
sense of the data we are collecting.