During the Round Table the use of Network Analysis as a tool for understunding impact was discussed – Presentation avalilable at http://washimpacttable.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/round-table-presentations/#more-67
This note prepared by Rick Davies, documents the results of an opportunistic analysis of data that became available as a result of the Open Space sessions on Wednesday 14th May. Open Space discussions are different in that participants in discussion groups are allowed and encouraged to move between groups whenever they want to, at any time during the group sessions, not only during the group sessions.
A network perspective on the Open Space groups
There are two types of networks that can be identified in this open space exercise:
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A network of issues, where issues are connected to each other by an overlapping set of people who participated in discussion of those issues. For example, seven people attended both these issue groups:
o Measuring partnerships for service (R&D) delivery
o IE for a district level WASH governance intervention (design & details) where we are developing methodology & change for “good governance”
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A network of people, where people are connected to each other by their joint participation in the same issue groups. For example, John Butterworth and Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella participated in the same three issue groups
