MRI SR 3: De-Implement
In this step, you execute a high-level de-implementation strategy and collect assessment data to evaluate success or failure.
In this step, you take two key actions, including:
- Execute your De-Implementation Action Plan(s)
- Collect Monitoring and Evaluation Data
Your Mission
Decide how you are going to collect monitoring and evaluation data:
- Use Task Dashboard tool to track progress
- Collect video testimonials of what success looks like during and after de-implementation
1-Introductory Videos and Resources
One of the key ideas to de-implementing is PROJECT MANAGEMENT. What project management strategies can you use to track de-implementation actions and tasks?
Kanban Board: This visually depicts tasks, columns to represent status (To Do, In Progress, Completed), and can help teams pull work items, see where tasks are stuck. Trello is a commonly used free tool with classroom templates.
Source: Kanban in Project Management using Notion
Some Other Approaches
Gantt Chart: This is a useful tool to visually outline all the tasks, subtasks, milestones and timelines required in the de-implementation project. You can indicate owners, priorities, durations for each task. It helps identify progress and bottlenecks.
Shared Calendars and Checklists: Having one easy to access calendar showing school events, project milestones, and custom checklists for major de-implementation items can help ensure nothing gets missed.
Communication Tools: Using team messaging apps like Slack or email distribution lists makes asking questions and receiving status alerts easier when the project team isn’t always face-to-face.
Collect Project Artifacts: Have shared cloud folders to store meeting notes, lessons learned, policies being rewritten due to de-implementation so historical record remains accessible.
2-Quotes, Images, and Articles
"Designate someone as a project manager. The core part of this role is to keep track of progress, to check in with action owners for each task, to chivvy them, and to report to the backbone leader/organizational sponsor on progress and slippages. The idea is that the project manager reviews progress against each task--ideally on a weekly basis--and updates the RAG indicator and the narrative for any still open tasks. Too often we mistake activity for impact. Instead, we need to firmly keep the distinction between inputs, outputs, and outcomes in mind:
Inputs: The time, resources, materials, action, and energy that we invest.
Outputs: The products or deliverables that are created with inputs.
Outcomes: The impact generated (e.g. time/resources saved, learning for staff or students, technology made more efficient)."
3-Tool(s)
Paper Kanban Board
Some examples of paper-based Kanban boards appear below:
Digital Kanban Board
Task Progress Tracking
Adapted from MRI
Keep track of specific tasks related to target area for de-implementation. Put a checkmark or "x" in the RED, AMBER, GREEN (RAG) box that indicates project status.
Show Your Work
