The following checklist provides a list of all the issues that need to be considered as part of the evaluation of any project. There is no particular order in which they need to be considered.
- Classification
- Public
- Private
- Public/Private Partnership
- Goals / Objectives
- Benefits and Costs
- Many dimensions — social, economic, financial
- Distribution of benefits and costs
- Uncertainty
- Stakeholders (Evaluative Complexity)
- Measuring Performance (which will be measured differently by various stakeholders)
- Life Cycle
- Time Frames
- Conception
- Design
- Construction
- Operation
- Decommission
- Sustainability
- Economic Development
- Environmental Protection
- Social Equity
- Political / Institutional / Organizational Issues (Nested Complexity)
- Financial Resources
- Human Resources
- Technical Feasibility
- Does it make sense?? — The “giggle” test
