Canvas Section:
Purpose
The purpose of the work you are planning is the measurable improvements to the existing situation that create new public value and a better future for your community. This section helps you make sure the purpose is justified by detailing the intervention’s projected benefits as well as costs. If the latter outweigh the former, you need to rethink things!
The first worksheet does this by asking you to list pain points being experienced by those impacted by the issue and then the related gains you hope will result from your intervention. The second worksheet helps you lay out both benefits and costs along several important dimensions of value to confirm you’re on the right track.
Purpose
Dimensions of Value
Worksheet 10
This worksheet helps you reckon with the real value of your efforts by detailing the benefits as well as the costs of your proposed intervention (which can be monetary or less tangible).
Purpose
Pains & Gains
Worksheet 09
This worksheet helps you examine your ideal situation – the future you hope to create with your actions – from the perspective of the group(s) of people impacted by the current situation.
