The Success Case Method (SCM), conceptualized by Robert Brinkerhoff, discovers and thoroughly examines the program’s learnings. The SCM is predicated on the idea that any project will experience both success and failure, regardless of its success or failure. It also looks for an initiative’s most significant successes and failures, then tells the narrative behind them with supporting data. These stories can help institutions figure out how to succeed in the future.
Researchers can determine what needs to change to ensure future attempts are successful by contrasting the successes and failures. Further, through this method, one can also develop and share success stories to demonstrate the worth of your program based on what you learn. This approach isn’t just for learning; it can evaluate significant changes.
Kirkpatrick’s Model and Success Case Method #
Implementing Kirkpatrick’s evaluation approach involves using quantitative research techniques. Data from surveys and assessments are gathered, tallied numerically, and assessed. Brinkerhoff’s SCM, in contrast, concentrates on qualitative analysis and builds narratives from conversations with a limited number of affected people.
Principal Components of the Brinkerhoff Model #
The Brinkerhoff Model has several significant elements that should interest anyone interested in creating learning experiences. The Brinkerhoff Model’s main characteristics are to focus on performance, systems, and advancements.
Approach and Methodology #
- Participants are interviewed to determine the most and least successful strategies.
- The researcher then should speak with the most successful one to delve into their experience to ascertain the nature and degree of their achievement, looking for reliable proof of the outcomes to explore what they did, when they did it, how, when, etc. like what they achieved and how valuable the outcomes are and what environmental circumstances made it possible for them to use it and get the results they did.
- Interviewing those who were the least successful in discovering why they couldn’t apply what they learned or reap its benefits.
- Report findings outlining the most captivating anecdotes and illustrative instances of learning experience success, as well as recommendations and obstacles to results.
Resources
- The success case method: find out quickly what’s working and what’s not – (Brinkerhoff, 2003) : This book by Brinkerhoff runs through the entire process of conducting a Success Case Method Study
- Learning Evaluation Theory: Brinkerhoff’s Success Case Method : It A includes suggestions for pairing the approach with other methods.
