A methodology for assessing structure planning processes

Abstract

Most of the research and published literature deals almost entirely with the effects of planned intervention. This is remarkable because since the late 1970s emphasis has shifted from plan to planning process. A planning process cannot be assessed in terms of the traditional measures of effectiveness. The purpose of this study is to describe a methodology for assessing a planning process by making use of variables related to normative, methodological, and institutional dimensions of planning with a view to initiate a comparative examination of methodologies for assessing a planning process as well as to develop more integrated thinking with regard to such an assessment.