Chapter may be best tackled using a three-tier approach, consisting of the following:
• Reporting / analysis on the interview process
• Developing an analysis based on the wider experiences of interview participants in context of the issues that were identified during interview
• Validating / refining the IMM (developing the technical aspects of the model).
Each tier is outlined in more detail below.
Reporting / analysis on the interview process:
• Reporting / analysis on pilot study
• Reporting / analysis on the interviews (see 'Memo: Interview Participant Analysis' 20.03.13).
Wider account of interview participants:
• Report on how decisions taken during other project phases may impact on operational phase success
• Report on and categorise similarities / differences in experiences, as appropriate e.g. by sector (i.e. public or private), project type (i.e. economic or social infrastructure), etc
• Report on and categorise public sector concerns and potential solutions that may lead to improved public sector outcomes
• Report on and categorise private sector views on what the public sector should do or could do better
• Report on limitations regarding the views expressed by participants and their implications for this research.
Data could be presented in summary tables or as NVivo node screen grabs, as appropriate, as well as providing fuller descriptions and analytical accounts.
Validating / refining the IMM:
• Validate the issues / identify and justify new issues for inclusion
• Identify new relationships between the three management disciplines and justify for inclusion
• Validate VfM contributors / identify new VfM contributors and justify for inclusion
• Validate VfM evidence-base foundation / identify new evidence-bases and justify for inclusion
• Validate possible treatment actions / identify new possible treatment actions and justify for inclusion.
This phase should involve three steps. The first would involve identifying relevant content (as outlined above) from all interview transcripts. The second step would involve presenting the findings from step one to selected participants via an expert focus group for review and comment. The third step would involve collating the findings and incorporating them into a second iteration of the IMM.
Data could be presented in tables, flow charts or as NVivo node screen grabs, as appropriate.