Statement of Outputs/ deliverables/ milestones
A statement of outputs is putting into quantities all the activities that you will do in order to achieve the outcomes or benefits that your project or activities have been designed to deliver. In some applications the outputs might be described as the deliverables or milestones.
For a simple project the list may well be relatively short or indeed not be required in the application but it is still a good idea to produce a little list for yourself. For a larger project, over two or three years, you may have to break these down into outputs or deliverables you expect to achieve every three months. Where appropriate it may be necessary to break down the outputs based on the age, gender or other segmentation of the participants.
Remember an output is a measure of the activity not a measure of the impact of those activities on the outcomes from the project.
Some examples of outputs are presented below, based loosely on a project title.
Basic Skills training programme
20 courses delivered and of these;
5 are English as a foreign language,
10 are basic computer skills,
5 are basic numeric
In all 400 students will receive training, of which we expect
300 to attain an accredited qualification
280 to be women,
320 to be below age 25,
40 to be over 40 years old.
Community Transport Project
Provide 1000 essential journeys for older people, of which
500 will be to attend lunch clubs
250 to attend other social functions
250 to attend medical appointments
In all 100 older people will receive at least one trip
Provide 60 groups of young people with trips to recreational facilities, of which
40 are to swimming and leisure centres
20 are to cinema or theatre outings
Remember also that you should note down the assumptions that you have made to produce these numbers so if asked you can answer the question.
Please note these are not real examples from real bids in terms of the numbers but do show what a statement of outputs might look like.
