▁performance ▁problems ▁and / or ▁opportun ities ▁When ▁the ▁needs ▁have ▁been ▁prior it ized ▁the ▁next ▁step ▁is ▁to ▁identify ▁specific ▁problem ▁areas ▁within ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁be ▁addressed . ▁And ▁to ▁also ▁assess ▁the ▁skills ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁that ▁will ▁be ▁carrying ▁out ▁the ▁inter vent ions . ▁ ▁Ident ify ▁possible ▁solutions ▁and ▁growth ▁opportun ities ▁Comp are ▁the ▁consequences ▁of ▁the ▁inter vent ions ▁if ▁it ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁implemented ▁or ▁not . ▁Ne eds ▁analysis ▁is ▁hence ▁a ▁very ▁cru cial ▁step ▁in ▁evalu ating ▁programs ▁because ▁the ▁effect iveness ▁of ▁a ▁program ▁cannot ▁be ▁ass essed ▁unless ▁we ▁know ▁what ▁the ▁problem ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁place . ▁ ▁Ass ess ing ▁program ▁theory ▁The ▁program ▁theory , ▁also ▁called ▁a ▁logic ▁model , ▁knowledge ▁map , ▁or ▁impact ▁path way , ▁is ▁an ▁assumption , ▁implicit ▁in ▁the ▁way ▁the ▁program ▁is ▁designed , ▁about ▁how ▁the ▁program ' s ▁actions ▁are ▁supposed ▁to ▁achieve ▁the ▁out comes ▁it ▁int ends . ▁This ▁' logic ▁model ' ▁is ▁often ▁not ▁stated ▁explicitly ▁by ▁people ▁who ▁run ▁programs , ▁it ▁is ▁simply ▁assumed , ▁and ▁so ▁an ▁evalu ator ▁will ▁need ▁to ▁draw ▁out ▁from ▁the ▁program ▁staff ▁how ▁exactly ▁the ▁program ▁is ▁supposed ▁to ▁achieve ▁its ▁a ims ▁and ▁assess ▁whether ▁this ▁logic ▁is ▁pla us ible . ▁For ▁example , ▁in ▁an ▁H IV ▁prevent ion ▁program , ▁it ▁may ▁be ▁assumed ▁that ▁educ ating ▁people ▁about ▁H IV / A ID S ▁transmission ,