TAMAR states that that there are a number of activities which should take place in an assessment over four main phases:
The planning and preparation phase is where all the activities which are required to be carried out prior to the main assessment activity are performed.
These include:
The data collection stage is where the assessment team carries out interviews and gathers information to support the interviews by means of artefacts, questionnaires or surveys.
The data analysis stage is where the information obtained is analysed to determine:
In this phase the results of the assessment are presented back to the stakeholders
The diagram below illustrates a typical high-level structure of an assessment process. The main documentary outputs are shown on the right of the related processes.