Table 2.

Site visit plan

Visits	Visit 1—(4 months prior to implementation)	Visit 2—(3 months prior to implementation)	Visit 3—(2 months prior to implementation)
Research team	Management team	Engagement team	Technical team
	Program leads, program manager	Systems modelling manager, economics lead, evaluation research manager	Program lead, systems modelling manager, systems modellers
Objectives	1. Rapport building	1. Rapport building	1. Rapport building
	2. Political landscape discussion	2. Participatory process preparation	2. Early discussion of model scope and decision support priorities
	3. Identification of key policy makers for site	3. Identification of key stakeholders that will be part of the model building process	3. Data preparation and discussion of shell tables
	4. Determining best methods for community engagement	4. Identification of super-users of systems modelling	4. Shell tables will need to be contextualised based on how models will be stratified per region
	5. Research collaboration agreement review	5. Evaluation framework preparation
	6. Site visit plan discussed	6. Economic data preparation