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Assignment: What Is Logical Framework

Instructions

If you have not used one of these models before, it can be a bit confusing at first. The log frame is a tool that helps to strengthen and identify the elements needed for project design, implementation, and evaluation.

The log frame is a table of four rows and four columns, where all the key parts of a project can be inserted as a clear set of statements: the project goal, outcomes, outputs, and activities along with their indicators, means of verification, and assumptions. Remember that the log frame does not go into all the details of a project. A log frame serves as an overview of key factors.

PMD Pro (2017, p. 42) provides a completed example you can reference. You may also reviewFor this week's assignment, create a simple logic model that describes the project or program for your nonprofit.

Your logical framework paper should be approximately 3 - 5 pages in length and include a copy of your Log Frame. APA formatting, including a cover page and reference page, is required.

The structure of the paper is as follows:

Introduction

Question 1. Define a logic model and how it is used.
Question 2. Why is it relevant and necessary?
Question 3. What are some of the limitations of logic models?
Question 4. How will using a logic model help in designing the project?
Question 5. Develop a logic model as outlined in your readings: Activities, Outputs, Outcomes, and Goals.

Activities are actions taken through which inputs (financial, human, technical, material and time resources) are mobilized to produce the deliverables (training, constructing, etc.) of a project for which staff can be held accountable and which, when aggregated, produce outputs.

Outputs are tangible deliverables resulting from project activities. They include products, goods, services, and changes (e.g., people trained with increased knowledge and skill; quality roads built, etc.) that aggregate and contribute to outcomes.

Outcomes are what the project expects to accomplish at the beneficiary level (e.g., use of knowledge and skills in actual practice over time; transportation of goods on constructed roads over time) and contribute to population-level changes (reduced malnutrition, improved incomes, improved yields, etc.) that aggregate and help bring about accomplishment of goals and impact over time.

Goals are the highest level desired end results or impacts (transformation, sustainability, livelihood, well-being, etc.) to which the project contributes (the ultimate objective in many logical frameworks).

Explain the activities you selected and how they logically will lead to the outcomes.