Lecture 4: Project Management

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Topics to be Covered
• Working with Log frames

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Tutorial Question
• Develop a project logical framework
specifying the vision, mission,
objectives, activities, outputs, output
indicators, outcomes, outcome
indicators, responsible parties’,
Assumptions, inputs, and
budget/resources for an intervention
aiming at reducing teenage
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• A Log frame is another name for
Logical Framework

• It is a planning tool consisting of a

matrix/table

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• The log frame provides an overview
of the entire project and is actually
closely referred to during
implementation as one of the
implementation tools

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• The logical framework approach was
developed in the late 1960s to assist
the US Agency of International
Development (USAID) with project
planning

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• Currently, the majority of large
international donor utilize some type
of logical or results framework to
guide project design and
implementation

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• Basically, a Log Frame is presented
as a matrix with four columns and
four or more rows

• The rows and columns summarize the

key elements of the project plan

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• The project plan entails a hierarchy of
objectives

• The first column captures the

project’s development pathway or
intervention logic
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• This is about how an objective or
result will be achieved

• The key objective should be

explained by the specific objectives
(they can be three specific objectives)
immediately below the key objective
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• Although different donors use
different terminology, a Log Frame
typically summarizes the: goal;
overall objective; development
objective; the purpose or immediate
objective; the outputs and activities

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• The second and third columns
summarize how the project’s
achievements will be monitored and
consists of the following:

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• Indicators - a quantitative or
qualitative measurement which
provides a reliable way to measure
changes connected to an
intervention

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• In essence “a description of the
project’s objectives in terms of
quantity, quality, target group(s), time
and place”

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• Sources of verification - Describes
the information sources necessary for
data compilation that would allow the
calculation of indicators

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• Developing objectively verifiable
indicators must also be a very careful
process

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• Lastly, the final column lists the
following: Assumptions i.e. the
external factors or condition outside
of the project’s direct control that are
necessary to ensure the project’s
success

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• Additionally, a log frame can

contain modifications that suit
ease of reference and
implementation

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• For example it could have in

the opening rows, the problem
statement or context to which
the project/program or
intervention is responding to

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• Further to the above, it could also
contain the vision, mission, and goal

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• Required and important components
like impact, impact indicators, inputs
to the process, and budget can be
factored into the matrix at convenient
points

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