Developing and using program logic in natural resource management: user guide
Dr Alice Roughley (Australian Government Land and Coasts)
© Commonwealth of Australia, 2009
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Summary
This guide outlines a step-by-step process for developing program logic in the context of natural resource management (NRM).
Program logic is an approach to program planning. It captures the rationale behind a program, probing and outlining the anticipated cause-and-effect relationships between program activities, outputs, intermediate outcomes and longer term desired outcomes. A program logic is usually represented as a diagram or matrix that shows a series of expected consequences, not just a sequence of events.
Program logic expresses how change is expected to occur. How the program logic is translated into operational plans will vary across programs and organisations.
This guide is aimed at those who are developing a program logic for the first time and may also be helpful to other users in a range of contexts. Because program logic serves as a roadmap for a project, a program logic helps to give participants greater confidence that their efforts will be comprehensive and effective.
This document is a part of the monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement toolkit.
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