Program/Project Design
Anything that needs to have a desired shape, size, structure, function, process and result, needs to have a design. Whether it is a small tool like a hammer, a machine, a ship, a building or a piece of furniture, it needs to be designed if it has to meet the expectation. It’s very much the same with development programs and projects. The design of a development program/project includes all of the basic information about the program/project like the existing issues in the target area, issues that will be directly and indirectly address by the program/project, the level of detail to which issues will be looked at, the agreed goal, the outcomes that are necessary to realize the goal, things that have to be delivered by the stakeholders, the activities and inputs, the resources, timeframe and more. A good design should include detailed plans of Monitoring & Evaluation and the method for carrying out the M&E also.
Program Design is therefore the set course of journey of a development program that is based on the following:
1. Assessment of the major issues existing in the target area or community
2. Drafting the scope of work there
3. Identification of the issues that are to be worked on
4. Consideration of the influencing parameters:
a. Timeline
b. Manpower that can be engaged
c. Resources/Funds that can be tapped
d. Technical Expertise that can be employed
e. Partners available for networking
f. Government’s/Administration’s interest and support
5. Setting of targets that can be achieved
Based on the above, a Logical Framework can be drafted.
Once these are done, the baseline has to be ascertained. This involves the measurement of all the indicators that have found a place in the program design. The baseline value for each indicator gives us the starting point, meaning, the status of the indicator just at the point when the program was started.
The program design should also be accompanied by a Monitoring & Evaluation Plan (M&E Plan) and an Indicator Tracking Table (ITT)
Quick Links:
Situation Assessment
Scope of Work
Logical Framework
Program Design is therefore the set course of journey of a development program that is based on the following:
1. Assessment of the major issues existing in the target area or community
2. Drafting the scope of work there
3. Identification of the issues that are to be worked on
4. Consideration of the influencing parameters:
a. Timeline
b. Manpower that can be engaged
c. Resources/Funds that can be tapped
d. Technical Expertise that can be employed
e. Partners available for networking
f. Government’s/Administration’s interest and support
5. Setting of targets that can be achieved
Based on the above, a Logical Framework can be drafted.
Once these are done, the baseline has to be ascertained. This involves the measurement of all the indicators that have found a place in the program design. The baseline value for each indicator gives us the starting point, meaning, the status of the indicator just at the point when the program was started.
The program design should also be accompanied by a Monitoring & Evaluation Plan (M&E Plan) and an Indicator Tracking Table (ITT)
Quick Links:
Situation Assessment
Scope of Work
Logical Framework