Why create a logic map?
As professional program evaluators, we have found that the number one stumbling block projects encounter when setting out to evaluate their work is a lack of clarity about how planned or anticipated project activities relate to the fulfillment of project goals. In other words, it is not possible to evaluate success if one does not have a clear expectation about what is supposed to happen…and why. All too often projects seem to be managed as an act of faith. Participants just “hope” that with the right combination of resources (e.g., funds) and enough hard work, the right things will happen. Sometimes this works, and it is wonderful when it does; but when more often something in fact goes wrong, or it turns out that something about the project could be improved…in these cases, a lack of program logic means that it is very hard to understand specifically what to fix or what to improve. A logic model is intended to provide a provide a documented “roadmap” that project managers can use
