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What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Using the Logframe in Development Work?
The logframe is a project design tool that can be used to improve project design, fostering
project performance, and facilitating project management by setting the objectives, defining
indicators of success, critical assumptions and resources required for implementation. It provides
a simple summary of the key elements of the development initiative in a consistent and coherent
way which clearly identifies the broad outlines of the projects which adds clarity to the process
and serves as a summary of the interaction and analysis. However, there is little theory behind
the logframe and as a tool which has not been evaluated. The matrix becomes the design rather
than a tool to aid design. Hence, it has some limitation and risks such as vague planning, absence
of a time dimension, and improper use and static nature of the logframe which result in less
helpful as it moves from planning to evaluation and makes the tool ineffective for project
management, particularly evaluation purposes. It only works well for those who understands its
use and place in the development context and have the necessary skills to use it in that context.
