THEORY OF CHANGE
When we receive the brief of a project, the research goal or the challenge at hand is very complex and not easily solvable by a singular action. After conducting our researh, we start to ideate potential solutions to prototype and test them. These solutions should be directly helping us reach our goal and solve the challenge we had in the brief. But it is not that simple to link the solution to the challenge.
To understand and communicate the potential impact of the solution presented, we used the theory of change tool that helped us visualize the goal of what we are proposing.
What is Theory of Change?
Theory of change as an approach is a guiding framework for all stages of thinking, action, and sense-making when we intervene intentionally in social change processes.
Theory of change is an ongoing process of reflection to explore change and how it happens — and what that means for the part we play in a particular context, sector and/or group of people.
Setting up a Theory of Change is like making a roadmap that outlines the steps to achieve our goal. It helps us define whether the proposal is contributing towards achieving the impact we envision and if there is another way that we need to consider. The following framework is presented by the DIY Toolkit.
