Free software for mapping out project strategies

Submitted by Mine Pabari on 16 May, 2008 - 12:17

Hi,

I work with development aid projects - facilitating strategic design, monitoring & evaluation. A methodology we frequently draw upon is mapping out the cause-effect relationships / theories of change of the projects/programmes (for more information of our work - http://mande4mfi.wordpress.com).

For months, no years (!) I’ve been looking for a good software that would help in documenting electronically the theories of change that are put together in planning & MandE workshops. I can’t afford the high end software that’s out there (SmartDraw/ConceptDraw/Visio amongst others) so I’ve been using Excel - which is a little cumbersome, but ok.

Then, recently, I came across Concept Mapping which I found on another bloggers site. I find the thinking behind it extremely useful and insightful in my work and the software a dream come true (& it’s free!)! I highly recommend to anyone wanting to map out Programme strategies etc.!

Many many thanks to the blogger "PKAB" for the information!

Mine Pabari

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