Management Support System

Designed to improve social and 
organizational development projects.

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What we do

We offer methodological orientation and technical support
for the management of transformation processes.

Methodology

Sisaag is based on a specific management approach for development projects, which uses the New Logical Framework as its principal tool.

Consulting

Focusing on social and organizational development, the consultancy includes advice and support of implementation and change processes.

Training

The training covers the methodology “Management of Development Projects”, the use of the Sisaag application and all the related tools.

Sisaag

is a web-based application to support the management of projects and programs,
using the New Logical Framework.

What is Sisaag?

Sisaag – Management support system is a web-based application to support the management of projects and programs using the New Logical Framework (NLF). It is designed for social and organizational development projects, focusing not only on deliveries, but especially on transformation.

Features

To support the two main project management functions, design and monitoring, see the features.

Using Sisaag

For proper use of the system, it is necessary to perform a preliminary stage, which includes the identification of the problems to be tackled by the project or the needs to be met. It also requires to identify the key stakeholders and their respective interests and potentials. Based on these information, an assessment should be conducted, which becomes the starting point for identifying the desired objectives and the strategy to achieve them.

For Project Design: Building blocks of the New Logical Framework

The New Logical Framework (NLF) is a project design and monitoring tool which is an updated and restructured version of the “old” Logical Framework. It consists of two different complementary rationales:
The Intervention Rationale includes expected outputs, outcome and goals. It shows what the project intends to achieve in terms of changes and impacts.
The Production Rationale shows how the outputs will be generated, by defining the key deliverables, required inputs and preconditions that have to exist in order to turn the project feasible.
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For Project Governance: OrgChart and Matrix

To make sure all the key stakeholders know their roles and responsibilities, Sisaag values highly and supports the creation of a project governance model.
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For Project Monitoring: Status panel

Sisaag supports various levels and dimensions of monitoring, such as portfolio, program and project.
The project status can be monitored with the support of a status panel for outputs and key deliverables. It is directly linked with the New Logical Framework.
The performance and notification feature allows to monitor the project’s indicators, assumptions and preconditions.
The timeline registers all activities and changes in the system for tracking and documentation of the project history.
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Glossary of Key Terms

This glossary provides definitions of the key terms used in the New Logical Framework approach. A comprehensive online glossary about management of development projects in Portuguese is available below.

 

Terms Definition within the New Logical Framework
Goal Future situation to which the project intends to contribute.
Indirect benefits obtained due to the realization of the project.
A project can have two goals, one referring to the context which is to be impacted, the other to the organization, its mission and strategies.
Outcome Desired future situation.
Describes the changes that occur in the target group or organization.
Direct benefits obtained due to the realization of the project.
Impact Indicators Impact or effect Indicators for the goals and outcome, that turn the intended changes explicit.
Source of Verification Where the evidence for an indicator can be found.
Only for effect/impact indicators.
Assumptions Factors outside the control of the management, but important to achieve the goals and the outcome.
Preconditions Are considered for the generation process of products and services and are recorded in NLF in terms of outputs.
Key Deliverables Are sub-products of each output (component).
Help to outline better the project scope.
Are the basis for resource estimation.
Inputs (required resources) Estimation of required resources for each sub-product.
May include human resources, material, or financial (investment).
Intervention Rationale The logical chain that includes the set of outputs that lead to a project outcome as a direct effect of the intervention, up to the goals, which express the desired effects in the larger context, as well as in the executing organization, caused by the intervention.
Production Rationale The logical chain that comes from the pre-project requirements, required inputs, through to the key deliverables to the expected result.


Glossary in Portuguese