7. LOGICAL FRAMEWORKMEASURES VERIFICATION ASSUMPTIONS
GOAL: Alleviate
unemployment in SADC by
2040
• Reduce youth unemployment by 80%
• Growth of 20%
• Data collection by
means of statistics,
census and research
• Well established institutions
• Economic and political stability
PURPOSE:
• Improve quality of life
• Minimize crime
• Quality institutions
• Improved basic services across key
sectors
• Reduced number of reported crimes
• Reduced number of convicts
• Increase in investments/ foreign markets
• Assessments, research
• Reduction in protest
action
• Corruption free processes
• Economic and political stability
• Availability of African investors
• Flexible government laws towards
corporates
OUTPUT:
• Developed HR skills
• More ?
• GDP growth
• Industrial development
• Number of graduates
• Number of jobs created
• % increase in production
• Increase in investments
• Company profiles
• Statistics, research
• Policies
• Education & training institutions
• Resources (financial, HR)
INPUTS:
• Processing infrastructure
• HR training
• Processing of mining
resources
• Curricula development
• Financial institutions for funding
• Skilled and unskilled labour
8. MONITORING & EVALUATION
Monitoring Indicators
1. Number of jobs created
2. Number of new mining Industries established
3. Number of youth employed
4. Level of standard of living/ Gross National Happiness
5. GDP percentage Monitoring will be on going.
Evaluation will be conducted quarterly, mid
term and end term.
Evaluation will also be conducted where
need be
11. Project Definition
Job creation through
infrastructure development and
new industry establishment in the
manufacturing sector namely,
mining.
12. Activity List
WBS ITEM WORK ITEM POSSIBLE START LENGTH TYPE DEPENDENT ON
1 Focus group research
1.1 Identify the unemployment problem
1.2 Identify the potential means to eradicate unemployment
1.3 Identify the most suitable solution for Africa
1.4 Identify the resources needed
1.5 Report Writing
2 Design
2.1 Cut down the exportation of raw materials
2.2 Opening processing plants in Southern Africa
2.3 Set up the necessary infrastructure
2.4 Train skilled labour
3 Prototype development
3.1 Opening plants
3.2 Develop infrastructure
3.3 Acquire a labour force
3.4 Develop necessary policies
3.5 Develop a suitable trading environment
4 Prototype
4.1 Test the operations of the processing plants
4.2 Test the infrastructure
4.3 Test the policies
4.4 Test the development of the trading environment
5 Project Management
5.1 Start operations
5.2 Policies are in place
5.3 The trading environment is established
5.4 Reduction in the exportation of raw materials
5.5 Creation of employment opportunities
ACTIVITY LIST
WEEK 1 4 DAYS SEQUENTIAL 0
WEEK 1 2 WEEKS SEQUENTIAL 1
WEEK 3 4 WEEKS SEQUENTIAL 2
WEEK 7 2 WEEKS SEQUENTIAL 3
WEEK 9 2 WEEKS SEQUENTIAL 4
13. Work Breakdown Structure
WBS ITEM WORK ITEM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Focus group research
1.1 Identify the unemployment problem
1.2 Identify the potential means to eradicate unemployment
1.3 Identify the most suitable solution for Africa
1.4 Identify the resources needed
1.5 Report Writing
2 Design
2.1 Cut down the exportation of raw materials
2.2 Opening processing plants in Southern Africa
2.3 Set up the necessary infrastructure
2.4 Train skilled labour
3 Prototype development
3.1 Opening plants
3.2 Develop infrastructure
3.3 Acquire a labour force
3.4 Develop necessary policies
3.5 Develop a suitable trading environment
4 Prototype
4.1 Test the operations of the processing plants
4.2 Test the infrastructure
4.3 Test the policies
4.4 Test the development of the trading environment
5 Project Management
5.1 Start operations
5.2 Policies are in place
5.3 The trading environment is established
5.4 Reduction in the exportation of raw materials
5.5 Creation of employment opportunities
GANTT CHART
WEEKS
15. Stakeholder Matrix
High power, low interest High power, high interest
Low power, low interest low power, high interest
Infrastructure
development for raw
material manufacturing
power
interest
Dept. Labour
Youth
Financial
institutions
community
16. Risk AnalysisRISK ANALYSIS
Risk Project life
cycle
Probability Consequences Risk
Value/Priority
Countering
Actions
Executives
fail to support
the project
Planning
phase
3 3 9 Engage with the
executives through
meetings
Managers
become
disengaged
with the
project
Execution 3 3 9 Engage the
managers
Conflict
between
executive
stakeholders
disrupts
project
Execution 4 4 16 Set up a conflict
management
committee
Executive
turnover
disrupts
project
Execution 4 4 16 Mobilize and
engage the
executives
Scope is ill
defined
Planning 5 5 25 Review the scope
of the project
Estimates are
inaccurate
Planning 5 5 25 Budget review
Logical
relationships
are inaccurate
planning 3 3 9 Build trust between
dependencies
Activities are
missing from
scope
Planning 3 3 9 Review project plan
Wrongly
chosen target
groups
Planning 2 2 4 Review the project
plan
Project team
without the
skills or
experience
required by
the sponsor
Execution 5 5 25 Conduct on the job
training
