Illustrative: one outcome, two outputs, each output carrying two to four indicators — narrow enough that every indicator still answers "why does this output matter?"
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Structuring a results framework before you build it
The hierarchy you choose on day one shapes every report you will ever pull from a project — worth ten minutes before the first indicator is entered.
Step 1 · Learn
Understand the concept
Keep outcomes to the handful of changes the programme is genuinely accountable for, and let outputs be the concrete things delivery teams control directly — conflating the two makes both harder to report against later.
Decide which indicators are computed from a linked form or dataset versus entered manually before data collection starts; changing that after the fact means reconciling two calculation histories.
From concept to your own project
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