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Probably as an inevitable result of the buzz in the past few years, a Theory of Change is often useless.
One reason for that is – is my feeling – that they are typically not developed in a logical sequence: without a thorough problem analysis, with a possible intervention already in mind, just as the opposite side of a result chain, etc.
Here is my suggestion in what sequence we should go about it:
![Six steps to design a Theory of Change](https://winderl.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Theory-of-Change-when-and-how-to-use-it-Thomas-Winderl-19-09-2017-1024x723.png)