Theory of Change An Essay by Aaron Swartz www.aaronsw.com A theory of change is the opposite of a theory of action — it works backwards from the goal, in concrete steps, to figure out what you can do to achieve it. To develop a theory of change, you need to start at the end and repeatedly ask yourself, “Concretely, how does one achieve that?” changegoals
What the problem is Sometimes the problem is to discover what the problem is. Gordon Clegg, The Design of Design (Cambridge Engineering Series) The heart of systems engineeringComplete and consistent requirements problemsdesignux