Seven Management and Planning Tools

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Seven Management and Planning Tools
The Seven new Management and Planning Tools have their roots in Operations Research work done after World
War II and the Japanese Total Quality Control (TQC) research. In 1979 the book Seven New Quality Tools for
Managers and Staff was published and in 1983 was translated into English.
Bold text== The seven new tools ==
Affinity Diagram (KJ Method)
This tool takes large amounts of disorganized data and information and enables one to
organize it into groupings based on natural relationships. It was created in the 1960s by
Japanese anthropologist Jiro Kawakita. Its also known as KJ diagram,after Jiro
Kawakita. Affinity diagram is a special kind of brainstorming tool.
Interrelationship Digraph (ID)
This tool displays all the interrelated cause-and-effect relationships and factors
involved in a complex problem and describes desired outcomes. The process of
creating an interrelationship digraph helps a group analyze the natural links between
different aspects of a complex situation.
Tree Diagram
This tool is used to break down broad categories into finer and finer levels of detail. It
can map levels of details of tasks that are required to accomplish a goal or task. It can
be used to break down broad general subjects into finer and finer levels of detail.
Developing the tree diagram helps one move their thinking from generalities to
specifics.
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Prioritization Matrix
This tool is used to prioritize items and describe them in terms of weighted criteria. It
uses a combination of tree and matrix diagramming techniques to do a pair-wise
evaluation of items and to narrow down options to the most desired or most effective.
Matrix Diagram
This tool shows the relationship between items. At each intersection a relationship is
either absent or present. It then gives information about the relationship, such as its
strength, the roles played by various individuals or measurements. Six differently
shaped matrices are possible: L, T, Y, X, C, R and roof-shaped, depending on how
many groups must be compared.
Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC)
A useful way of planning is to break down tasks into a hierarchy, using a Tree
Diagram. The PDPC extends the tree diagram a couple of levels to identify risks and
countermeasures for the bottom level tasks. Different shaped boxes are used to
highlight risks and identify possible countermeasures (often shown as 'clouds' to
indicate their uncertain nature). The PDPC is similar to the Failure Modes and Effects
Analysis (FMEA) in that both identify risks, consequences of failure, and contingency
actions; the FMEA also rates relative risk levels for each potential failure point.
Activity Network Diagram
This tool is used to plan the appropriate sequence or schedule for a set of tasks and
related subtasks. It is used when subtasks must occur in parallel. The diagram enables
one to determine the critical path (longest sequence of tasks). (See also PERT
diagram.)
Further reading
Brassard, M. (1996) The Memory Jogger Plus+. ISBN 1-879364-83-2.
Seven New Management and Planning Tools
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Seven Basic Tools of Quality
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External links
American Society for Quality
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- official Web site
The 'New' Tools
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from Vanderbilt University
A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods for Management
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Visualization Methods Exploration
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Task Prioritization Matrix
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- interactive web-based tool
References
[1] http:/ / www. asq. org/ learn-about-quality/ new-management-planning-tools/ overview/ overview. html
[2] http:/ / www. asq. org/ index. html
[3] http:/ / www. vanderbilt. edu/ Engineering/ CIS/ Sloan/ web/ es130/ quality/ newtool. htm
[4] http:/ / www. visual-literacy.org/ periodic_table/ periodic_table. html
[5] http:/ / www. cems.uwe.ac. uk/ xmldb/ rest/ db/ Visualization/ index. xql
[6] http:/ / www. usabilitest. com/
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