Stress Busting 2

When you need to go somewhere you’ve never been before…

• A team was instructed: “Set up a new network services centre in 9 months.”

• They didn’t know where to start

• Two meetings later they had a plan

• They delivered on time

• How?Image courtesy of Ambro

The Seven Management and Planning Tools in this book help leaders and teams to design, plan and implement changes faster and more efficiently.

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The Seven Management and Planning ToolsAffinity Diagram

Generate and group ideas

Map cause and effect links!between items, events or tasks

Interrelationship Digraph

Activity Network Diagram Matrix Diagram

Prioritisation Matrix

Process Decision Programme Chart

Tree Diagram

Map tasks to achieve a goal!in increasing detail

Identify, analyse and rates relationships !between two or more sets of information

Narrow down options by comparing! them against criteria

Identify potential problems and!contingency measures

Identify best path and schedule!to complete a project

• The Network Services Team used Affinity and Tree Diagrams to create their plan

• It only took two meetings

• The centre went live on time and within budget

Affinity Diagram

Tree Diagram

• A production manager used a Matrix Diagram to redesign his factory organisation and product flows

• Productivity improved by 70%

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Matrix Diagram

• A project team used an Affinity Diagram, then an Interrelationship Digraph to quickly develop a change plan

• Implementation reduced overhead costs by 40%

Affinity Diagram

Interrelationship Digraph

1. Familiarise yourself with the tools

2. Assemble the right team

3. Confirm issues/questions to address and outputs needed

4. Experiment - use combinations of the tools

The 7MP Tools guide you when you face big, uncertain challenges.

They provide clarity and galvanise action effectively.

Tell us what they do for you.

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