Stress Busting 2
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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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