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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.

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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 andrelated 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[1]

Seven Basic Tools of Quality

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External links

American Society for Quality[2]

- official Web site

The 'New' Tools[3]

from Vanderbilt University

A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods for Management[4]

Visualization Methods Exploration[5]

Task Prioritization Matrix [6] - 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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