7 Management and Planning Tools - ConceptDraw

7 Management and Planning Tools

CS Odessa Announces Release of ¡®Seven Management and

Planning Tools¡¯ Now Available in ConceptDraw Solution Park

Professional Analytical Tools that are supported by ConceptDraw Office are now

available in the Business Productivity Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park

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Benefits

The ¡°7 Management and Planning Tools¡± solution implements well-known

methodologies for problem analysis and solving. Different products from the

ConceptDraw Office suite contribute towards the complete solution for the

methodologies used in this solution set. ConceptDraw Office provides visual

communication support during each stageof this comprehensive solution set.

Objective

Provide comprehensive tools for problem analysis.

Solution Purpose

Assists in the solvingof common business problems by using a step-by-step

methodology for problem identification, analysis, planning of corrective actions to

solve a problem and preventive actions to address risks.

Intended For

This comprehensive solution set is intended for managers in any size company, who

are looking for tools to address issue management. The 7 MP solutionis intended

for business consultants, trainers and coaches to assist in visualizationof different

problem solving methodologies.

Products and Methods

ConceptDraw MINDMAP is used for structuringand analyzing information.

ConceptDrawPRO is used to generate ready-for-presentation documents and

diagrams.ConceptDraw PROJECT is a powerful, professional tool for project

planning and PERTchart generation.

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Solution reference

Use 7 MP Tools for step-by step analysisof problems and to plan corrective actions.

Problem analysis: structure problem affecting factors, analyze their cause and effect

relations, highlight factor drivers and indicators, prioritize factors using ranking by

criteria set, analyze factor root causes and develop corrective actions.

Action planning: define people and groups involvement in corrective actions by

roles, identify logical sequences of scheduled actions and critical path of problem

solving, identify possible risks of action plan and propose preventive actions.

Use visual communication during all steps of issue management to

improveunderstanding and gainteam involvement.

Toolbox 1. Identify and Structure Factors

Use Affinity Diagram to collect

and structure factors that

impact on a problem.

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Tasks

Actions

Products

Start new document

using appropriate

template

In ConceptDraw MINDMAP use

¡°Affinity Diagram¡± input

MM

Collect all factors

affecting a problem

Use brainstorming modeto identify

factors, collect all input and place in a

mind map

MM

Create factor tree

Organize factors using ConceptDraw

tree structure

MM

Create Affinity Diagram

Use output ¡°Affinity Diagram¡± to create MM, PRO

diagram

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Solution reference

Toolbox 2. Identify and Structure Factors

Use Relations Diagram to create

a relations factors map and to

Tasks

identify factors ¡°drivers¡± and

Start new document

¡°indicators¡±

using appropriate

template

Actions

Products

In ConceptDraw MINDMAP use

¡°Relations Diagram¡± input

MM

Collect all factors

affecting a problem

Start brainstorm mode, add identified

factors to map,collect all input and

place in a mind map

MM

Denotefactors relations

Use the ConceptDraw relations

functionality to show relations

between factors

MM

Create Relations Diagram

Use output ¡°Relations Diagram¡± to

create a diagram, use diagram to

identify ¡°drivers¡± and ¡°indicators¡±

MM | PRO

Toolbox 3. Create Prioritization Matrix

Use Prioritization Matrix to

define factor priority

Tasks

Actions

Products

Start new document

using appropriate

template

In ConceptDraw PROopen

Prioritization Matrix template

PRO

Rank factors

In ConceptDraw PROopen

Prioritization Matrix template

PRO

Toolbox 4. Root Cause Tree Diagram

Use Root Cause Diagram to

perform visual root cause

analysis

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Tasks

Actions

Products

Start new document

using appropriate

template

Create Root CauseTree Diagram

MM

Create factor tree

Use mind map structure for

organization/ use topic types: factor,

cause, corrective action

MM

Create Root CauseTree

Diagram

Use output ¡°Root Cause Tree Diagram¡±

to create diagram

MM | PRO

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Toolbox 5. Involvement Matrix

Use Involvement Matrix to

specify roles and responsibilities Tasks

by actions in the problem

Start new document

solving

using appropriate

template

List corrective actions

and roles, then specify

involved people and

groups

Actions

Products

In ConceptDraw PRO open ¡°Action

InvolvementMatrix¡± template

PRO

Enter corrective actions and roles,

identify and enter involved people

and groups

PRO

Toolbox 6. PERT Chart

Create PERT Chart to work with

action order, rework actions to

reduce critical path length

Tasks

Actions

Products

Start new schedule

document

In ConceptDraw PROJECT create new

schedule document

Prj

Enter actions in the

schedule

In ConceptDraw PROJECT create new

schedule document

Prj

Create PERT Chart

Use plugin ¡°PERT Chart¡± to generate

PERT Chartin ConceptDraw PRO

Prj | MM

Toolbox 7. Risk Diagram (PDPC)

Analyze problem solving risks

and propose preventive actions

Tasks

Actions

Products

Start new document

using appropriate

template

Create Risk Diagram

MM

Create problem solving

From ConceptDraw PROJECT action

MM | Prj

action plan tree, add risks plan schedule copy all actions into

and preventive actions

mindmap to create action plan tree,

then add topics of risks and preventive

actions; use topic types¡±Risk¡± and

¡°Preventive Action¡±

Create Risk Diagram

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Use output ¡°Risk Diagram¡± to generate

Risk Diagram in ConceptDraw PRO

MM | PRO

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