Seven management and planning tools

Brief about management and planning tools

1. Seven management and planning tools Tejas V

2. Why seven management tools

3. List of Tools Affinity Diagram Interrelationship diagraph Tree Diagram Matrix Diagrams Matrix Analysis PDPC, process decision program charts Activity diagram

4. Affinity diagram A tool that gathers large amounts of language data and organizes them into groupings based on their natural relationships. Organises deorganised data

5. Interrelationship diagram Displays all the interrelated cause-and-effect relationships and factors involved in a complex problem Also known as cause and effect diagram

6. Tree diagram Break down broad categories into finer and finer levels of detail. Highlights smaller details

7. Matrix diagram Connection or correlation between ideas or variables in a table format. Six types of matrices

8. Prioritization Matrix •Prioritize items and describe them in terms of weighted criteria. •Ranks and sorts based on weighted scores 

9. Process decision program chart PDPC extends the tree diagram a couple of levels to identify risks and countermeasures Helps identify what might go wrong  Helps to take appropriate measures against risks

10. Activity network diagram Project activities that shows the sequential relationships of activities using arrows and nodes. Depicts the timeline of the project It shows critical path of the project

11. Case study Zenly Backstory Zenly is a  European software development company . It was founded in 2015 It’s a mobile location sharing app Company became popular within short period of time

12. Problems faced by the company Bugs in the app, New features adoption Project completion time, Single team working on multiple projects Working on multiple initiatives at once No project manager/lead/consultant Solution Company hired a Project manager with experience With the help of seven management and planning tools now they have over 11 MIL downloads

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