Replying to LO26729 --
Barry
+++ The 7-Step Problem Solving Method has evolved through the Center for
Quality of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts (www.cqm.org), and is
based upon methodologies developed over the past decade or so.
The antecedents to "n-step" problem solving certainly predate a decade and
the number of steps vary according to interpretation and efforts
(sometimes personal or financial) to differentiate my "new" method from
the "old" methods on offer. We have seen a number of approaches varying
from 6 to 16 steps -- and with the right mindset and expectations of
results in an appropriate time span -- all will yield competent results.
(We even build one ourselves so as to allow automotive suppliers to have,
and to train upon, a single methodology and then convert the output into
the report style desired by each OEM.) Conversely, even the best process
can be stunted for one of many reasons.
Regards, Gordon Housworth
Intellectual Capital Group LLC
26775 Crestwood
Franklin, MI 48025
248.626.1310
ghidra@modulor.com
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