Tool Boxes

 

 

 

As Winston Churchill once said, "Give us the tools and we will finish the job". Tools are an important element in being able to design a system or remove waste from a process. Below is a list of the tools in each of our five areas of expertise. Some of these are available for download as PDF files

- 18 Words - Affinity Diagram - Conceptual Model - Context Diagram - Decision Matrix - Functional Failure Mode and Effects Analysis - Function Means Analysis - Functional Modelling - Graphical Analysis - Influence Diagram - Input-Output Diagram - Matrix Diagram - Morphological Box - Multiple Cause Diagram - N2 Analysis - Quad of Aims - Rich Picture - Root Definition - Sequence Diagram - Spray Diagram - Systems Map - Tree Diagram	- Context Diagram - Functional Failure Mode and Effects Analysis  - Function Means Analysis - Functional Modelling - Holistic Requirements Model - Matrix Diagram - N2 Analysis - Need Means Analysis - Pugh Matrix - Quality Function Deployment - Stakeholder Influence Map - Systemic Textual Analysis - The Analytic Hierarchy Process - Viewpoint Analysis	- Process Mapping - Value Stream Mapping - Waste Analysis - Flow Analysis - Runner, Repeater,   Stranger Analysis - Voice of the Customer Analysis - Set up Reduction - 5-S - Poka Yoke - String Diagrams - N2 Analysis - Process Simulation - PFMEA - Quality Function Deployment	- Project Charter - Is/isnot Analysis - Force Field Analysis - Stakeholder Analysis - Voice of the Customer - Gauge R&R - Basic Statistics - Control Charting - Correlation Regression - Data Collection & Sampling - Design of Experiments - Graphing & Plotting - Hypothesis Testing - Pareto analysis - Process Capability - SIPOC	- Affinity diagramming    - After Action reviewing - Benchmarking - Brainstorming - Brainwriting - Communications plan - Corridor conversation - Decision matrix - Ease/Benefit matrix - Fishbone diagramming - Five Whys - Force Field analysis - Is/Is not analysis - Monitor feedback loop - More of/Less of analysis - N/3 ‘voting’ - Paired comparisons - Pareto analysis - Quad of Aims - Reverse Brainstorming - SIPOC - SMART objectives - Stakeholder analysis - Team review - Threat versus   Opportunity analysis - Transferring knowledge - Voice of the Customer   translation