PlanItAction's full day workshop:

 

Time you'll need:

8 hours

What you'll do:

	Identify goals and critical issues for moving forward
	Organize and synthesize
	Build a SeeMap simulation of the current situation
	Build action plan

Examples of Who participates:

	Team members
	Relevant stakeholders in company or department
	Managers and directors
	Executive management

Background and approach:

 

A PlanItAction workshop is a process for developing visual models of business problems and their solutions.

The primary visual planning tools used in the full day workshop are the Affinity process and the SeeMap process.

The Affinity process has it's roots in post-World War II operations research as well as Total Quality tools developed from 1972 through 1979. It is an extremely powerful technique for organizing group discussion and rapidly driving comprehensive analysis to actionable decisions. It is particularly effective when it is necessary for the group to identify critical success factors from a large number of ideas, opinions and issues. In addition, it allows the group to identify cause and effect relationships, map out in increasing detail the full range of options that need to be considered, prioritize issues based on known weighted criteria and identify likely events and contingencies that will determine success.

The SeeMap process focuses on modeling both the current and desired future state of a business. The actions, accomplishments, or decisions that must occur to reach the goal are clearly identified. SeeMap brings clarity into complex situations and identifies the flow, and obstacles in the flow, of vital physical and information assets.  SeeMap has been successfully used to model solutions in a diverse set of business environments and industries including: supply chain management, financial services, manufacturing, customer service and support organizations, medical, pharmaceutical, entertainment industry and the Defense Department. Its scope can be applied to work groups, departments, divisions or entire corporations.

The result of the SeeMap process is a lucid perspective and shared visualization of the elements and requirements that will lead to a business solution.

A typical SeeMap team consists of 3 to 5 individuals who have relevant knowledge, are motivated to find a solution, and have the responsibility to design and implement that solution.

Contact PlanItAction:

sales@planitaction.com