MINDMAPPING & pareto
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A mindmap lets you rapidly produce and record an almost infinite number of ideas and at the same time organise them by drawing relationships between ideas. While the Pareto analysis tool helps you to condense the ideas down to the few that will have the most impact. Mindmap and Pareto are essential tools that can help you in school, work and your personal life.
Mindmapping is one of the simplest, yet powerful, tools a person can use to problem solve and to develop strategy. Mindmapping was developed by Tony Buzan in the 1970’s as an aid for notetaking in lectures. It is designed to help organise your ideas by utilising a technique that allows you to capture the natural flow of your thoughts. It is ideal for situations where a group needs to understand all the elements in an issue.
We are using these two tools at the start of the problem solving process to flesh out your ‘now’ issue or opportunity you would like to work on in this course. A Mindmap starts in the centre of the page with the main idea and works outward in all directions, producing a growing and organised structure composed of key words and images. When using a mindmapping process ensure that you allow discussions to flow and that you don't try to rush it too much as the deeper the thinking the more powerful the outcome.
At the end of the mindmapping process you may have twenty to eighty different ideas. You obviously won’t be able to implement all the ideas so it is always beneficial to identify which three or four will have the biggest impact on successfully addressing the issue at the centre of the mindmap. To get the list down to the top three, you use the Pareto analysis tool to sort out the vital few issues from the trivial many.
Pareto analysis is based on the premise that 80% of problems are due to 20% of the possible causes. After applying the Pareto analysis to your mindmap you should find that 20% of the elements are having around 80% of the impact. These 20% are the ‘vital few’ issues to focus on. Some examples of Pareto analysis are:
- 20% of your clothes are worn 80% of the time- 80% of the stress comes from 20% of your problems- 80% of your happiness is created by 20% of your activities- 20% of your study generates 80% of your capability Obviously if we can fix the vital 20% elements most of our problem gets fixed.
At the end of the mindmapping process you may have twenty to eighty different ideas. You obviously won’t be able to implement all the ideas so it is always beneficial to identify which three or four will have the biggest impact on successfully addressing the issue at the centre of the mindmap. To get the list down to the top three, you use the Pareto analysis tool to sort out the vital few issues from the trivial many.
Pareto analysis is based on the premise that 80% of problems are due to 20% of the possible causes. After applying the Pareto analysis to your mindmap you should find that 20% of the elements are having around 80% of the impact. These 20% are the ‘vital few’ issues to focus on. Some examples of Pareto analysis are:
- 20% of your clothes are worn 80% of the time- 80% of the stress comes from 20% of your problems- 80% of your happiness is created by 20% of your activities- 20% of your study generates 80% of your capability Obviously if we can fix the vital 20% elements most of our problem gets fixed.