Tags: problem solving, mutually exclusive collectively exhaustive, MECE, logic, thinking, issue trees, Minto, pyramid, strategy, strategic thinking, hypothesis, hypotheses, analysis, key question, how, why, diagnostic, insightful, effective, efficient, innovative Description: Solve problems using key issues. The presentation shows how to 1. define the correct problem and its environment and 2. solve the problem using issue trees.

ANALYTICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING Arnaud Chevallier / August 2010 (Revised) © Copyright, Arnaud Chevallier. All rights reserved. See / download this presentation at powerful-problem-solving.com

2 :41 Download this presentation at http://powerful-problem-solving.com We all solve problems daily “How should we complement our product porfolio?” “Why haven’t we met our sales target?” “How can we reduce illegal immigration?” ... 2

3 :41 Download this presentation at http://powerful-problem-solving.com But most of us haven’t received formal training on how to do it 3 From Cartoonbank.com

4 :41 Download this presentation at http://powerful-problem-solving.com This presentation shows how basing your resolution on key questions can help We’ll see how to: Define optimally your problem Solve it with issue trees 4

5 Identify the solution Build the issue tree Improve it Define the key question Understand the context Define the problem :41 Download this presentation at http://powerful-problem-solving.com This presentation shows how to define a problem and how to plan its solution We all solve problems But we don’t do it optimally Basing your problem- solving on key questions can help 5

6 :41 Download this presentation at http://powerful-problem-solving.com 6 Define the key question Understand the context Define the problem Basing your problem- solving on key questions can help

7 :41 Download this presentation at http://powerful-problem-solving.com First, you have to identify the right key question (we’ll consider only “how” and “why” questions) 7 From Cartoonbank.com

8 :41 Download this presentation at http://powerful-problem-solving.com This can be more difficult than it sounds Problem: the cars of the employees of a company don’t fit into the parking lot What’s the key question? 8 From Cartoonbank.com

9 :41 Download this presentation at http://powerful-problem-solving.com For instance, it is easy to consider only one aspect of the problem How can we increase the capacity of the lot? 9 After M. Jones, The Thinker’s Toolkit

10 :41 Download this presentation at http://powerful-problem-solving.com For instance, it is easy to consider only one aspect of the problem (cont’d) How can we reduce the number of cars? 10 After M. Jones, The Thinker’s Toolkit

11 :41 Download this presentation at http://powerful-problem-solving.com So ensure you are solving the right problem (not a part, not a symptom) How can we solve the saturation of the lot? 11

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