Project Planning or Problem Solving

Typically one is involved in one or three different types of problem solving activities:

Development of a new product

Improvement of an existing product

Elimination of a problem with an existing product

Reason for improvement

Identify theme and reasons for working on it.

Current situation

Select problem and set target for improvement.

Analysis

Identify and verify root causes of problem.

Countermeasures (Design)

Plan, design and implement countermeasures that will correct root causes of problem.

Standardization

Prevent problem and root causes from recurring

Future plans

Plan remaining corrective tasks and evaluate team’s effectiveness.

Reason for improvement

develop an understanding or background into the problem.

Is the project a system or subsystem?

What is the purpose of the subsystem / system?

How does it work?

In words…

In block diagram format…

Who are the competitors

Do they have performance or feature uniqueness?