What are the Seven Management and Planning Tools?
Managers may use a variety of tools and techniques, known as the Seven Management and Planning Tools, to implement policy deployment. The Seven Management and Planning Tools had their roots in post–World War II operations research developments in the United States, but were combined and refined by several Japanese companies over the past several decades as part of their planning processes. They were popularized in the United States by the consulting firm GOAL/QPC, and have been used by a number of firms since 1984 to improve their quality planning and improvement efforts.
These tools are particularly useful in structuring unstructured ideas, making strategic plans, and organizing and controlling large, complex projects. They are:
Affinity diagram
Interrelationship diagraph
Tree diagram
Matrix diagram
Matrix data analysis
Process decision program chart
Arrow diagrams
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