Visual Analysis Tools
We live in a world of problems. Be it in office, your own business or home, we are expected to solve them all the time.
Conventional analytical skill that you have acquired, is hardly helpful. Many times you don’t even have a structured approach to solve problems. Be it mites at home or failing profits in a corporate, we generously use trial and error method. In doing so, we consume disproportionate energy, time and resources.
Have you ever wondered, why?
Even most simple problems, such as forgetting to refill your grocery stock, have multiple underlying reasons that are interlinked to each other. As a result, using simple analytical tools such as charts, graphs, tables, etc, we will never be able to solve these problems.
Whereas our brain has enormous capability to easily understand non-linear & multidimensional relationships and solve complex problems if we are willing to ‘visualize’!
Visualization is not a pure art form. So you don’t need to be an artist, or be gifted. And neither do you need to glaze at a whiteboard in a silent room to visualize. There are proven tools with clear procedures that can be learnt and used to effectively solve problems visually.
This course covers simple non-math visual business analysis tools that can be applied in any business situation to visually analyze and solve problems of varying complexity.
3 cool tools for visual business analysis tools that you will learn in this course are:
- Cause and effect Diagram to analyze a problem from various dimensions & collect all possible reasons for the problem
- Affinity Diagram is group and sort large amount of information gathered through surveys, interviews to arrive at meaningful inferences
- Deployment Flow Charts (Swim Lanes or Process Maps) to understand and analyze the flow of activities involving multiple cross-functional stakeholders so that ownership and accountability issues can be addressed, etc
Whether you are a business analyst or any other professional, you don’t need to force yourself to document the views of others or be trapped in known/acceptable outcomes from the analysis of any problem. You can now challenge the status quo and think beyond the obvious. You will be able to handle business analysis, comfortably.
Visual business analysis and visual modeling is evolving as a critical skill. Soon knowing these tools will be mandatory for every professional, not just business analyst.
How is this course different from others?
I have built this course based on my learning of over 18 years, applying them across industries. Introduction to every tool starts with a live business scenario. So you will be able to easily relate to the tool and instantly apply to a real problem.
Further the solution to the live business scenarios have also be included for download.
For each tool, clear step-by-step procedure, benefits and tips have been included thereby removing ambiguity.
What are the requirements?
- This course is meant to build you teach you 3 visual analysis tools from scratch. So no prior knowledge needed!
What am I going to get from this course?
- Think about problems from new perspective
- Create new insights to address those problems
- Understand the big picture and provide apt solutions
- And receive a certificate of completion on completing an assessment
Who is the target audience?
- You needn’t have to be a business analyst or a designer to benefit from this course. Any professional who is involved in decision making, business analysis or problem solving, across industry sectors, and who wishes to challenge the status quo and solve business problems with clarity and confidence, can take this course. No prior knowledge of business analysis is needed.
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Tools to Sort and Group Complex Information
In this lecture, you will appreciate how affinity diagram is useful a given scenario. You will be able to ideate other scenarios where you can apply this tool. Difficulty Level : Low
In this lecture you will learn about Affinity Diagram and how it is used to organize the results of VOC. At the end of the lecture you will be able to construct an affinity diagram for organize any qualitative data such as VOC. Difficulty Level: Medium
Jim’s Affinity Diagram is ready.
Tool to Provide Clarity & Streamline on Process
In this lecture, you will be able to appreciate how Deployment Flow Charts can come handy to solve business problems. Difficulty Level : Low
This lecture will introduce you to basic process flow charts, a mapping tool that is very commonly used in understand processes. More importantly, it is a foundation to deployment flow charts that we discuss in the next lecture. So, even if you are already familiar with process flow diagrams, this will be a good refresher.
Deployment Flow Chart is an awesome tool to map complex processes that involve multiple stakeholders, several hand-offs and inter-dependent service levels. At the end of the lecture you will be able to construct a deployment chart for any process. Difficulty Level : Medium
This lecture is dedicated to appreciating the benefits of Deployment Flow Charts. Once you have a good understanding of its benefits, you will be able to find situations where this tool will come handy.
Pam’s New Process is ready
Tool to Identify Real Reasons to Business Problems
In this lecture, you will be able to appreciate how cause and effect diagram comes handy in a given scenario. It will help you to ideate on how you can use Cause & Effect Diagram. Difficulty Level : Low
In this lecture, you will understand about Cause & Effect Diagram and appreciate how it can be useful to you. Difficulty: Low
In this lecture, you will learn the step by step procedure to construct cause and effect diagram. At the end of this lecture you will be able to create one for your scenario. Difficulty Level : Medium
Repeat Calls Cause & Effect Diagram is ready
A Beginning & not an End!
Before signing off, I would like to emphasize few things…