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- Using SmartDraw Business Process Management
- What is a Business Process?
- Why Actively Manage Processes?
- Where do I start?
- Why use SmartDraw?
- Define a Problem and Select a Project
- Use a Decision Matrix to Select a Project
- Plan the Project
- Document the Existing Processes
- Flowchart Your Improved Process
- Audit and Evaluate Your Solution
- Conclusion
- Other Tutorials
- BPM Examples
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A Check Sheet Created with SmartDraw
Check Sheet
Check sheets have countless uses, but one in particular relates to cause-and-effect diagrams (see above). You can use a simple check sheet to track the frequency of different causes that contribute to a problem. Does Cause A happen 100 times for every one of Cause B? Does one cause tend to happen at a certain time of day? That's all valuable information.
In the left column of the check sheet you can list the mistakes or errors that are considered causes to a particular problem. Create a timeline across the top that suits your situation (hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc.). Place a check mark in the grid every time you observe an error or mistake.
Check Sheets are a very simple and easy tool for spotting patterns in the causes of your problems.
SmartDraw provides a check sheet template you can customize, or you can also create your own using SmartDraw tables.
A Force Field Analysis SmartTemplate from SmartDraw
Force Field Analysis
A Force Field Analysis sounds like something out of science fiction, but it's really just a simple chart that helps your team identify causes that aid or hinder a specific goal or outcome. The chart is a basic table divided into two columns. List positive (also called driving) forces on the left hand side and negative (also known as restraining) forces on the right.
