From vision to implementation Project planning strategies – Fishbone analysis

Title The Fishbone Analysis Technique

Objectives 1. To identify critical factors in project implementation2. To analyse a problem as a group

Guidance This activity is a simple visual method of identifying project components and critical factors. It leads onto the workshop called Priority Matrix and is a core part of project planning and successful implementation.

Group Size Medium: 10 to 20 working in small groups

Resources This PowerPointWord guideOne Note supporting documentFishbone template

Timing 2 hours

Outputs 1. A fishbone analysis of a variety of project ideas

Workshop Overview

• An individual or group planning tool.

• Helps to identify core elements for project success quickly and easily.

• A deeper analysis of core elements creates the components for a project action plan.

• The fishbone technique works best when users work quickly and decisively without getting to caught up in the details at this stage.

• Use this process before the next Priority Matrix workshop to build your project action plan.

• Use one template per project.

What is the fishbone?

• Use the Fishbone template or draw on paper your own

• Identify the key elements for consideration in your project plan ( keep to a few main headings)

• Add these to the main ‘bones’

• Break down each key element into smaller factors and add these to the smaller ‘bones’

• Work individually or in twos or threes

• Try and use just key words or short phrases at this stage and don’t get too caught up with details right now

• A worked example follows on the next slide (the words/ headings/ number of bones are for this example only – yours will be different)

Workshop tasks

AIM: 1 to 1 computing

ENVIRONMENT TRAINING

ASSESSMENT CURRICULUM

INFRASTRUCTURE

FINANCE

Fishbone example – key elements first

RESEARCH

AIM: 1 to 1 computing

ENVIRONMENT TRAINING

ASSESSMENT CURRICULUM

INFRASTRUCTURE

FINANCE

Fishbone example – then smaller factors

RESEARCH

Security

Power

Connectivity

TelecomsTechnical Support

Admin staff

Teachers

Classroom design

Eco - friendly

Furniture

Health & safety

Quality Assurance

Benchmark visits

What does research say?

Best Practice examples

New models

What new skills to assess?

International dimension

What new topics?E-learning

PBL

Sustainability options

How oftenHow much

Partners